Bayern München are offering to win every one of the six UEFA Champions League bunch games for the second time as they have aBarcelona side who need triumph themselves to ensure a last-16 spot.
The German heroes started off Group E with a 3-0 success at the Camp Nou, Thomas Müller's 34th-minute openeradded to in the second half by a Robert Lewandowski twofold (56, 85).
Bayern have proceeded to win their next four games and are eight focuses clear in the part having wrapped upprogress as gathering victors on Matchday 4. Barcelona, in the interim, have skiped back from losing their opening twogames 3-0 to take seven focuses from the following three and set up a two-point pad over second-set Benfica,with whom they drew 0-0 at home last break.
Barcelona will go through on the off chance that they win, or then again assuming Benfica don't win in the part's other Matchday 6 game, at home toDynamo Kyiv.
Lewandowski can match Cristiano Ronaldo's record of scoring in every one of the six gathering games, set for Real Madrid in2017/18; the Polish striker has hit nine goals this season, level with Ajax's Sébastien Haller and two shy of Ronaldo'sgroup stage record set in 2015/16. Ronaldo and Haller have additionally scored in each game in 2021/22.
Past MEETINGS
Bayern frolicked to a 8-2 quarter-last triumph against Barcelona at Lisbon's Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica on 14August 2020 in transit to guaranteeing their 6th European Cup notwithstanding David Alaba's seventh-minute own goal cancellingout Müller's opener three minutes sooner.
When Luis Suárez scored Barcelona's second three minutes before the hour, Bayern drove 4-1 because of goals from Müller once more (31), Ivan Perišic (22) and Serge Gnabry (27); Joshua Kimmich (63), Lewandowski (82) and Philippe Coutinho (85, 89) – who was borrowed from Barcelona – adjusted a staggering success.
It was whenever Bayern first had scored eight in a UEFA Champions League match – they have hit sevenfive occasions – and whenever their Spanish rivals first had yielded eight in a cutthroat game starting around 1946.
Bayern's four goals in the initial 31 minutes was the quickest a group has at any point scored four in a UEFA ChampionsLeague knockout match, beating their own opposition record of 36 minutes set against Porto in the 2014/15 quarterfinal second leg.
Their success at the Camp Nou on Matchday 1 this season implied Bayern have won five of the last six matches between the sides, and eight of their 12 challenges against Barcelona in general (D2 L2).
The groups' last ten matches have all been in the UEFA Champions League, and everything except three in the knockout stages.Matchday 1 was their first gathering stage meeting beginning around 1998/99.
Barça dominated the competition in the 2014/15 semi-finals, going through 5-2 on total (3-0 h, 2-3 a); Lewandowski and Müller were on track in Bayern's second-leg encouragement triumph.
Bayern overpowered Barcelona 4-0 in the main leg of their 2012/13 semi-last experience. Müller scored twice in Munich and once in a 3-0 away accomplishment in Barcelona, where Gerard Piqué added an own goal.
Barcelona improved of Bayern in the 2008/09 quarter-finals, winning 4-0 at the Camp Nou before a 1-1 downside in Munich.
New Barcelona mentor Xavi Hernández highlighted in each of the six games against Bayern somewhere in the range of 2009 and 2015.
The groups were combined together in the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League bunch stage, Bayern winning 1-0 in Munich and 2-1 at the Camp Nou, where they returned for that season's last misfortune to Manchester United.
Bayern came out 4-3 total victors in the 1995/96 UEFA Cup semi-last; Otto Rehhagel's side drew 2-2 inGermany prior to winning 2-1 away to a Barcelona outfit that included goalkeeper Carles Busquets, father of Sergio.
In every one of the five knockout challenges, the champs of the Barcelona-Bayern tie proceeded to win the prize.
Structure GUIDE
Bayern
This is Bayern's 25th UEFA Champions League bunch crusade, less just than Barcelona and Real Madrid (both26). They have now won their segment multiple times, remembering for every one of the last four seasons. Just Barcelona (21) havedone so more regularly.
In 2020/21, as holders, Bayern completed first in Group A, broadening their UEFA Champions League record of progressive triumphs to 15 preceding being held 1-1 at Atlético de Madrid on Matchday 5. Those were the main focuses they dropped in their segment.
A side trained by Hansi Flick then, at that point, facilitated past Lazio in the round of 16 (4-1 a, 2-1) however a 3-2 home misfortune against Paris Saint-Germain – who Bayern had beaten 1-0 in the past season's conclusive – in the quarter-last first leg demonstrated inconceivable, Bayern bowing out in spite of an ensuing 1-0 success in France.
Flick passed on Bayern to take over as Germany mentor in the mid year, Julian Nagelsmann moving from Leipzig to succeedhim in Munich.
Bayern are the most noteworthy scorers in their season's gathering stage on 19 goals. The record for the gathering stage is 25scored by Paris in 2017/18; Bayern's own record is 24 of every 2019/20.
