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

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 06.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de la Cerámica (23500 seats)

It's game one of two in the Champions League as Villarreal host FC Bayern München. This is a Quarter-finals fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.

FC Bayern München have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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 Villarreal and FC Bayern München.

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Villarreal form and stats

31 points is a decent return from 15 La Liga games here at Estadio de la Cerámica for Villarreal. The data says 9 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. 4W-2D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Villarreal.

Villarreal are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 206 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Parejo).

Villarreal faced defeat in their previous match, away at Levante (0-2). Defender Foyth got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.83/10. Foyth hit the woodwork once and won 10 of 12 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Cadiz in the La Liga.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Athletic Club are coming to town in three days.

The Villarreal manager Etxegoien has got the team scoring with 35 from 15 home games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Villarreal have conceded only 14 goals.

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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 PSG drew the shortest straw.

FC Bayern München have an excellent away record in the Bundesliga so far with 10-2-2 from 14 games. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses 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 4-1 victory versus Freiburg last time out. Midfielder Kimmich was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.1. Kimmich served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 66 successful passes (of 78 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Union Berlin in the Bundesliga.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Augsburg in just three days.

The FC Bayern München manager Nagelsmann has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 43 goals in 14 league matches away. 17 goals have been conceded by München in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Villarreal victories, zero draws and two FC Bayern München wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC Bayern MünchenR. Lewandowski
R. Lewandowski
31 goals
FC Bayern MünchenS. Gnabry
S. Gnabry
11 goals
VillarrealG. Moreno Balaguero
G. Moreno Balaguero
8 goals

Villarreal missing players

FC Bayern München missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Villarreal FC Bayern München
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   13 25
13 6   Won W   8 18
4 3   Drew D   2 3
8 2   Lost L   3 4
57 25   Scored S   33 70
25 11   Conceded C   20 31
96% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
76% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 92%
52% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   77% 80%
40% 45%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   62% 56%
28% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   54% 44%
44% 45%   BTTS BTTS   69% 68%
32% 45%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 28%
28% 18%   Failed to Score F T   8% 4%
 
5.9 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   7.5 6.8
4.2 4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.3 3.1
1.6 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.1 1.1
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
14.2 14.4   Shots (avg) S (   19.3 19.8
5.6 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   8.3 8.2
41% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 34%
 
