Broadcast info
Who's playing: Bayern Munich will hope to maintain their excellent home record in European competition as they take on reigning UCL title holders Real Madrid in the quarter-finals first leg later today.
What time: Wednesday, April 12th at 11:45 PST/14:45 EST/19:45 BST/20:45 CET
What stadium: This game will be played at Allianz Arena. Bayern's famous home ground seats up to 70,000 fans for international games and 75,000 for league ties.
Which channel:
- In the USA: Fox Sports 1 USA, Fox Sports GO, Fox Soccer 2GO USA, SiriusXM FC, WatchESPN, fuboTV, ESPN Deportes USA, ESPN Deportes+ USA
- In Germany: Sport1.FM, SWRinfo, Hr-Info, NDR Info Spezial, Sky Go Deutschland, TeleClub Sport Live, Sky Sport 2/HD, ZDF, ORF 1, Sky Sport 1 HD, SRF zwei
- In Spain: Movistar+, beIN Sports Connect España, beIN Sports Spain
- In the UK: BT Sport 3, BT Sport Live Streaming
- In Canada: fuboTV Canada, beIN SPORTS CONNECT Canada, beIN Sports Canada
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Match Facts & Stats
- Bayern have won 5 of their last 6 UCL matches, whilst scoring at least two goals per game during that period
- Real Madrid are undefeated in their last 12 UCL ties
- However, the Spanish giants have a poor record in Germany. They have won just four times out of their last 30 visits, whilst losing 19 and drawing 7
- This will be the 23rd fixture between the sides, making it the most played match in UEFA club competition
- Bayern and Real have met in 10 prior knockout ties, with five wins for each side
- The last meeting between the two sides was during the 2013/2014 UCL semi-finals, in which Real won 5-0 on aggregate (under the tutelage of Carlo Ancelotti)
- The 4-0 loss was Bayern's worst-ever home defeat in the club's history
- This is Bayern's 28th European Cup quarter-final, and their sixth consecutive one
- Die Roten have reached the semi's in their past prior attempts and have a record of W18 L9
- No other team has appeared in the quarter-finals more often than Bayern (16)
- Bayern's record in two-legged ties against Spanish clubs is W9 L9
- Real Madrid are making their 34th appearance in the European Cup quarter-finals
- They have lost just six of those previous ties
- Real Madrid's record in two-legged ties with German clubs in UEFA competition is W13 L8
- They have won each of their last five ties against German opposition, scoring 25 goals in the process
A reunion on the cards as Ancelotti welcomes former side Real Madrid
Bayern Munich
Bayern come into this game predictably sitting comfortably on top of the Bundesliga. Whilst upstarts RB Leipzig attempted to make the title race a two-party affair for as long as possible, die Roten inevitably began to break away from the chasing pack. With a ten-point advantage, it will take an utter disaster to prevent the Bavarian titans from defending their Bundesliga title.
Carlo Ancelotti's troops rebounded quite well from a shock 1-0 loss to Hoffenheim by thrashing Dortmund 4-1 in last weekend's Klassiker tie. It was exactly the result they needed to build up some positive momentum ahead of their crunch clash with Real Madrid, the first of which will take place later today.
However, there are some major concerns. Key striker Robert Lewandowski after suffering a shoulder injury during the match against ex-side Dortmund, as is star defender Mats Hummels. Meanwhile, there are doubts about Manuel Neuer, Thomas Muller, and Douglas Costa, and fans definitely will be hoping that the trio will be OK to feature in tonight's big game.
Real Madrid
It will be a case of the teacher vs. the student as Real Madrid travel to face Bayern. That's because current coach Zinedine Zidane was Ancelotti's assistant as Real clinched their 10th UCL title, and Zidane emulated his former boss in style by leading the Spanish titans to their 11th title last year. No team has ever managed to defend their title since the tournament was re-formatted in 1992, with fallen Italian giants AC Milan the last team to manage to win back-to-back prizes in 1989 and 1990.
The visitors also took part in a big league clash at the weekend, but were unable to get the better of cross-town rivals Atletico Madrid as both sides cancelled each other out in a 1-1 draw. That game also cost them a key player, with defender Pepe being ruled out of this tie. Although they cruised to a 4-0 win the last time the two sides met, this time may not be as smooth sailing for the all-time Champions League winners, as Bayern have won their last 16 European ties at the Allianz Arena.
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