Red Bull Salzburg vs Bayern Munich UEFA Champions League Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
This will be the first ever competitive encounter between FC Red Bull Salzburg and Bayern Munich.
Bayern Munich are looking to become the first German side since Fortuna Düsseldorf in October 1980 in the Cup Winners’ Cup to win away at RB Salzburg – in six games since, no German side has emerged victorious (D3 L3) in major UEFA European competition.
Bayern’s only previous UEFA Champions League meeting with Austrian opposition was in the 2005/06 group stage, winning both games against SK Rapid Wien. Bayern are unbeaten in seven major UEFA European games versus Austrian teams (W5 D2) since losing 1-0 against SK Rapid Wien in February 1967 in the Cup Winners’ Cup.
FC Red Bull Salzburg have faced the UEFA Champions League reigning champions four times previously and lost all four matches, losing both matches against AC Milan in 1994/95 and Liverpool in 2019/20, all in the group stage.
Bayern Munich are unbeaten in their last 14 away UEFA Champions League matches (W11 D3), with only Manchester United (16 between 2007 and 2010) having a longer run in the history of the competition.
In all major UEFA European competitions, Austrian teams have faced reigning champions on 33 occasions and won just one match (D10 L22), with SK Rapid Wien beating Real Madrid in the European Cup in November 1956, in what was Madrid’s second match as holder of the inaugural European Cup.
Bayern Munich haven’t trailed for a single minute in any of their last 10 UEFA Champions League matches, since going 1-0 down to Olympiakos in October 2019. The last team to go 11 matches without falling behind was Barcelona between September 2018 and May 2019.
Since the start of last season, only UEFA Champions League games involving Bayern Munich (58) and Atalanta (43) have seen more goals scored than FC Red Bull Salzburg’s eight games (38), despite the Austrians only playing in the group stage in that time.
Bayern’s Joshua Kimmich has been directly involved in seven goals in his last five UEFA Champions League appearances (2 goals, 5 assists), scoring or assisting at least once in each of those five matches.
FC Red Bull Salzburg’s Dominik Szoboszlai has found the net in each of his last two UEFA Champions League appearances and could be the first ever Hungarian player to find the net in three consecutive Champions League matches.
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