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Hello and welcome to tonight's coverage of the Champions League Group F fixture between Bayern Munich and Lille at the Allianz Arena.

Champions League / Group Stage
Allianz Arena / 07.11.2012
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Arjen Robben gets the ball down the right and wins a corner which the Dutchman himself takes, but Benoit Pedretti clears at the near post.
2'
Dante immediately concedes a foul, and the Lille move ends with a hopeful shot from Franck Beria that sails well over.
1'
Lille in their change strip of all white kick off. Bayern Munich are also playing in their change strip of navy.
19:43
The Champions League anthem has been warbled over the PA, and we are tossing up in Munich.
19:25
Bayern Munich beat Lille 1-0 in the reverse fixture in Matchday 3. Thomas Muller scored the only goal of the game from the penalty spot.
19:17
Indeed, the only time Lille have beaten a German side in European competition is when they beat Stuttgart 1-0 in the 2002 Intertoto Cup final first leg. They lost the second leg 2-0.
19:16
Lille have lost their last three fixtures against German sides in Europe, and have never scored in Germany.
18:55
Nolan Roux is selected ahead of Tulio De Melo in attack, with Salomon Kalou and Dimitri Payet providing support from the flanks.
18:54
Lille's Mathieu Debuchy and Marko Basa start, after recovering from calf and hamstring injuries respectively, so captain Rio Mavuba is on the bench. David Rozehnal comes into midfield .
18:53
Fit again Franck Ribery starts on the left wing, while Claudio Pizarro begins up front as Mario Mandzukic is ill.
18:49
Dante starts for Bayern against his former club in place of the sidelined defender Holger Badstuber, with David Alaba going to left-back.
18:47
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BAYERN MUNICH: Neuer, Dante, Boateng, Lahm, Ribery, Javi Martinez, Robben, Muller, Alaba, Schweinsteiger, Pizarro... Subs: Starke, Van Buyten, Rafinha, Contento, Shaqiri, Kroos, Tymoshchuk.///LILLE: Landreau, Debuchy, Rozehnal, Béria, Chedjou, Baša, Balmont, Pedretti, Payet, Kalou, Roux... Subs: Elana, Sidibe, Bonnart, Martin, Mavuba, Klonaridis, De Melo.
18:44
Bayern Munich has won 14 of their last 15 Champions League home games, if you discount the penalties defeat to Chelsea in the final at the Allianz Arena last season. Lille meanwhile have lost 11 of their last 12 away from home.
18:42
Bayern Munich, Valencia and BATE Borisov all have six points in the Group, while Lille have lost all three of their fixtures in the group.