Champions League preview and statistics: Barcelona vs Bayern München full pre-match guide

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Fri 14.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (64642 seats)

Barcelona and Bayern München get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Quarter-finals fixture.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Barcelona form and stats

Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the semi-finals against Liverpool.

16-2-1 is the performance here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica so far in the La Liga, giving Barcelona a total of 50 from their 19 games here. Outstanding results! This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses in this competition.

Barcelona's last game was hosting Napoli and winning 3-1. Before that match, a La Liga win away at Deportivo Alaves.

Goals are plentiful at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica in the league this season as Barcelona has scored 52 goals here in 19 home games. From these home matches, Barcelona have conceded only 16 goals.

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Bayern München form and stats

München was sent out of Champions League in the 8th finals last season, when Liverpool turned out to be too strong.

Bayern München have an excellent away record in the Bundesliga so far with 13-2-2 from 17 games. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 8 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away. Things are running smoothly for München who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 20 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Borussia M'gladbach. München are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played ten in a row without losing.

München are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the Champions League against Chelsea. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Wolfsburg at their stadium, the result 4-0.

It's hard not to mention Robert Lewandowski's lethal finishing against Chelsea. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.

Bayern München are a potent attacking force on the road with their 47 goals in 17 league games. 17 goals have been conceded by München in these games.

Head 2 Head

Barcelona-Bayern München H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Barcelona two wins, Bayern München three wins, one draw. five of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

BarcelonaL. Messi
L. Messi
25 goals
BarcelonaL. Suárez Díaz
L. Suárez Díaz
16 goals
BarcelonaA. Griezmann
A. Griezmann
9 goals

Barcelona missing players

Bayern München missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Barcelona Bayern München
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
16 10   Won W   12 23
4 1   Drew D   0 1
5 2   Lost L   1 1
50 28   Scored S   39 75
22 10   Conceded C   11 22
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
72% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 80%
56% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   69% 72%
40% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   62% 60%
24% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   38% 44%
44% 46%   BTTS BTTS   38% 48%
44% 54%   Clean Sheets C S   62% 52%
16% 0%   Failed to Score F T   0% 4%
 
4.7 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   6.4 7.1
3.1 2.9   Corners against (avg) C A   2.8 2.6
2.4 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1
3 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
322 179   Total Shots T S   212 410
133 75   Shots on Target S O   90 177
38% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 42%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 38 26 9 3 70 25 19 15 4 0 40 11 19 11 5 3 30 14 45 87
2 Barcelona 38 25 7 6 86 38 19 16 2 1 52 16 19 9 5 5 34 22 48 82
3 Atletico Madrid 38 18 16 4 51 27 19 12 6 1 28 11 19 6 10 3 23 16 24 70
4 Sevilla 38 19 13 6 54 34 19 10 7 2 26 14 19 9 6 4 28 20 20 70
5 Villarreal 38 18 6 14 63 49 19 9 5 5 37 25 19 9 1 9 26 24 14 60
6 Real Sociedad 38 16 8 14 56 48 19 9 4 6 33 20 19 7 4 8 23 28 8 56
7 Granada 38 16 8 14 52 45 19 10 3 6 26 16 19 6 5 8 26 29 7 56
8 Getafe 38 14 12 12 43 37 19 8 6 5 25 20 19 6 6 7 18 17 6 54
9 Valencia 38 14 11 13 46 53 19 11 7 1 29 16 19 3 4 12 17 37 -7 53
10 Osasuna 38 13 13 12 46 54 19 7 7 5 26 29 19 6 6 7 20 25 -8 52
11 Athletic Club 38 13 12 13 41 38 19 9 4 6 21 14 19 4 8 7 20 24 3 51
12 Levante 38 14 7 17 47 53 19 9 5 5 27 19 19 5 2 12 20 34 -6 49
13 Real Valladolid 38 9 15 14 32 43 19 5 10 4 18 15 19 4 5 10 14 28 -11 42
14 Eibar 38 11 9 18 39 56 19 8 3 8 25 25 19 3 6 10 14 31 -17 42
15 Real Betis 38 10 11 17 48 60 19 9 4 6 34 27 19 1 7 11 14 33 -12 41
16 Deportivo Alaves 38 10 9 19 34 59 19 7 6 6 20 19 19 3 3 13 14 40 -25 39
17 Celta de Vigo 38 7 16 15 37 49 19 5 8 6 22 20 19 2 8 9 15 29 -12 37
18 Leganes 38 8 12 18 30 51 19 5 5 9 17 26 19 3 7 9 13 25 -21 36
19 Mallorca 38 9 6 23 40 65 19 8 3 8 25 22 19 1 3 15 15 43 -25 33
20 Espanyol 38 5 10 23 27 58 19 2 6 11 15 31 19 3 4 12 12 27 -31 25
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 34 26 4 4 100 32 17 13 2 2 53 15 17 13 2 2 47 17 68 82
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 21 6 7 84 41 17 11 3 3 46 17 17 10 3 4 38 24 43 69
3 RB Leipzig 34 18 12 4 81 37 17 7 8 2 38 21 17 11 4 2 43 16 44 66
4 Borussia M'gladbach 34 20 5 9 66 40 17 12 2 3 40 21 17 8 3 6 26 19 26 65
5 Bayer Leverkusen 34 19 6 9 61 44 17 9 4 4 32 22 17 10 2 5 29 22 17 63
6 Hoffenheim 34 15 7 12 53 53 17 7 1 9 26 37 17 8 6 3 27 16 0 52
7 Wolfsburg 34 13 10 11 48 46 17 4 7 6 19 23 17 9 3 5 29 23 2 49
8 Freiburg 34 13 9 12 48 47 17 9 2 6 23 17 17 4 7 6 25 30 1 48
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 13 6 15 59 60 17 8 4 5 36 27 17 5 2 10 23 33 -1 45
10 Hertha BSC 34 11 8 15 48 59 17 6 3 8 23 32 17 5 5 7 25 27 -11 41
11 Union Berlin 34 12 5 17 41 58 17 8 3 6 24 20 17 4 2 11 17 38 -17 41
12 Schalke 04 34 9 12 13 38 58 17 5 7 5 20 27 17 4 5 8 18 31 -20 39
13 Mainz 05 34 11 4 19 44 65 17 5 2 10 18 29 17 6 2 9 26 36 -21 37
14 Köln 34 10 6 18 51 69 17 6 4 7 28 27 17 4 2 11 23 42 -18 36
15 Augsburg 34 9 9 16 45 63 17 5 5 7 28 29 17 4 4 9 17 34 -18 36
16 Werder Bremen 34 8 7 19 42 69 17 2 3 12 15 36 17 6 4 7 27 33 -27 31
17 Fortuna Dusseldorf 34 6 12 16 36 67 17 4 6 7 18 28 17 2 6 9 18 39 -31 30
18 Paderborn 34 4 8 22 37 74 17 2 2 13 21 46 17 2 6 9 16 28 -37 20

