It's time for episode two of the FC Bayern München - Salzburg 8th Finals battle

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 08.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Arena (75000 seats)

There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Champions League 8th Finals meeting between FC Bayern München and Salzburg. Game on!

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.

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FC Bayern München form and stats

Last season, München's Champions League journey ended in the quarter-finals against PSG.

FC Bayern München are steadily winning Bundesliga games and points here at Allianz Arena. 10 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 13 games. 6W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for FC Bayern München.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for FC Bayern München, who played 1-1 against Bayer Leverkusen. That match was also played at this venue (Allianz Arena). Pavard, defender, was given a rating of 7.93/10 in that game, top of the team. Pavard hit two key passes and won 4 of 4 duels.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Eintracht Frankfurt.

The manager Nagelsmann will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Hoffenheim in only four days.

Goals are plentiful at Allianz Arena in the league this season as FC Bayern München has scored 38 goals here in 13 home games. München have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Salzburg form and stats

They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the Tipico Bundesliga. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses both home and away.

342 minutes! That's how long the Salzburg goalkeeper Philipp Köhn and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Salzburg won their last game, 4-0 versus Rheindorf Altach played at home. Seiwald got a match rating of 8.0 in that game, top player of the team. Seiwald served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 30 successful passes (of 37 total).

A 0-0 draw at LASK Linz's stadium before that.

Salzburg has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest archived meeting involving both these sides is the Salzburg - FC Bayern München 1-1 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): FC Bayern München two wins, one draw and Salzburg zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less. Lewandowski loves to face Salzburg and have scored 3 goals in these games.

Top Goalscorers

MünchenR. Lewandowski
R. Lewandowski
28 goals
SalzburgK. Adeyemi
K. Adeyemi
15 goals
FC Bayern MünchenS. Gnabry
S. Gnabry
10 goals

FC Bayern München missing players

Salzburg missing players

FC Bayern München Salzburg
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   9 25
18 9   Won W   3 16
2 1   Drew D   3 5
5 2   Lost L   3 4
68 31   Scored S   11 54
31 12   Conceded C   9 19
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 92%
92% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 80%
84% 83%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 68%
56% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 36%
40% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 12%
64% 67%   BTTS BTTS   56% 56%
32% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 40%
4% 0%   Failed to Score F T   22% 12%
 
6.8 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   6.3 6.7
3.2 2.8   Corners against (avg) C A   2.7 2.9
1.1 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 1.6
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
20.4 20.8   Shots (avg) S (   13.9 14
8.5 8.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 5.6
32% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 37%
 
9.7 9.5   Shots against (avg) S A   7.7 8.2
3.8 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.8 2.6

  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 25 19 2 4 76 27 13 10 1 2 38 12 12 9 1 2 38 15 49 59
2 Borussia Dortmund 24 16 2 6 64 37 12 10 0 2 39 18 12 6 2 4 25 19 27 50
3 Bayer Leverkusen 25 13 6 6 64 40 12 7 2 3 33 19 13 6 4 3 31 21 24 45
4 RB Leipzig 25 12 5 8 51 29 13 9 1 3 35 15 12 3 4 5 16 14 22 41
5 Freiburg 25 11 8 6 40 27 12 6 4 2 21 12 13 5 4 4 19 15 13 41
6 Hoffenheim 24 12 4 8 47 36 12 8 2 2 27 13 12 4 2 6 20 23 11 40
7 Union Berlin 25 10 7 8 32 33 12 7 3 2 17 13 13 3 4 6 15 20 -1 37
8 Köln 24 9 9 6 36 38 12 7 3 2 20 15 12 2 6 4 16 23 -2 36
9 Mainz 05 24 10 4 10 35 29 12 8 3 1 24 7 12 2 1 9 11 22 6 34
10 Eintracht Frankfurt 25 9 7 9 37 37 12 3 4 5 14 16 13 6 3 4 23 21 0 34
11 Bochum 25 9 5 11 27 35 13 7 3 3 19 12 12 2 2 8 8 23 -8 32
12 Wolfsburg 25 9 4 12 27 37 13 5 2 6 14 17 12 4 2 6 13 20 -10 31
13 Borussia M'gladbach 25 7 6 12 34 51 12 5 3 4 21 21 13 2 3 8 13 30 -17 27
14 Augsburg 25 6 8 11 27 41 12 4 4 4 17 19 13 2 4 7 10 22 -14 26
15 Arminia Bielefeld 25 5 10 10 22 33 13 2 7 4 12 17 12 3 3 6 10 16 -11 25
16 Hertha BSC 25 6 5 14 26 58 13 4 3 6 17 27 12 2 2 8 9 31 -32 23
17 Stuttgart 25 5 7 13 31 47 13 4 3 6 22 26 12 1 4 7 9 21 -16 22
18 Greuther Furth 25 3 5 17 23 64 12 3 4 5 12 18 13 0 1 12 11 46 -41 14
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Salzburg 22 17 4 1 50 13 11 10 1 0 33 5 11 7 3 1 17 8 37 55
2 Sturm Graz 21 10 6 5 44 30 11 5 4 2 23 16 10 5 2 3 21 14 14 36
3 Wolfsberger AC 21 10 4 7 33 32 10 6 1 3 19 14 11 4 3 4 14 18 1 34
4 Austria Wien 21 7 9 5 29 22 11 4 5 2 16 11 10 3 4 3 13 11 7 30
5 Austria Klagenfurt 21 7 9 5 31 30 11 4 6 1 17 15 10 3 3 4 14 15 1 30
6 Rapid Wien 21 7 7 7 32 31 10 5 1 4 18 14 11 2 6 3 14 17 1 28
7 Ried 21 7 7 7 29 39 10 6 4 0 19 13 11 1 3 7 10 26 -10 28
8 LASK Linz 21 6 7 8 28 28 11 3 4 4 12 12 10 3 3 4 16 16 0 25
9 Hartberg 21 5 7 9 29 34 10 2 4 4 14 17 11 3 3 5 15 17 -5 22
10 Admira 21 4 8 9 24 29 10 2 2 6 10 12 11 2 6 3 14 17 -5 20
11 Wattens 21 4 8 9 29 42 11 2 6 3 17 16 10 2 2 6 12 26 -13 20
12 Rheindorf Altach 22 3 4 15 10 38 11 1 2 8 5 20 11 2 2 7 5 18 -28 13

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.