Lewandowski's Matchday 5 strike made him the joint top scorer in this present season's opposition with nine goals, levelwith Ajax's Sébastien Haller. The Bayern striker is one of three players to have observed the net in every one of the five matches, alongwith Haller and Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United.
Heroes of Germany for a record 31st time last season – with a milestone 10th progressive Bundesliga title – Bayern have arrived at the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals or better in nine of the last ten seasons, theexception their loss by possible bosses Liverpool in the 2018/19 round of 16.
Bayern are one of three sides to have won their initial five games in 2021/22, alongside Liverpool (Group B) and Ajax (C).
The Munich club won each of the six gathering games in their triumphant 2019/20 mission and could join Real Madrid (2011/12, 2014/15) as the main side to accomplish the accomplishment twice. AC Milan (1992/93), Paris Saint-Germain (1994/95), Spartak Moskva (1995/96) and Barcelona (2002/03) all made it six successes from six albeit, not at all like Bayern two seasons prior, none proceeded to win the prize.
The Munich club are through to the knockout period of the UEFA Champions League for the 24th time in 25 attemptsand the fourteenth season in succession.
Last season's first-leg rout by Paris finished Bayern's run of eight progressive home UEFA Champions Leaguevictories. They have additionally won both matches in Munich this season, making it ten home gathering stage triumphs in succession.
Bayern have recorded just five triumphs in their last 11 matches against Spanish clubs (D3 L3), however they areundefeated in the last six (W4 D2).
Bayern's away record against Spanish clubs is W8 D7 L15. A 4-0 success against Atlético de Madrid on Matchday 1 lastseason finished a run of three games without a home triumph (D1 L2).
Barcelona
Barcelona were third in the 2020/21 Spanish Liga behind Atlético and Real Madrid, whenever they first had finishedout of the best two beginning around 2007/08, when they additionally came third.
Last season Barcelona additionally neglected to arrive at the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals interestingly since2006/07, losing to Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16 (1-4 h, 1-1 a). That finished their record run of 13 successivelast-eight appearances.
The Catalan club had completed second in Group G behind Juventus, with the two sides getting 15 focuses; a 3-0Matchday 6 success at the Camp Nou gave the Italian side the no holds barred benefit. It was the initial time Barcelonahad not won their gathering starting around 2006/07, when they were likewise disposed of in the round of 16.
The loss by Juve was Barcelona's first misfortune in the UEFA Champions League bunch stage since a 3-1 converse atManchester City on Matchday 4 out of 2016/17; their record in the past 25 gathering games was W19 D6.
• The Matchday 1 misfortune to Bayern was whenever Barcelona first had experienced progressive gathering routs since September2000. The 3-0 loss at Benfica on Matchday 2 made it three gathering inverts in succession interestingly.
That 2000/01 mission is the toward the end where Barcelona neglected to advance past the underlying UEFA Champions Leaguegroup stage.
Barcelona had not lost their opening UEFA Champions League game since a 3-2 loss at Newcastle on Matchday1 in 1997/98. They completed lower part of their segment that season with five focuses; that is additionally the sole UEFA ChampionsLeague bunch crusade in which they lost multiple games.
Barcelona's four losses in their last eight Champions League matches (W2 D2) is pretty much as numerous as in their past 39(W25 D10).
Bayern's success at the Camp Nou on Matchday 1 made it three progressive home European losses interestingly inBarcelona's set of experiences.
Barcelona have neglected to score in three gathering games interestingly.
Barça have won just ten of their last 23 away matches in European contest (D8 L5), despite the fact that they were unbeaten in eight (W5 D3) prior to losing at Benfica on Matchday 2.
The Catalan club had been unbeaten in six matches against German clubs (W4 D2), since their second-leg rout at Bayern in the 2015 semi-last, prior to losing to similar rivals in the 2019/20 quarter-finals. They drew 0-0 at Dortmund on Matchday 1 a similar season before a 3-1 home achievement.
That draw at Dortmund implies Barcelona have won just two of their last eight matches against Bundesliga resistance in Germany (D4 L2), despite the fact that they did likewise beat Juventus 3-1 in the 2015 UEFA Champions League last in Berlin.
Connections AND TRIVIA
Coutinho burned through 2019/20 borrowed at Bayern from Barcelona, scoring multiple times in 23 Bundesliga games what's more tohis two goals in Bayern's 8-2 triumph in the 2020 UEFA Champions League quarter-last. He helped Bayern to a trebleof Bundesliga, German Cup and UEFA Champions League.
Have played in Spain:
Lucas Hernández (Atlético de Madrid 2014–19)
Marc Roca (Espanyol 2016–20)
Have additionally played in Germany:
Marc-André ter Stegen (Borussia Mönchengladbach 2010–14)
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