10.9 10.4   Shots against (avg) S A   10.1 10
3.7 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 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 Real Madrid 30 21 6 3 61 26 15 10 4 1 32 13 15 11 2 2 29 13 35 69
2 Sevilla 29 15 12 2 40 19 14 10 4 0 28 11 15 5 8 2 12 8 21 57
3 Atlético Madrid 30 17 6 7 57 37 15 10 3 2 29 14 15 7 3 5 28 23 20 57
4 Barcelona 28 15 9 4 56 29 13 9 2 2 31 13 15 6 7 2 25 16 27 54
5 Real Betis 29 15 5 9 50 35 15 8 2 5 27 18 14 7 3 4 23 17 15 50
6 Real Sociedad 29 13 9 7 29 29 14 8 4 2 11 6 15 5 5 5 18 23 0 48
7 Villarreal 30 12 9 9 48 29 15 9 4 2 35 14 15 3 5 7 13 15 19 45
8 Athletic Club 29 10 11 8 33 28 14 7 3 4 23 15 15 3 8 4 10 13 5 41
9 Valencia 29 10 10 9 42 43 14 5 6 3 22 18 15 5 4 6 20 25 -1 40
10 Osasuna 29 10 8 11 29 36 15 4 6 5 14 20 14 6 2 6 15 16 -7 38
11 Celta de Vigo 30 9 9 12 34 34 16 5 4 7 21 21 14 4 5 5 13 13 0 36
12 Espanyol 29 9 9 11 35 41 15 8 4 3 22 16 14 1 5 8 13 25 -6 36
13 Rayo Vallecano 28 9 5 14 29 34 15 8 3 4 21 11 13 1 2 10 8 23 -5 32
14 Getafe 30 7 11 12 28 33 15 7 4 4 20 13 15 0 7 8 8 20 -5 32
15 Elche 29 8 8 13 30 40 14 5 5 4 16 15 15 3 3 9 14 25 -10 32
16 Granada 29 6 10 13 31 46 14 4 4 6 17 22 15 2 6 7 14 24 -15 28
17 Cadiz 29 5 12 12 25 41 15 2 8 5 12 18 14 3 4 7 13 23 -16 27
18 Mallorca 30 6 8 16 26 50 15 4 6 5 13 17 15 2 2 11 13 33 -24 26
19 Levante 30 4 10 16 33 58 15 3 7 5 19 22 15 1 3 11 14 36 -25 22
20 Deportivo Alaves 30 5 7 18 24 52 15 4 4 7 12 18 15 1 3 11 12 34 -28 22
  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 28 21 3 4 85 29 14 11 1 2 42 12 14 10 2 2 43 17 56 66
2 Borussia Dortmund 28 18 3 7 68 42 14 11 0 3 41 22 14 7 3 4 27 20 26 57
3 Bayer Leverkusen 28 15 6 7 68 42 14 8 2 4 35 21 14 7 4 3 33 21 26 51
4 RB Leipzig 28 14 6 8 61 31 14 9 2 3 35 15 14 5 4 5 26 16 30 48
5 Freiburg 28 12 9 7 44 33 14 7 4 3 25 18 14 5 5 4 19 15 11 45
6 Hoffenheim 28 13 5 10 50 42 14 8 3 3 29 16 14 5 2 7 21 26 8 44
7 Union Berlin 28 11 8 9 34 38 14 8 4 2 19 14 14 3 4 7 15 24 -4 41
8 Köln 28 10 10 8 38 41 14 7 4 3 21 17 14 3 6 5 17 24 -3 40
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 28 10 9 9 39 38 14 4 5 5 16 17 14 6 4 4 23 21 1 39
10 Mainz 05 26 11 4 11 39 30 14 9 3 2 28 8 12 2 1 9 11 22 9 37
11 Bochum 28 10 5 13 30 40 14 7 3 4 19 14 14 3 2 9 11 26 -10 35
12 Borussia M'gladbach 27 9 6 12 38 51 13 6 3 4 23 21 14 3 3 8 15 30 -13 33
13 Wolfsburg 27 9 4 14 29 42 14 5 2 7 14 19 13 4 2 7 15 23 -13 31
14 Stuttgart 28 6 9 13 36 51 14 5 3 6 25 28 14 1 6 7 11 23 -15 27
15 Augsburg 26 6 8 12 29 44 12 4 4 4 17 19 14 2 4 8 12 25 -15 26
16 Arminia Bielefeld 28 5 11 12 23 39 14 2 8 4 13 18 14 3 3 8 10 21 -16 26
17 Hertha BSC 28 7 5 16 30 62 14 5 3 6 20 27 14 2 2 10 10 35 -32 26
18 Greuther Furth 28 3 7 18 24 70 14 3 5 6 13 24 14 0 2 12 11 46 -46 16

Villarreal:
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 28 21 3 4 85 29 14 11 1 2 42 12 14 10 2 2 43 17 56 66
2 Borussia Dortmund 28 18 3 7 68 42 14 11 0 3 41 22 14 7 3 4 27 20 26 57
3 Bayer Leverkusen 28 15 6 7 68 42 14 8 2 4 35 21 14 7 4 3 33 21 26 51
4 RB Leipzig 28 14 6 8 61 31 14 9 2 3 35 15 14 5 4 5 26 16 30 48
5 Freiburg 28 12 9 7 44 33 14 7 4 3 25 18 14 5 5 4 19 15 11 45
6 Hoffenheim 28 13 5 10 50 42 14 8 3 3 29 16 14 5 2 7 21 26 8 44
7 Union Berlin 28 11 8 9 34 38 14 8 4 2 19 14 14 3 4 7 15 24 -4 41
8 Köln 28 10 10 8 38 41 14 7 4 3 21 17 14 3 6 5 17 24 -3 40
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 28 10 9 9 39 38 14 4 5 5 16 17 14 6 4 4 23 21 1 39
10 Mainz 05 26 11 4 11 39 30 14 9 3 2 28 8 12 2 1 9 11 22 9 37
11 Bochum 28 10 5 13 30 40 14 7 3 4 19 14 14 3 2 9 11 26 -10 35
12 Borussia M'gladbach 27 9 6 12 38 51 13 6 3 4 23 21 14 3 3 8 15 30 -13 33
13 Wolfsburg 27 9 4 14 29 42 14 5 2 7 14 19 13 4 2 7 15 23 -13 31
14 Stuttgart 28 6 9 13 36 51 14 5 3 6 25 28 14 1 6 7 11 23 -15 27
15 Augsburg 26 6 8 12 29 44 12 4 4 4 17 19 14 2 4 8 12 25 -15 26
16 Arminia Bielefeld 28 5 11 12 23 39 14 2 8 4 13 18 14 3 3 8 10 21 -16 26
17 Hertha BSC 28 7 5 16 30 62 14 5 3 6 20 27 14 2 2 10 10 35 -32 26
18 Greuther Furth 28 3 7 18 24 70 14 3 5 6 13 24 14 0 2 12 11 46 -46 16

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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.