Barcelona vs Bayern Munich UEFA Champions League match preview or key statistics
Barcelona and Bayern Munich have both reached quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League for the18th time (in 24 and 23 appearances respectively), more than any other team.
Barcelona are in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League for the 13th consecutive year —
that's every season since 2007/08, a record in the history of the competition.
This is the first UEFA Champions League meeting between Barcelona and Bayern Munich since
2014/15, when Barcelona knocked Bayern out in the semi-final. However, Barcelona have lost more
Champions League games against Bayern than any other club, losing five of their eight matches against
them (W2 D1).
Barcelona are looking to reach the UEFA Champions League semi-finals for a second consecutive
season for the first time since a run of six between 2007/08 and 2012/13.
Bayern Munich have won their eight UEFA Champions League matches this season, with only
Barcelona in 2002/03 winning their first nine in a campaign previously; the last team to win nine
consecutive Champions League matches was also Barcelona in a run between October 2014 and May
2015, with their ninth win in this sequence coming against Bayern Munich.
Barcelona have lostjust two of their last 31 UEFA Champions League matches (W19 D10) and are
unbeaten in this season's competition (W5 03); they are one of only three teams still yet to taste defeat
this season, along with opponents Bayern Munich and Manchester City.
Bayern striker Robert Lewandowskl has scored 13 goals in just seven UEFA Champions League
appearances this season, averaging a goal every 47 minutes - in the history of the European Cup/
Champions League, this is the best minutes per goal ratio in a single campaign of players to play at least 500 minutes that season.
Since May, when football resumed in Europe's top-five leagues, the two players involved in the most
goals in all competitions are Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski (14 goals, 3 assists) and Barcelona's Lionel Messi (7 goals, 9 assists).
Robert Lewandowski has been directly involved in 17 goals in the UEFA Champions League this season (13 goals, 4 assists), six more than any other player.
In four appearances under Hans-Dieter Flick, the Pole has scored eight goals and assisted four, averaging a goal or assist every 29 minutes.
Barcelona have lost just two of their last 31 UEFA Champions League matches (W19 D10) and are
unbeaten in this season's competition (W5 03); they are one of only three teams still yet to taste defeat
this season, along with opponents Bayern Munich and Manchester City.
Bayern striker Robert Lewandowskl has scored 13 goals in just seven UEFA Champions League
appearances this season, averaging a goal every 47 minutes - in the history of the European Cup/
Champions League, this is the best minutes per goal ratio in a single campaign of players to play at least 500 minutes that season.
Barcelona have lost just two of their last 31 UEFA Champions League matches (W19 D10) and are
unbeaten in this season's competition (W5 03); they are one of only three teams still yet to taste defeat
this season, along with opponents Bayern Munich and Manchester City.
Bayern striker Robert Lewandowskl has scored 13 goals in just seven UEFA Champions League
appearances this season, averaging a goal every 47 minutes - in the history of the European Cup/
Champions League, this is the best minutes per goal ratio in a single campaign of players to play at least 500 minutes that season.
Since May, when football resumed in Europe's top-five leagues, the two players involved in the most
goals in all competitions are Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski (14 goals, 3 assists) and Barcelona's Lionel Messi (7 goals, 9 assists).
Robert Lewandowski has been directly involved in 17 goals in the UEFA Champions League this season (13 goals, 4 assists), six more than any other player.
In four appearances under Hans-Dieter Flick, the Pole has scored eight goals and assisted four, averaging a goal or assist every 29 minutes.
Match report
GOAL! Barcelona 0-1 Bayern Munich (Muller 4)
Bayern go straight up the other end and find the net! Perisic makes good down the left and crosses deep. Muller and Lewandowski combine just inside the area, down the inside-right channel, the latter hooking back to allow Muller to welt a shot into the bottom left. What a start!
GOAL! Barcelona 1-1 Bayern Munich (Alaba 7 og)
Bayern’s backline is sprung with similar ease, for the second time already. Jordi Alba skitters down the left. He curls into the centre for Suarez. Alaba, facing his own goal, takes a wild slash with his right peg and sends the ball on an absurd arc over Neuer and into the top right!
GOAL! Barcelona 1-2 Bayern Munich (Perisic 21)
Sergi Roberto and Semedo faff around 30 yards from their own goal. Gnabry steals off with the ball and feeds Perisic to his left. Perisic strides into the box and lashes hard for the far corner. The ball takes a nick off Lenglet, foxing Ter Stegen, and flies into the top right. The keeper had no chance, and what power in the shot.
GOAL! Barcelona 1-3 Bayern Munich (Gnabry 27)
Thiago lifts a pass down the middle. Goretzka turns it around the corner for Gnabry, who is free down the channel. Gnabry lashes into the bottom left, and this is quite sensational!
GOAL! Barcelona 1-4 Bayern Munich (Muller 31)
Lewandowski nearly wins a header from Perisic’s left-wing cross. Not quite. Kimmich returns it low towards the near post. Muller, channelling the Brazil-Germany game at the 2014 World Cup, pokes home from close range.
HALF TIME: Barcelona 1-4 Bayern Munich
Bayern were magnificent going forward, but Barcelona’s defence ... goodness me. Unless he’s got the mother of all half-time speeches tucked up his sleeve, Quique Setién won’t be in a job this time tomorrow.
GOAL! Barcelona 2-4 Bayern Munich (Suarez 57)
Out of nothing! Messi swings a pass down the left for Alba, who pulls back for Suarez on the edge of the box. Suarez shapes to go inside, but drops a shoulder to send Boateng away, then steps into the box down the inside-left channel before whipping a shot into the bottom right. Game on?
GOAL! Barcelona 2-5 Bayern Munich (Kimmich 63)
This is a quite sensational goal. Davies is out on the left touchline. He’s faced by Semedo. He gives him the eyes, then shimmies his hips, and tears off from a standing start towards the byline. Semedo is toast. Pique backs off fatally, allowing Davies to dribble closer and closer to the goal, before reaching the left-hand post and pulling back for Kimmich to slam home. What a talent Davies is.
GOAL! Barcelona 2-6 Bayern Munich (Lewandowski 82)
Coutinho sha-booms down the left again and dinks infield for Lewandowski, who heads home from a couple of yards. Once again: it’s as easy as that.
GOAL! Barcelona 2-7 Bayern Munich (Coutinho 85)
Messi loses the ball and doesn’t bother trying to get it back. Muller slips a pass down the left for Coutinho, who shimmies into the box, cuts inside, and whips a shot into the bottom left. He doesn’t celebrate, parent-club protocol and all that. This is the first time since 1949 that Barcelona have conceded seven.
GOAL! Barcelona 2-8 Bayern Munich (Coutinho 89)
A ball swung left for Tolisso, who heads across for Coutinho, on the edge of the six-yard box. Touch, bang, eight. Barcelona are a risible disgrace.
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