International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both FC Bayern München and FC Barcelona are looking forward to this Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
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.
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 Bayern München and FC Barcelona.
FC Bayern München form and stats
Last season, München's Champions League journey ended in the quarter-finals against Villarreal.FC Bayern München have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Bundesliga. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for FC Bayern München, who played 2-2 against Stuttgart. That match was also played at this venue (Allianz Arena). Defender Mazraoui got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.02/10. Mazraoui served one assist, hit three key passes and won 9 of 12 duels.
Before that, a fine away win at Inter. A Champions League game.
There will be little rest for FC Bayern München after this match as they are travelling to Augsburg for a Bundesliga game in only four days.
The München fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches.
FC Barcelona form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.FC Barcelona are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 9 points in the bag from 3 travels in the La Liga.
354 minutes! That's how long the FC Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Two away games in a row for FC Barcelona, whose manager Xavi could celebrate last time after the win against Cadiz. As mentioned above, Barcelona was the only team on the pitch versus Cadiz in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Which player has scored four matches in a row for the away team? The answer is Lewandowski and that is quite the feat! Midfielder de Jong was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.8. Jong scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 47 successful passes (of 50 total).
A home win as predicted against Viktoria Plzeň ahead of that, in the Champions League.
A new game in only four days for FC Barcelona, the La Liga home match versus Elche. Busy days.
The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Barcelona alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (11 from 3 played). The FC Barcelona defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (1 goal in 3 games).
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent meetings featuring these sides have all ended as FC Bayern München victories. Surely both teams are aware of this.Müller likes to meet FC Barcelona and have scored 8 goals in these games.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Lewandowski 6 goals |   J. Musiala 4 goals |  S. Mané 3 goals |
FC Bayern München missing players
FC Barcelona missing players
| FC Bayern München | FC Barcelona | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Won | W | 10 | 15 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | ||
| 68 | 24 | Scored | S | 31 | 58 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Conceded | C | 8 | 23 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 20% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 2.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 19.6 | 18.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 16 | ||
| 8.4 | 7.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 6.5 | ||
| 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 36% | ||
| 9.2 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 8.7 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 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 Barcelona | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | FC Bayern München | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Inter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 | Viktoria Plzeň | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 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 | FC Bayern München | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 12 |
| 2 | Hoffenheim | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | Mainz 05 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 7 | Köln | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Borussia M'gladbach | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | RB Leipzig | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 12 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 6 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -6 | 6 |
| 14 | Stuttgart | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 16 | Wolfsburg | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 5 |
| 17 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 18 | Bochum | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -14 | 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 | FC Barcelona | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 13 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 3 | Villarreal | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 10 |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Osasuna | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Athletic Club | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Girona | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Rayo Vallecano | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Real Sociedad | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Celta de Vigo | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Valencia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | Mallorca | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Almeria | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 15 | Espanyol | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -4 | 4 |
| 16 | Sevilla | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 17 | Real Valladolid | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 4 |
| 18 | Elche | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -8 | 1 |
| 19 | Getafe | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 1 |
| 20 | Cadiz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -14 | 0 |
