Lokomotiv Moscow vs Bayern Munich UEFA Champions League Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Lokomotiv Moscow and Bayern Munich have met twice previously, with both fixtures coming in the UEFA Cup in 1995-96.
The Russian side won away at Bayern (1-0) before losing at 0-5 home in September 1995. FC Bayern Munich have lost only one of their 14 UEFA Champions League matches against Russian opposition (W10 D3), although that defeat came last time out versus FK Rostov in November 2016 (2-3).
Lokomotiv Moscow have lost eight of their last nine matches against German opposition in all European competition, winning the other 2-1 at Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the Champions League last season.
FC Bayern Munich are unbeaten in their last 13 away games in the UEFA Champions League (exc. neutral venues), since a 0-3 defeat at Paris Saint-Germain in September 2017 (W10 D3). It’s their longest such run in European Cup/Champions League history.
Lokomotiv Moscow have lost six of their last seven home matches in European Competition (W1), losing the last three in a row. In fact, they have never lost four consecutive home games in Europe. FC Bayern Munich have won all nine of their UEFA Champions League games under Hansi Flick, netting 34 goals in this run - their average of 3.8 goals per game is the most of any team under a specific manager in the competition's history (min. five games).
This is just the second season in which Lokomotiv Moscow are facing the current holders of the UEFA Champions League, previously doing so in 2002-03 vs Real Madrid (2-2 away, 0-1 at home).
Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski netted nine away goals in the UEFA Champions League in 2019-20 - the joint-most by a player in a single edition of the competition alongside Cristiano Ronaldo in 2013-14.
Lokomotiv Moscow's Eder is looking to score in back-to-back UEFA Champions League games for the first time in his career, however, in six previous home appearances for the Russian side in this competition he has attempted just five shots (two on target, no goals).
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Despite being the top scorer in the UEFA Champions League since the start of last season (15 goals), Robert Lewandowskl has failed to score in his last two games in the competition for FC Bayern Munich. He hasn’t gone three in a row without netting since May 2018 (a run of five games).
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