Bayern v Paris: Team of the Year hopefuls compared
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
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We take a look at the eight UEFA.com Fans' Team of the Year 2017 nominees that play for Bayern and Paris ahead of the teams' meeting in Munich on Tuesday.
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Kimmich or Alves? Cavani or Lewandowski? Bayern or Paris? Drawing on the UEFA.com Fans' Team of the Year 2017 stats trove, we take a look at the two clubs' nominees ahead of their matchday six encounter.
BAYERN
Manuel Neuer
▪ 2016/17 Bundesliga winner
▪ Ten clean sheets and only six goals conceded in 15 domestic appearances
▪ Goalkeeper in Official Bundesliga Team of the Season
Joshua Kimmich
▪ Won 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
▪ 2016/17 Bundesliga winner
▪ Seventeen assists and seven goals for club and country
Robert Lewandowski
▪ Sixteen goals in FIFA World Cup qualifying – all-time UEFA men's record
▪ 2016/17 Bundesliga winner
▪ Fifty-one goals in 50 games for club and country
PARIS
Dani Alves
▪ Won Serie A and Coppa Italia with Juventus
▪ UEFA Champions League runner-up
▪ Seven goals and ten assists for club and country
Thomas Meunier
▪ Won Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue and Trophée des Champions
▪ Four goals and six assists in four appearances for Belgium
▪ Seven goals and 12 assists for club and country
Edinson Cavani
▪ Ligue 1 Player of the Year and top scorer in 2016/17 (35 goals in 36 games)
▪ Won Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue and Trophée des Champion
▪ Fifty goals in 55 appearances for club and country
Kylian Mbappé
▪ Won Ligue 1 with Monaco
▪ Part of UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season
▪ UNFP Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year
Neymar
▪ Thirty-one goals and 20 assists for club and country
▪ Won Copa del Rey with Barcelona
▪ Six goals and four assists in first five UEFA Champions League games for Paris
NB All stats relate to calendar year 2017.