It's Champions League time and the hopeful contenders are Manchester City and FC Bayern München

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 11.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Etihad Stadium (55097 seats)

The first of two encounters in the Champions League Quarter-finals, as the hometeam Manchester City will try to edge FC Bayern München in their own ballpark.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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 Manchester City and FC Bayern München.

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Manchester City form and stats

Manchester City was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Champions League. Real Madrid was too strong.

Manchester City have been very solid at home in the Premier League so far, with 37 points collected from 14 matches (12-1-1). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses in this competition.

City are returning here after visiting Southampton and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. Álvarez, Haaland (2) and Grealish scored the goal(s). Álvarez has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three matches in a row. Badass! The forward Grealish was announced as "man of the match" for Manchester City with the rating of 8.62/10. Grealish scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 44 successful passes (of 53 total).

Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Liverpool in a game that was won 4-1.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Leicester City in only four days. This game is also played here at Etihad Stadium.

City always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Etihad Stadium with 47 goals in 14 league games.

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FC Bayern München form and stats

They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the quarter-finals, when Villarreal drew the shortest straw.

8 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of FC Bayern München playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 8W-0D-0L. This is both home and away.

It's the second away game in a row for FC Bayern München, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Freiburg last time out. Pavard was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.54. The defender Pavard hit one key pass and won 9 of 12 duels.

A painful defeat as solid favourites in the game before that, the DFB Pokal fixture home against Freiburg.

After this away game München return home for a Bundesliga game against Hoffenheim. That game is only four sleeps after this.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, FC Bayern München are regular goalscorers on their travels. FC Bayern München have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Manchester City-FC Bayern München H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: City five wins, FC Bayern München four wins, zero draws. four of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Manchester CityE. Håland
E. Håland
30 goals
FC Bayern MünchenJ. Musiala
J. Musiala
11 goals
FC Bayern MünchenJ. Choupo-Moting
J. Choupo-Moting
10 goals

Manchester City missing players

FC Bayern München missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Manchester City FC Bayern München
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
18 11   Won W   10 18
3 1   Drew D   1 4
4 1   Lost L   2 3
63 41   Scored S   31 69
20 9   Conceded C   13 29
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
84% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 92%
60% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 64%
44% 54%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 40%
28% 38%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   31% 36%
52% 46%   BTTS BTTS   54% 60%
40% 54%   Clean Sheets C S   46% 40%
8% 0%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
5.5 6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 5.6
2.6 2.8   Corners against (avg) C A   3.6 3.7
1.4 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.5
0 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
14.8 15.2   Shots (avg) S (   16.4 17.8
5.8 6.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.9 7.7
43% 46%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 36%
 