Barcelona:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 34 26 4 4 100 32 17 13 2 2 53 15 17 13 2 2 47 17 68 82
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 21 6 7 84 41 17 11 3 3 46 17 17 10 3 4 38 24 43 69
3 RB Leipzig 34 18 12 4 81 37 17 7 8 2 38 21 17 11 4 2 43 16 44 66
4 Borussia M'gladbach 34 20 5 9 66 40 17 12 2 3 40 21 17 8 3 6 26 19 26 65
5 Bayer Leverkusen 34 19 6 9 61 44 17 9 4 4 32 22 17 10 2 5 29 22 17 63
6 Hoffenheim 34 15 7 12 53 53 17 7 1 9 26 37 17 8 6 3 27 16 0 52
7 Wolfsburg 34 13 10 11 48 46 17 4 7 6 19 23 17 9 3 5 29 23 2 49
8 Freiburg 34 13 9 12 48 47 17 9 2 6 23 17 17 4 7 6 25 30 1 48
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 13 6 15 59 60 17 8 4 5 36 27 17 5 2 10 23 33 -1 45
10 Hertha BSC 34 11 8 15 48 59 17 6 3 8 23 32 17 5 5 7 25 27 -11 41
11 Union Berlin 34 12 5 17 41 58 17 8 3 6 24 20 17 4 2 11 17 38 -17 41
12 Schalke 04 34 9 12 13 38 58 17 5 7 5 20 27 17 4 5 8 18 31 -20 39
13 Mainz 05 34 11 4 19 44 65 17 5 2 10 18 29 17 6 2 9 26 36 -21 37
14 Köln 34 10 6 18 51 69 17 6 4 7 28 27 17 4 2 11 23 42 -18 36
15 Augsburg 34 9 9 16 45 63 17 5 5 7 28 29 17 4 4 9 17 34 -18 36
16 Werder Bremen 34 8 7 19 42 69 17 2 3 12 15 36 17 6 4 7 27 33 -27 31
17 Fortuna Dusseldorf 34 6 12 16 36 67 17 4 6 7 18 28 17 2 6 9 18 39 -31 30
18 Paderborn 34 4 8 22 37 74 17 2 2 13 21 46 17 2 6 9 16 28 -37 20

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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.