Megson enters Bayern's den

Gary Megson can take comfort from a famous victory from his playing days as he starts his European coaching career with Bolton Wanderers FC at the home of UEFA Cup favourites FC Bayern München.

• Bayern won their opener 3-2 at FK Crvena Zvezda - 17-year-old Toni Kroos scoring an added-time winner - while Bolton drew 1-1 at home against SC Braga.

• The two sides have never met in European competition.

• Bayern have played 30 games against English sides over the years, winning eleven, drawing eleven and losing eight. Of the 13 of those games played on home soil, they have won nine, drawn three and lost one.

• That sole home defeat was a 2-1 loss to Norwich City FC in a 1993/94 UEFA Cup second-round tie. That result, coupled with a 1-1 draw in the first leg in East Anglia, saw Bayern eliminated and a hero made of Canaries midfielder Jeremy Goss.

• Newly-appointed Bolton manager Megson - then approaching the end of his playing career - was an unused substitute for Norwich in both legs of that tie.

• Megson was named as Bolton's manager on the eve of their 1-1 draw against Braga, watching from the stands as caretaker boss Archie Knox oversaw the game. The 48-year-old, who signed a two-and-a-half year contract - replaced Sammy Lee.

• This will be Megson's first game in UEFA club competition as a coach. The one-time central midfielder was involved in three games as a Norwich player, although the best years of his career were spent at Sheffield Wednesday FC.

• Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld has only lost two times in 12 games against English sides. The most famous of these was the 2-1 defeat by Manchester United FC in the 1999 UEFA Champions League final. The other was in the 2001 Super Cup, when Liverpool FC prevailed 3-2 in Monaco.

• His record against English sides in ten games with Bayern and two more with BV Borussia Dortmund reads won five, drawn five and lost two. At home, his record reads won three, drawn two, lost none.

• Bolton defender Abdoulaye Méïté played alongside Bayern forward Franck Ribéry at Olympique de Marseille in the 2005/06 season.

• Bayern defender Valérien Ismaël and Bolton forward El Hadji Diouf were team-mates at RC Lens between 2000 and 2002.

• Bolton have earned 1-1 draws in three of their five European away games, registering a 2-1 win and a 2-1 defeat in the other games.

• Bayern are unbeaten in their last seven UEFA Cup home ties.

• Aris Thessaloniki FC are at home against Crvena Zvezda in the day's other Group F game.