6.7 5.4   Shots against (avg) S A   10.3 9.4
2 2.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.3 3.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 29 23 3 3 70 27 15 12 2 1 42 18 14 11 1 2 28 9 43 72
2 Manchester City 29 21 4 4 75 27 14 12 1 1 47 14 15 9 3 3 28 13 48 67
3 Newcastle United 29 15 11 3 48 21 14 8 5 1 23 9 15 7 6 2 25 12 27 56
4 Manchester United 29 17 5 7 44 37 15 11 3 1 27 8 14 6 2 6 17 29 7 56
5 Tottenham Hotspur 30 16 5 9 55 42 15 11 0 4 31 17 15 5 5 5 24 25 13 53
6 Aston Villa 30 14 5 11 41 40 15 8 2 5 25 19 15 6 3 6 16 21 1 47
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 28 13 7 8 52 36 14 7 3 4 25 14 14 6 4 4 27 22 16 46
8 Liverpool 28 12 7 9 48 33 13 9 3 1 34 9 15 3 4 8 14 24 15 43
9 Brentford 30 10 13 7 47 40 15 7 6 2 29 16 15 3 7 5 18 24 7 43
10 Fulham 29 11 6 12 39 40 15 6 4 5 21 21 14 5 2 7 18 19 -1 39
11 Chelsea 30 10 9 11 29 31 15 6 5 4 16 12 15 4 4 7 13 19 -2 39
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 8 7 15 24 42 15 6 2 7 13 19 15 2 5 8 11 23 -18 31
13 West Ham United 29 8 6 15 27 39 15 6 3 6 19 19 14 2 3 9 8 20 -12 30
14 Crystal Palace 29 7 9 13 24 39 15 5 5 5 14 19 14 2 4 8 10 20 -15 30
15 AFC Bournemouth 30 8 6 16 28 57 15 5 4 6 15 19 15 3 2 10 13 38 -29 30
16 Leeds United 29 7 8 14 38 49 14 5 5 4 20 19 15 2 3 10 18 30 -11 29
17 Everton 30 6 9 15 23 43 15 5 3 7 13 17 15 1 6 8 10 26 -20 27
18 Nottingham Forest 30 6 9 15 24 54 15 5 6 4 19 18 15 1 3 11 5 36 -30 27
19 Leicester City 30 7 4 19 40 52 15 3 3 9 17 20 15 4 1 10 23 32 -12 25
20 Southampton 30 6 5 19 24 51 15 2 4 9 15 28 15 4 1 10 9 23 -27 23
  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 27 17 7 3 77 29 13 9 4 0 43 13 14 8 3 3 34 16 48 58
2 Borussia Dortmund 27 18 2 7 59 36 13 11 1 1 38 13 14 7 1 6 21 23 23 56
3 Union Berlin 27 15 6 6 42 30 13 9 4 0 24 8 14 6 2 6 18 22 12 51
4 RB Leipzig 27 14 6 7 50 33 13 9 2 2 28 13 14 5 4 5 22 20 17 48
5 Freiburg 27 13 8 6 39 36 14 8 4 2 22 12 13 5 4 4 17 24 3 47
6 Bayer Leverkusen 27 13 4 10 51 41 14 7 2 5 30 19 13 6 2 5 21 22 10 43
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 27 11 8 8 48 40 13 7 3 3 28 15 14 4 5 5 20 25 8 41
8 Mainz 05 27 11 8 8 45 38 14 5 6 3 25 17 13 6 2 5 20 21 7 41
9 Wolfsburg 26 10 9 7 46 34 13 4 6 3 28 22 13 6 3 4 18 12 12 39
10 Borussia M'gladbach 26 8 8 10 40 44 13 7 3 3 27 17 13 1 5 7 13 27 -4 32
11 Werder Bremen 27 9 5 13 42 52 14 5 1 8 23 23 13 4 4 5 19 29 -10 32
12 Köln 27 7 10 10 36 45 13 5 4 4 21 14 14 2 6 6 15 31 -9 31
13 Augsburg 27 8 5 14 35 50 14 5 3 6 14 20 13 3 2 8 21 30 -15 29
14 Bochum 26 8 2 16 28 57 12 6 1 5 18 21 14 2 1 11 10 36 -29 26
15 Hoffenheim 26 7 4 15 35 46 13 4 2 7 18 23 13 3 2 8 17 23 -11 25
16 Hertha BSC 27 5 7 15 31 50 14 4 5 5 19 21 13 1 2 10 12 29 -19 22
17 Schalke 04 26 4 9 13 21 48 14 3 4 7 14 31 12 1 5 6 7 17 -27 21
18 Stuttgart 26 4 8 14 29 45 13 4 3 6 16 16 13 0 5 8 13 29 -16 20

Manchester City:
Table
  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 27 17 7 3 77 29 13 9 4 0 43 13 14 8 3 3 34 16 48 58
2 Borussia Dortmund 27 18 2 7 59 36 13 11 1 1 38 13 14 7 1 6 21 23 23 56
3 Union Berlin 27 15 6 6 42 30 13 9 4 0 24 8 14 6 2 6 18 22 12 51
4 RB Leipzig 27 14 6 7 50 33 13 9 2 2 28 13 14 5 4 5 22 20 17 48
5 Freiburg 27 13 8 6 39 36 14 8 4 2 22 12 13 5 4 4 17 24 3 47
6 Bayer Leverkusen 27 13 4 10 51 41 14 7 2 5 30 19 13 6 2 5 21 22 10 43
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 27 11 8 8 48 40 13 7 3 3 28 15 14 4 5 5 20 25 8 41
8 Mainz 05 27 11 8 8 45 38 14 5 6 3 25 17 13 6 2 5 20 21 7 41
9 Wolfsburg 26 10 9 7 46 34 13 4 6 3 28 22 13 6 3 4 18 12 12 39
10 Borussia M'gladbach 26 8 8 10 40 44 13 7 3 3 27 17 13 1 5 7 13 27 -4 32
11 Werder Bremen 27 9 5 13 42 52 14 5 1 8 23 23 13 4 4 5 19 29 -10 32
12 Köln 27 7 10 10 36 45 13 5 4 4 21 14 14 2 6 6 15 31 -9 31
13 Augsburg 27 8 5 14 35 50 14 5 3 6 14 20 13 3 2 8 21 30 -15 29
14 Bochum 26 8 2 16 28 57 12 6 1 5 18 21 14 2 1 11 10 36 -29 26
15 Hoffenheim 26 7 4 15 35 46 13 4 2 7 18 23 13 3 2 8 17 23 -11 25
16 Hertha BSC 27 5 7 15 31 50 14 4 5 5 19 21 13 1 2 10 12 29 -19 22
17 Schalke 04 26 4 9 13 21 48 14 3 4 7 14 31 12 1 5 6 7 17 -27 21
18 Stuttgart 26 4 8 14 29 45 13 4 3 6 16 16 13 0 5 8 13 29 -16 20

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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.