Domus Regiobau Arena Champions League clash: Crowds ready for FC Bayern München - FC Barcelona action

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 08.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Domus Regiobau Arena (2000 seats)

FC Barcelona have traveled here for an interesting Champions League fight against FC Bayern München. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!

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.

These teams have little in common geographically as FC Barcelona have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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FC Bayern München form and stats

Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Paris Saint Germain.

6-0-1 is the performance here at Domus Regiobau Arena so far in the Bundesliga, giving FC Bayern München a total of 18 from their 7 games here. Outstanding results! 5W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for FC Bayern München. There’s a good atmosphere here at Domus Regiobau Arena after three straight home wins.

München enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Borussia Dortmund's place. The match ended 3-2 with Kingsley Coman and Robert Lewandowski (2) scoring. The forward Robert Lewandowski was named "man of the match" for München with the rating of 9.13/10. Lewandowski scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.

Ahead of that match, München won a home game hosting Arminia Bielefeld (1-0).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Bundesliga game versus Mainz 05 in only three days. This game is also played here at Domus Regiobau Arena.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of München is on fire here. A stunning 23 from 7 league matches. München have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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FC Barcelona form and stats

Barcelona was sent out of Champions League in the 8th finals last season, when Paris Saint Germain turned out to be too strong.

FC Barcelona have only collected 6 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 1-3-2 (6 played). Total Champions League statistics for FC Barcelona: 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

Barcelona might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Real Betis proved too strong as FC Barcelona slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Camp Nou. Sergio Busquets got a match rating of 8.05 in that game, top player of the team. Busquets had 85 successful passes (of 95 total).

Preceding that game was the away La Liga victory against Villarreal with the score of 3-1.

FC Barcelona have another game away from home in just four nights, a La Liga game vs Osasuna. A grim programme for the visiting team!

Barcelona have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. 8 goals have been conceded by FC Barcelona in these games.

Head 2 Head

This duo played each other before this campaign: FC Barcelona - FC Bayern München 0-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): München five wins, one draw and FC Barcelona two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC Bayern MünchenR. Lewandowski
R. Lewandowski
16 goals
FC BarcelonaM. Depay
M. Depay
8 goals
FC Bayern MünchenS. Gnabry
S. Gnabry
6 goals

FC Bayern München missing players

FC Barcelona missing players

FC Bayern München FC Barcelona
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   10 25
18 8   Won W   3 12
2 1   Drew D   3 6
5 3   Lost L   4 7
81 35   Scored S   12 39
31 14   Conceded C   13 26
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 92%
96% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 72%
88% 83%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 56%
64% 58%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 24%
44% 42%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 8%
56% 42%   BTTS BTTS   40% 44%
32% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   30% 36%
12% 17%   Failed to Score F T   40% 28%
 
6.2 6.7   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5.9
3.2 2.6   Corners against (avg) C A   3.7 3
1 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 1.9
1 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
18.2 19.2   Shots (avg) S (   10.9 12.5
8.2 8.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4.9
40% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 32%
 
