A REPEAT of last season’s semi-final at the Vicente Calderon sees Bayern visit Atletico looking for revenge for their defeat in that tie.
The Bavarians now have Carlo Ancelotti at the helm, the Italian who coached Real Madrid to their dramatic Champions League final win over Atletico in Lisbon in 2014.
The clubs also met in the 1974 final with Bayern prevailing in a replay, but Diego Simeone's Atletico are formidable in front of their own fans and unbeaten this season so will be hopeful of ending Bayern's perfect record so far in this campaign.
Simeone confirmed that Fernando Torres will start up front alongside Griezmann for Atletico, who will be without the injured Augusto Fernandez.
Atletico overcame 10-man Deportivo La Coruna 1-0 on Sunday but their fourth straight win in all competitions was soured by a serious knee injury to midfield anchor Fernandez, who has been ruled out for seven months.
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Atletico defender Jose Gimenez is also unavailable with a calf problem while Bayern will be without Holger Badstuber and Douglas Costa through injury.
Defender Mats Hummels has recovered from a knee injury that forced him out of Saturday's 1-0 win at Hamburg as Bayern made it eight wins out of eight since Ancelotti took charge.
Hummels says the Bundesliga leaders have a "pretty tricky task against one of the top favourites to win the Champions League".
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