Bayern Munich will look to make it nine straight wins on Wednesday, but won't have faced tougher opponents during that run than their Champions League hosts Atletico Madrid.

Atletico have reached the final of Europe's elite competition in two of the last three seasons, losing on both occasions to Real Madrid, and Diego Simeone's team are strong favourites to progress from Group D along with current table-toppers Bayern.

"Atletico are certainly our toughest opponents in the group," Bayern chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said on Tuesday. "They're a top European team and one of the strongest teams in the Champions League.

"We've not had very good results against Spanish teams in Spain over the last three years. We'll at least try and avoid defeat tomorrow."

Bayern recorded a convincing 5-0 win over FC Rostov in the opening round of matches, while Atletico edged past PSV Eindhoven 1-0.

Team news

Atletico are without Jose Gimenez, while Augusto Fernandez is likely to miss the rest of the season after suffering a cruciate ligament injury on Sunday against Deportivo la Coruna.

Holger Badstuber and Douglas Costa are the only Bayern players missing from the group who travelled to the Spanish capital.

Match stats

This match is a re-run of the 2015/16 Champions League semi-final; Atletico progressed to the final.

Atletico have been involved in four matches versus Bayern Munich in European competition; they have never been able to score more than once across those encounters.

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Atletico have lost just twice in their last 19 Champions League group stage games, winning 14 and drawing three.

Diego Simeone's side have kept a clean sheet in 10 of their last 12 group games in the competition, conceding just three goals in total in that run.

Atletico have only lost once in their last 17 home Champions League matches (W13 D3).

Bayern have won 19 of their last 23 group stage games in the Champions League (D1 L3), keeping 13 clean sheets and failing to score just once in that run (0-2 v Arsenal).

Bayern have tasted defeat in two of their last four Champions League matched played away from home in the group stages (W2).

Bayern come into this match having lost three successive Champions League games in Spain; failing to score a single goal in that time.

This is the 19th time in the last 20 seasons that Bayern are taking part in the Champions League, the only exception coming in 2007/08.

This is Atletico's fourth consecutive Champions League campaign, the longest run in their history. They were beaten finalists in 2013/14 and 2015/16, whilst being eliminated in the quarter-finals in 2014/15.

Antoine Griezmann has scored four of Atletico's last five home goals in the Champions League.

Thomas Muller has scored 16 goals in his last 19 Champions League starts.

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