Champions League match preview: FC Barcelona versus FC Bayern München

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 14.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Camp Nou (98787 seats)

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for FC Barcelona at Camp Nou when the Champions League tournament arrives in town and FC Bayern München with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Bundesliga. That game was also an away game, at RB Leipzig. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for FC Bayern München, who are travelling more than 1300 kilometers to play this game.

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FC Barcelona form and stats

Last season, Barcelona's Champions League journey ended in the 8th finals against PSG.

As mentioned below, FC Barcelona are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 La Liga games. FC Barcelona has recorded two wins in a row here at Camp Nou, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

A nice win for Barcelona last time playing, versus Getafe. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Memphis Depay and Sergi Roberto scoring for the victors. Midfielder Frenkie de Jong was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.82 (out of ten) in that game. Jong served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 75 successful passes (of 79 total).

Before that, FC Barcelona played out a La Liga draw 1-1 when visiting Athletic Club.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the FC Barcelona at home in the league. 6 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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FC Bayern München form and stats

FC Bayern München's mission in Champions League last season failed in the quarter-finals against PSG.

Four points from two away games for FC Bayern München, meaning one draw and one victory in the Bundesliga so far.

Two travels in a row for München, whose manager J. Nagelsmann could celebrate last time after the Bundesliga win against RB Leipzig. Jamal Musiala got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, top player of the team. Musiala scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

A home win before that, celebrating 5-0 vs Hertha BSC.

After this away game FC Bayern München return home for a Bundesliga game against Bochum. That game is only four sleeps after this.

FC Bayern München have the goal stats of 5-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: two - one - four (Barcelona wins - draws - FC Bayern München wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC Bayern MünchenR. Lewandowski
R. Lewandowski
6 goals
FC BarcelonaS. Roberto Carnicer
S. Roberto Carnicer
2 goals
FC BarcelonaM. Braithwait
M. Braithwait
2 goals

FC Barcelona missing players

FC Bayern München missing players

FC Barcelona FC Bayern München
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   11 25
17 9   Won W   7 16
4 1   Drew D   2 4
4 2   Lost L   2 5
61 31   Scored S   33 74
24 11   Conceded C   13 32
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
88% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 92%
72% 83%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   73% 76%
36% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   64% 64%
24% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   36% 44%
60% 58%   BTTS BTTS   73% 64%
40% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 28%
4% 8%   Failed to Score F T   0% 8%
 
4.7 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   6 6.2
3.4 2.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 3.4
1.8 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.2
2 1   Red cards R C   0 2
 
13.5 13.7   Shots (avg) S (   17.3 17.4
5.8 6.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.8 6.8
42% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 43%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/-12 9 2 1 20 3 6 5 0 1 13 3 6 4 2 0 7 0 17 29
2 Caldense 12 6 3 3 24 14 6 2 2 2 9 5 6 4 1 1 15 9 10 21
3 Boa 12 5 5 2 17 10 6 2 4 0 10 4 6 3 1 2 7 6 7 20
4 Uberlândia 12 5 4 3 18 14 6 3 2 1 10 7 6 2 2 2 8 7 4 19
5 Rio Branco-VN 12 4 6 2 15 9 6 3 3 0 8 3 6 1 3 2 7 6 6 18
6 Rio Branco ES 12 3 3 6 15 19 6 2 0 4 6 11 6 1 3 2 9 8 -4 12
7 Aguia Negra 12 1 3 8 13 40 6 1 2 3 9 17 6 0 1 5 4 23 -27 6
8 CAP Patrocinense 12 0 4 8 7 20 6 0 2 4 4 10 6 0 2 4 3 10 -13 4

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.