Bayern Munich will have it all to do when they welcome Villarreal to the Allianz Arena on Tuesday night. The Bavarians will be required to overturn the goal deficit they picked up when they traveled to the Ceramica last week for their Champions League quarter final first leg encounter. Arnaut Danjuma's strike which made him Villarreal's all-time top goalscorer in the competition condemned the Bundesliga club to their first away defeat in Europe since 2017.
Over the weekend, the latter was able to manage a good response by defeating Augsburg 1-0 in the hard-fought derby. On Tuesday, they will hope to carry on with another win and keep their quest to secure a second trophy in three years intact. Bayern will enter Tuesday's game with five wins from their last six outings under their belt.
Historically, they are well positioned to run away with a resounding victory when Villarreal come to town as they have scored at least two goals in a Champions League game at Allianz Arena in the last three years. Additionally, the fact that they have progressed in the competition after suffering a first-leg defeat since the 2014-2015 season is also a good development.
As far as bad omens go, Bayern Munich's last four exits after a Champions League first-leg defeat have come against Spanish opponents. That withstanding, Villarreal will hope to defy the odds to achieve what will be one of the greatest fairytale runs in the history of the European cup competition.
The Yellow Submarines still remain the underdogs for the upcoming encounter and are not fancied to make it past this stage of the competition despite their heroics last week. They will approach the night's game seventh on the La Liga table and on the back of a 1-1 draw with Athletic Club. Their form has been far from perfect as they have only secured just one point from the last nine that was available to them. However, with just 90 minutes separating them from the prospect of featuring in their second-ever Champions League semi-final, they will look to fashion the unthinkable.
Key stats
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Bayern have recovered from an away first-leg defeat to win the tie on 10 occasions in UEFA competition.
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Bayern are appearing in the Champions League quarter-finals for a competition record 20th time.
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Villarreal are pursuing a Champions League semi-final qualification for the second time in their history.
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With his six goals this season, Arnaut Danjuma is Villarreal's all-time top goalscorer in the history of the Champions League.
Head to head
Bayern Munich and Villarreal have only met once at the Allianz Arena, with Bavarians winning 3-1 in the 2011-12 Champions League group stage.
Predicted starting XI
Bayern: Neuer (c) - Pavard, Upamecano, Hernandez, Davies - Kimmich, Goretzka - Sane, Müller, Coman - Lewandowski.
Out: Choupo-Moting (knee), Sarr (knee), Süle (flu), Tolisso (hamstring).
Villarreal: Rulli - Foyth, Albiol (c), Torres, Estupinan - Coquelin, Capoue, Parejo - Lo Celso - G. Moreno, Danjuma.
Out: Gerard Moreno.
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