FC Bayern München have traveled here for an interesting Champions League fight against Viktoria Plzeň. 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.
Viktoria Plzeň form and stats
4 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Viktoria Plzeň have to build on here at Doosan Aréna in the Czech Liga. 5W-1D-3L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Viktoria Plzeň.
The Viktoria Plzeň followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Mlada Boleslav and win 2-0.
Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against FC Bayern München in the Champions League.
Viktoria Plzeň are traveling soon after this match as the Czech Liga match at Jablonec awaits in four days.
The Viktoria manager Bílek has got the team scoring with 10 from 4 home games in the league. Defensively Viktoria Plzeň have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
FC Bayern München form and stats
FC Bayern München's mission in Champions League last season failed in the quarter-finals against Villarreal.As the visiting team in Bundesliga matches, FC Bayern München have produced an overall stat of 2-2-1 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
München has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Borussia Dortmund for a 2-2 draw. Drawing 2-2 against Borussia Dortmund after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Nagelsmann needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. Which player has bagged at least one goal three matches in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Sané and that is impressive! Defender Upamecano was the best team player with a rating of 8.03. Upamecano won 9 of 10 duels.
A home win as anticipated against Viktoria Plzeň ahead of that, in the Champions League. Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with FC Bayern München given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 15 matches with 11 wins as expected, 1 draw and 3 surprise home wins. The favourites won 9 of these games by at least two goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Freiburg in just four days.
The prediction for this game is lots of goals as FC Bayern München alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (16 from 5 played).
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these parties get together this season, as the history books show this recent fixture: FC Bayern München - Viktoria 5-0. Previous three meetings with these teams: Viktoria Plzeň won zero, FC Bayern München were winners in three and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Mosquera Rebolledo 5 goals |   J. Musiala 5 goals |  T. Chorý 4 goals |
Viktoria Plzeň missing players
FC Bayern München missing players
| Viktoria Plzeň | FC Bayern München | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 50 | 35 | Scored | S | 44 | 67 | ||
| 27 | 9 | Conceded | C | 17 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 43% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 12% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.6 | ||
| 5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.5 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19.4 | 19.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8.6 | 8.3 | ||
| 43% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 32% | ||
| 9.6 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 9.9 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.1 | 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | Inter | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Barcelona | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Viktoria Plzeň | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | -11 | 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 | Viktoria Plzeň | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 26 |
| 2 | Slavia Praha | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 22 |
| 3 | Sparta Praha | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Hradec Kralove | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 5 | Bohemians 1905 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Slovan Liberec | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Zbrojovka Brno | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | -5 | 14 |
| 8 | Jablonec | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Mlada Boleslav | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Slovacko | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 13 |
| 11 | Teplice | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 18 | -8 | 13 |
| 12 | Sigma Olomouc | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 13 | Ceske Budejovice | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -9 | 11 |
| 14 | Banik Ostrava | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 15 | Zlin | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 8 |
| 16 | Pardubice | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 19 | -22 | 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 | Union Berlin | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | Freiburg | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | FC Bayern München | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 16 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 5 | Werder Bremen | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | Hoffenheim | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Köln | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | Augsburg | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 13 |
| 10 | RB Leipzig | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Borussia M'gladbach | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 12 | Mainz 05 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 13 | Wolfsburg | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 9 |
| 14 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 16 | Schalke 04 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -11 | 6 |
| 17 | Stuttgart | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 18 | Bochum | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -15 | 4 |