8.8 8.7   Shots against (avg) S A   12 9.8
3.9 3.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.4 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Bayern München 5 5 0 0 19 3 2 2 0 0 10 2 3 3 0 0 9 1 16 15
2 FC Barcelona 5 2 1 2 2 6 3 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 1 3 -4 7
3 Benfica 5 1 2 2 5 9 2 1 0 1 3 4 3 0 2 1 2 5 -4 5
4 Dynamo Kyiv 5 0 1 4 1 9 3 0 1 2 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 6 -8 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 14 11 1 2 45 15 7 6 0 1 23 5 7 5 1 1 22 10 30 34
2 Borussia Dortmund 14 10 0 4 35 22 8 7 0 1 23 12 6 3 0 3 12 10 13 30
3 Bayer Leverkusen 14 8 3 3 35 19 7 4 0 3 17 12 7 4 3 0 18 7 16 27
4 Hoffenheim 14 7 2 5 30 22 7 5 1 1 17 7 7 2 1 4 13 15 8 23
5 Union Berlin 14 6 5 3 22 20 8 5 2 1 12 8 6 1 3 2 10 12 2 23
6 Freiburg 13 6 4 3 19 13 6 3 2 1 10 6 7 3 2 2 9 7 6 22
7 Mainz 05 14 6 3 5 20 14 8 4 3 1 14 5 6 2 0 4 6 9 6 21
8 VfL Wolfsburg 14 6 2 6 15 20 7 3 1 3 6 9 7 3 1 3 9 11 -5 20
9 Köln 14 4 7 3 23 23 7 4 3 0 17 9 7 0 4 3 6 14 0 19
10 Bochum 14 6 1 7 15 22 6 4 1 1 9 4 8 2 0 6 6 18 -7 19
11 RB Leipzig 14 5 3 6 25 18 7 5 0 2 21 9 7 0 3 4 4 9 7 18
12 Borussia M'gladbach 13 5 3 5 18 18 6 4 2 0 12 4 7 1 1 5 6 14 0 18
13 Eintracht Frankfurt 14 4 6 4 18 20 6 1 4 1 6 6 8 3 2 3 12 14 -2 18
14 Hertha BSC 13 4 2 7 13 27 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 2 0 5 6 20 -14 14
15 Stuttgart 13 3 4 6 18 23 7 3 1 3 14 11 6 0 3 3 4 12 -5 13
16 Augsburg 14 3 4 7 14 25 7 3 1 3 11 14 7 0 3 4 3 11 -11 13
17 Arminia Bielefeld 14 1 7 6 10 20 8 0 5 3 6 13 6 1 2 3 4 7 -10 10
18 Greuther Furth 14 0 1 13 12 46 6 0 1 5 6 15 8 0 0 8 6 31 -34 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 Real Madrid 16 12 3 1 37 15 7 5 2 0 16 5 9 7 1 1 21 10 22 39
2 Sevilla 15 9 4 2 25 11 7 6 1 0 18 6 8 3 3 2 7 5 14 31
3 Real Betis 16 9 3 4 26 18 8 4 2 2 15 10 8 5 1 2 11 8 8 30
4 Atlético Madrid 15 8 5 2 27 16 8 4 3 1 12 6 7 4 2 1 15 10 11 29
5 Real Sociedad 16 8 5 3 19 13 8 4 3 1 5 3 8 4 2 2 14 10 6 29
6 Rayo Vallecano 15 7 3 5 23 16 7 6 1 0 16 3 8 1 2 5 7 13 7 24
7 FC Barcelona 15 6 5 4 23 17 9 5 2 2 16 9 6 1 3 2 7 8 6 23
8 Athletic Club 15 4 8 3 13 11 7 3 2 2 9 7 8 1 6 1 4 4 2 20
9 Espanyol 15 5 5 5 15 14 8 5 2 1 10 4 7 0 3 4 5 10 1 20
10 Osasuna 15 5 5 5 15 19 8 1 4 3 5 11 7 4 1 2 10 8 -4 20
11 Valencia 15 4 7 4 22 21 8 3 4 1 14 9 7 1 3 3 8 12 1 19
12 Mallorca 16 4 7 5 16 23 8 2 5 1 8 7 8 2 2 4 8 16 -7 19
13 Villarreal 15 3 7 5 16 17 7 3 2 2 12 9 8 0 5 3 4 8 -1 16
14 Celta de Vigo 15 4 4 7 16 19 8 1 2 5 7 12 7 3 2 2 9 7 -3 16
15 Granada 15 3 6 6 16 23 7 2 2 3 9 12 8 1 4 3 7 11 -7 15
16 Deportivo Alaves 15 4 2 9 12 21 8 3 0 5 6 11 7 1 2 4 6 10 -9 14
17 Elche 15 2 6 7 12 21 7 1 4 2 6 9 8 1 2 5 6 12 -9 12
18 Cadiz 15 2 6 7 13 27 8 0 4 4 5 13 7 2 2 3 8 14 -14 12
19 Getafe 15 2 4 9 10 19 7 2 1 4 8 9 8 0 3 5 2 10 -9 10
20 Levante 15 0 7 8 13 28 7 0 5 2 6 11 8 0 2 6 7 17 -15 7

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.