Champions League: Get ready for the second leg of the Bayern München - Chelsea clash

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 18.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Arena (75000 seats)

The first leg ended Chelsea-Bayern München 0-3. All is set for the decider in this Champions League 8th Finals fixture!

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

Chelsea have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Bayern München form and stats

Bayern München was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Champions League. Liverpool was too strong.

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Allianz Arena as Bayern München have scored 38 goals to get 29 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Bundesliga are 9-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Champions League, Bayern München has performed like this (both home and away): 7 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. Bayern München haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Borussia M'gladbach, 102 days ago. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Bayern München after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Bayern München are confident in defense, having played 195 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Bayern München's previous game was a Bundesliga match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Augsburg. The home side are looking to build on that result. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Schalke 04.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Bayern München home games with this odds we find five games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in three wins, one draw and one defeat. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.

Bayern München are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Allianz Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 38 goals in 13 matches. Bayern München are not conceding a lot of goals here at Allianz Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 13 matches.

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Chelsea form and stats

Nothing but glory last season for Chelsea, as they won the Champions League.

7 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Chelsea playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 3W-2D-2L. This is both home and away. Two points from the last two away games for Chelsea, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Chelsea go into this game after a win, the home game against Everton that ended 4-0. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Liverpool in the FA Cup.

As you can tell from the results above, Chelsea was very dominant against Everton, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Pedro, Willian, Mason Mount and Olivier Giroud providing the goals.

You'll want to know how Chelsea managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.

Chelsea have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 29 goals from 14 away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Chelsea have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Chelsea - Bayern München 0-3. Last four meetings between the teams: Bayern München won two, Chelsea won zero and two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bayern MünchenR. Lewandowski
R. Lewandowski
25 goals
ChelseaK. Bakumo-Abraham
K. Bakumo-Abraham
13 goals
Bayern MünchenS. Gnabry
S. Gnabry
11 goals

Bayern München missing players

Chelsea missing players

Bayern München Chelsea
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   10 25
20 10   Won W   3 11
1 1   Drew D   4 6
4 1   Lost L   3 8
74 34   Scored S   15 40
26 10   Conceded C   15 33
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
92% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   90% 88%
80% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   70% 60%
60% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 28%
36% 33%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
52% 50%   BTTS BTTS   80% 52%
48% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   10% 24%
4% 8%   Failed to Score F T   10% 24%
 
7.9 9.2   Corners for (avg) C F   6.2 7
2.6 2.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 4
1.3 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.8
2 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
483 242   Total Shots T S   146 413
202 105   Shots on Target S O   42 138
37% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 29%

  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 25 17 4 4 73 26 13 9 2 2 38 11 12 8 2 2 35 15 47 55
2 Borussia Dortmund 25 15 6 4 68 33 12 9 3 0 41 10 13 6 3 4 27 23 35 51
3 RB Leipzig 25 14 8 3 62 26 12 7 4 1 32 13 13 7 4 2 30 13 36 50
4 Bayer Leverkusen 25 14 5 6 45 30 13 7 4 2 25 13 12 7 1 4 20 17 15 47
5 Borussia M'gladbach 24 14 4 6 47 29 12 8 2 2 28 15 12 6 2 4 19 14 18 46
6 Schalke 04 25 9 10 6 33 36 13 5 6 2 18 18 12 4 4 4 15 18 -3 37
7 Wolfsburg 25 9 9 7 34 30 13 4 6 3 16 13 12 5 3 4 18 17 4 36
8 Freiburg 25 10 6 9 34 35 12 6 2 4 16 14 13 4 4 5 18 21 -1 36
9 Hoffenheim 25 10 5 10 35 43 13 5 1 7 19 31 12 5 4 3 16 12 -8 35
10 Köln 24 10 2 12 38 43 12 6 1 5 20 16 12 4 1 7 18 27 -5 32
11 Union Berlin 25 9 3 13 32 41 12 6 1 5 18 16 13 3 2 8 14 25 -9 30
12 Eintracht Frankfurt 24 8 4 12 38 41 12 6 3 3 27 16 12 2 1 9 11 25 -3 28
13 Hertha BSC 25 7 7 11 32 48 13 3 3 7 14 28 12 4 4 4 18 20 -16 28
14 Augsburg 25 7 6 12 36 52 12 5 3 4 24 21 13 2 3 8 12 31 -16 27
15 Mainz 05 25 8 2 15 34 53 13 4 2 7 15 21 12 4 0 8 19 32 -19 26
16 Fortuna Dusseldorf 25 5 7 13 27 50 12 3 3 6 13 23 13 2 4 7 14 27 -23 22
17 Werder Bremen 24 4 6 14 27 55 11 1 2 8 8 26 13 3 4 6 19 29 -28 18
18 Paderborn 25 4 4 17 30 54 13 2 1 10 17 31 12 2 3 7 13 23 -24 16
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 29 27 1 1 66 21 15 15 0 0 40 12 14 12 1 1 26 9 45 82
2 Manchester City 28 18 3 7 68 31 13 9 2 2 33 12 15 9 1 5 35 19 37 57
3 Leicester City 29 16 5 8 58 28 15 9 3 3 30 15 14 7 2 5 28 13 30 53
4 Chelsea 29 14 6 9 51 39 15 7 3 5 22 15 14 7 3 4 29 24 12 48
5 Manchester United 29 12 9 8 44 30 15 8 5 2 29 12 14 4 4 6 15 18 14 45
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 29 10 13 6 41 34 15 5 7 3 21 17 14 5 6 3 20 17 7 43
7 Sheffield United 28 11 10 7 30 25 15 7 3 5 17 13 13 4 7 2 13 12 5 43
8 Tottenham Hotspur 29 11 8 10 47 40 14 8 2 4 27 15 15 3 6 6 20 25 7 41
9 Arsenal 28 9 13 6 40 36 15 7 5 3 26 20 13 2 8 3 14 16 4 40
10 Burnley 29 11 6 12 34 40 15 7 2 6 20 19 14 4 4 6 14 21 -6 39
11 Crystal Palace 29 10 9 10 26 32 15 6 4 5 12 13 14 4 5 5 14 19 -6 39
12 Everton 29 10 7 12 37 46 14 7 4 3 19 15 15 3 3 9 18 31 -9 37
13 Newcastle United 29 9 8 12 25 41 14 5 6 3 12 12 15 4 2 9 13 29 -16 35
14 Southampton 29 10 4 15 35 52 15 4 2 9 16 31 14 6 2 6 19 21 -17 34
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 29 6 11 12 32 40 14 4 6 4 17 15 15 2 5 8 15 25 -8 29
16 West Ham United 29 7 6 16 35 50 14 4 3 7 23 26 15 3 3 9 12 24 -15 27
17 Watford 29 6 9 14 27 44 14 4 5 5 16 17 15 2 4 9 11 27 -17 27
18 AFC Bournemouth 29 7 6 16 29 47 14 4 5 5 17 21 15 3 1 11 12 26 -18 27
19 Aston Villa 28 7 4 17 34 56 13 5 2 6 18 24 15 2 2 11 16 32 -22 25
20 Norwich City 29 5 6 18 25 52 14 4 3 7 19 26 15 1 3 11 6 26 -27 21

Read more about Champions League

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.