Champions League betting and spectator preview: FC Bayern München and Benfica meet at Allianz Arena to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Benfica, who are travelling more than 2400 kilometers to play this game.
FC Bayern München form and stats
Last season, München's Champions League journey ended in the quarter-finals against PSG.The story so far in the Bundesliga for FC Bayern München at their home stadium (Allianz Arena) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. 3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for FC Bayern München.
München enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Union Berlin's place. The match ended 5-2 with Kingsley Coman, Robert Lewandowski (2), Thomas Müller and Leroy Sané scoring. A goal frenzy last time out for München, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Union Berlin. Fun stuff to watch! Midfielder Thomas Müller was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.14 (out of ten) in that game. Müller scored one goal, signed up for three assists, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Heartbreak before that as München lost 0-5 at Borussia M'gladbach's place.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for München, as the Bundesliga home game vs Freiburg is only four days away.
München always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Allianz Arena with 20 goals in 5 league games. From these home matches, FC Bayern München have conceded only 4 goals.
Benfica form and stats
Benfica's mission in Champions League last season failed in the 3rd qualifying round.The strength of Benfica on their travels this season is incredible with 16 points collected from 6 Primeira Liga away games. Benfica has 5-1-0 on the road, with 14 goals scored and 3 conceded. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss both home and away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Sporting CP game have they lost an away game, meaning Benfica has taken points from 15 away matches in a row.
Benfica are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Estoril. Midfielder João Mário was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.11. Mário served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 51 successful passes (of 54 total).
Before that, Benfica travelled to Vitoria Guimaraes and returned home with a draw after the League Cup game finished 3-3.With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Benfica are regular goalscorers on their travels. Benfica's manager J. Pinheiro de Jesus has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 3 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides meet this campaign, as the records show this recent match: Benfica - München 0-4. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's four München victories, one draw and zero Benfica wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Lewandowski 12 goals |  S. Gnabry 6 goals |  T. Müller 4 goals |
FC Bayern München missing players
Benfica missing players
| FC Bayern München | Benfica | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 85 | 40 | Scored | S | 21 | 42 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Conceded | C | 9 | 20 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 18.4 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12.3 | ||
| 8 | 8.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 43% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 9 |
| 2 | Benfica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 3 | FC Barcelona | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 1 |
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 28 | 25 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Mainz 05 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | VfL Wolfsburg | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 16 |
| 8 | RB Leipzig | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | Köln | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Hertha BSC | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -12 | 12 |
| 12 | Borussia M'gladbach | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Stuttgart | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 14 | Bochum | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -9 | 10 |
| 15 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 9 |
| 16 | Augsburg | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -13 | 6 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -10 | 5 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -20 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Porto | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 26 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 26 |
| 3 | Benfica | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 25 |
| 4 | Estoril | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Sporting Braga | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | Portimonense | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | Boavista | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -3 | 11 |
| 9 | Pacos de Ferreira | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 11 | Tondela | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 12 | Arouca | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | Vizela | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
| 14 | Maritimo | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 15 | Moreirense | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 7 |
| 16 | Famalicao | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 6 |
| 17 | Santa Clara | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -12 | 6 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 5 |