Champions League betting and spectator preview: FC Barcelona and FC Bayern München meet at Spotify Camp Nou to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
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.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for FC Barcelona and FC Bayern München.
FC Barcelona form and stats
FC Barcelona participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the group stage.Home games in the La Liga have been a walk in the park for FC Barcelona so far, with 16 points won from 6 matches; 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. On the other hand, in the Champions League, FC Barcelona has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Barcelona, as their goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen has completely shut out the opponents for 180 minutes in the La Liga.
FC Barcelona's last game was hosting Athletic Club and winning 4-0. As mentioned above, FC Barcelona "killed" Athletic Club in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. The forward Dembélé won the honour of being "man of the match" for Barcelona with a rating of 10.0/10. Dembélé scored one goal, signed up for three assists, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 44 successful passes (of 53 total).
Before that, FC Barcelona had a La Liga home game versus Villarreal which ended with a victory 3-0.FC Barcelona are traveling soon after this match as the La Liga match at Valencia awaits in three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (15 in 6 games), FC Barcelona's attacking play is working.
FC Bayern München form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Villarreal.As the visiting team in Bundesliga matches, FC Bayern München have produced an overall stat of 3-2-1 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
München have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Sven Ulreich. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Bundesliga.
FC Bayern München play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Hoffenheim. Choupo-Moting has bagged at least one goal for the away side three fixtures in a row. The capability! Pavard, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.04. Pavard hit one key pass and won 7 of 7 duels.
Before that, the DFB Pokal victory away at Augsburg.
A quick return to home after this game, as FC Bayern München are hosting Mainz 05 in the Bundesliga only three days away.
They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
FC Bayern München have won every one of the 5 latest games versus this side. Will the streak continue?The dueling parties have fought earlier this season: FC Bayern München - FC Barcelona 2-0. One of the profiles has been Müller with 8 goals scored against Barcelona in these 10 matches.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Lewandowski 12 goals |   J. Musiala 6 goals |  L. Sané 5 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 | 15 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 10 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 60 | 34 | Scored | S | 51 | 77 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Conceded | C | 19 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 47% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 8% | ||
| 6.7 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 16.9 | 18.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19.7 | 19.4 | ||
| 6.6 | 7.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9.2 | 9 | ||
| 37% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 34% | ||
| 8.4 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Bayern München | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 12 |
| 2 | Inter | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | FC Barcelona | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Viktoria Plzen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | -13 | 0 |
| 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 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 31 |
| 2 | FC Barcelona | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 28 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 23 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Athletic Club | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 18 |
| 7 | Villarreal | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 8 | Osasuna | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | Valencia | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 10 | Rayo Vallecano | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Real Valladolid | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | Espanyol | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 14 | Almeria | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -7 | 10 |
| 15 | Sevilla | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 16 | Celta de Vigo | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 10 |
| 17 | Girona | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 9 |
| 18 | Getafe | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 9 |
| 19 | Cadiz | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -17 | 7 |
| 20 | Elche | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -18 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Union Berlin | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 2 | FC Bayern München | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 24 | 22 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Mainz 05 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Hoffenheim | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | RB Leipzig | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Borussia M'gladbach | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 16 |
| 10 | Köln | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 16 |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 14 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 14 | Wolfsburg | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Bayer Leverkusen | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 9 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 8 |
| 17 | Bochum | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -17 | 7 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -15 | 6 |
