Champions League preview and statistics: FC Bayern München vs Inter full pre-match guide

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 01.November
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Arena (75000 seats)

FC Bayern München and Inter get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.

It's no vacation for neither München nor Inter as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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FC Bayern München form and stats

FC Bayern München was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Champions League. Villarreal was too strong.

14 points is a decent return from 6 Bundesliga games here at Allianz Arena for FC Bayern München. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. 5W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for FC Bayern München.

The München followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Mainz 05 and win 6-2. As indicated by the result mentioned above, FC Bayern München played a great game against Mainz 05 and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Choupo-Moting, having bagged a goal in five consecutive matches. Midfielder Mané was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.11 (out of ten) in that game. Mané scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that, a nice away win at FC Barcelona. A Champions League match.

München are traveling soon after this match as the Bundesliga match at Hertha BSC awaits in four days.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of FC Bayern München is on fire here. A stunning 20 from 6 league matches. From these home matches, München have conceded only 5 goals.

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Inter form and stats

Inter's mission in Champions League last season failed in the 8th finals against Liverpool.

3 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Inter playing as the away team in the Serie A this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away.

The followers enjoyed Inter's previous fixture versus Sampdoria, a 3-0 win played at home. Midfield player Çalhanoğlu was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.41/10. Çalhanoğlu served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 44 successful passes (of 52 total).

A home win as predicted against Viktoria Plzeň before that, in the Champions League.

For Inter, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Believe it or not, Inter have found the net in every league fixture they've performed in since NOT scoring against today's hosts; the Inter - FC Bayern München 0-2 match five fixtures ago. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): FC Bayern München four wins, one draw and Inter three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MünchenJ. Musiala
J. Musiala
7 goals
FC Bayern MünchenS. Mané
S. Mané
6 goals
InterL. Martínez
L. Martínez
6 goals

FC Bayern München missing players

Inter missing players

FC Bayern München Inter
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 10   Played P   12 25
16 6   Won W   7 15
6 3   Drew D   1 3
3 1   Lost L   4 7
80 29   Scored S   28 55
27 8   Conceded C   22 35
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
92% 90%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 88%
68% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   83% 76%
64% 60%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   67% 52%
40% 30%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   42% 24%
52% 40%   BTTS BTTS   83% 60%
40% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 32%
8% 10%   Failed to Score F T   8% 8%
 
5.6 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 5.4
3.9 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.3
1.8 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.8
2 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
19.2 19.6   Shots (avg) S (   14.8 15.6
9 9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.6 6.2
35% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 35%
 
10.2 10.8   Shots against (avg) S A   14.9 12.6
3.6 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 4.8

  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 16 2 2 2 0 0 7 0 3 3 0 0 9 2 14 15
2 Inter 5 3 1 1 10 5 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 5 10
3 FC Barcelona 5 1 1 3 8 10 3 1 1 1 8 7 2 0 0 2 0 3 -2 4
4 Viktoria Plzeň 5 0 0 5 3 20 2 0 0 2 2 6 3 0 0 3 1 14 -17 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 12 7 4 1 38 10 6 4 2 0 20 5 6 3 2 1 18 5 28 25
2 Union Berlin 11 7 2 2 19 8 5 4 1 0 10 3 6 3 1 2 9 5 11 23
3 Borussia Dortmund 12 7 1 4 20 15 6 4 1 1 12 5 6 3 0 3 8 10 5 22
4 Freiburg 11 6 3 2 16 13 5 3 1 1 6 4 6 3 2 1 10 9 3 21
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 12 6 2 4 25 20 7 3 1 3 14 11 5 3 1 1 11 9 5 20
6 RB Leipzig 12 5 4 3 22 18 6 5 1 0 16 4 6 0 3 3 6 14 4 19
7 Werder Bremen 12 5 3 4 21 18 6 2 1 3 11 10 6 3 2 1 10 8 3 18
8 Mainz 05 12 5 3 4 18 19 5 1 3 1 7 5 7 4 0 3 11 14 -1 18
9 Hoffenheim 11 5 2 4 17 12 6 3 1 2 9 7 5 2 1 2 8 5 5 17
10 Borussia M'gladbach 11 4 4 3 19 17 6 4 0 2 13 7 5 0 4 1 6 10 2 16
11 Köln 11 4 4 3 19 22 5 3 1 1 9 6 6 1 3 2 10 16 -3 16
12 Wolfsburg 12 3 5 4 17 19 6 2 3 1 13 10 6 1 2 3 4 9 -2 14
13 Augsburg 12 4 2 6 15 21 6 1 2 3 6 12 6 3 0 3 9 9 -6 14
14 Hertha BSC 12 2 5 5 14 17 6 1 4 1 8 8 6 1 1 4 6 9 -3 11
15 Stuttgart 12 2 5 5 15 21 7 2 2 3 9 9 5 0 3 2 6 12 -6 11
16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 12 2 3 7 16 25 6 1 2 3 10 11 6 1 1 4 6 14 -9 9
17 Bochum 12 2 1 9 11 32 6 2 1 3 7 13 6 0 0 6 4 19 -21 7
18 Schalke 04 11 1 3 7 11 26 5 1 1 3 8 15 6 0 2 4 3 11 -15 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 Napoli 12 10 2 0 30 9 6 5 1 0 16 4 6 5 1 0 14 5 21 32
2 Milan 11 8 2 1 24 11 6 5 0 1 16 7 5 3 2 0 8 4 13 26
3 Lazio 11 7 3 1 23 5 6 4 1 1 12 4 5 3 2 0 11 1 18 24
4 Inter 12 8 0 4 25 17 6 5 0 1 13 3 6 3 0 3 12 14 8 24
5 Atalanta 11 7 3 1 16 8 6 3 2 1 8 6 5 4 1 0 8 2 8 24
6 Juventus 12 6 4 2 18 7 6 4 2 0 15 3 6 2 2 2 3 4 11 22
7 Roma 11 7 1 3 13 10 5 3 0 2 6 3 6 4 1 1 7 7 3 22
8 Udinese 11 6 3 2 20 12 6 3 2 1 11 5 5 3 1 1 9 7 8 21
9 Sassuolo 12 4 3 5 14 17 6 3 1 2 10 6 6 1 2 3 4 11 -3 15
10 Torino 11 4 2 5 10 13 5 1 2 2 2 3 6 3 0 3 8 10 -3 14
11 Salernitana 11 3 4 4 13 16 6 3 1 2 10 6 5 0 3 2 3 10 -3 13
12 Empoli 11 2 5 4 9 15 5 1 2 2 4 6 6 1 3 2 5 9 -6 11
13 Bologna 11 2 4 5 12 17 6 2 3 1 7 5 5 0 1 4 5 12 -5 10
14 Fiorentina 11 2 4 5 11 16 6 2 2 2 9 11 5 0 2 3 2 5 -5 10
15 Monza 11 3 1 7 10 19 5 2 0 3 5 6 6 1 1 4 5 13 -9 10
16 Spezia 11 2 3 6 9 20 5 2 3 0 9 7 6 0 0 6 0 13 -11 9
17 Lecce 12 1 5 6 9 15 6 0 4 2 5 7 6 1 1 4 4 8 -6 8
18 Sampdoria 12 1 3 8 6 21 6 0 2 4 2 9 6 1 1 4 4 12 -15 6
19 Hellas Verona 11 1 2 8 10 21 5 1 0 4 6 11 6 0 2 4 4 10 -11 5
20 Cremonese 11 0 4 7 9 22 5 0 1 4 2 11 6 0 3 3 7 11 -13 4

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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.