Barcelona and Bayern München meet at Estádio do Sport Lisboa and Benfica (da Luz), in a match for this phase of the UEFA Champions League (Quarter ‑ finals). There is no recent record of direct confrontations between these two teams, who have not played a game in the last 3 years. The last time they met was on 12‑05‑2015, in a match that ended with the final score: Bayern München (3‑2) Barcelona.
Barcelona:
The home team reaches this stage of the UEFA Champions League (Quarter ‑ finals) after having eliminated Napoli, after a home win by (3‑1) and a draw by (1‑1) away in the previous tie. Barcelona won 3 and drew 1 of their last 4 home games for the UEFA Champions League.
For this competition, they did not lose any of the last 8 matches. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 6 of the last 8 matches, so they have not presented great defensive strength, but their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 6 of the last 8 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 18 of the last 25 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals.
Barcelona comes to this match after a 3-1 victory over Napoli, thus registering the second consecutive victory in official matches: the team’s goals were scored by Lenglet, Suárez and Messi. In the first game against the Italians, the Catalans added a draw. Now, in this match against Bayern Munich, it is most likely that he will play 4-3-3, with Griezmann, Messi and Suárez in the most advanced positions: the last athlete mentioned is the scorer of this team in the Liga de Champions, with 4 goals scored. Messi is the star of the team, owning great technical quality. Outside of this game are Umtiti and Dembélé, both with physical problems.
Bayern München :
The away team reaches this stage of the UEFA Champions League (Quarter ‑ finals) after having eliminated Chelsea, with a (4‑1) win at home and a (0‑3) away win in the previous tie. In their last 4 away matches for the UEFA Champions League Bayern München has recorded 4 victories.
For this competition, they have a sequence of 8 wins in the last matches and have not lost any of the last 4 away matches. His attack has scored regularly, as he has scored at least one goal in each of the last 8 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 22 of the last 25 matches have ended with Over 1.5 goals and 20 out of 25 have ended with Over 2.5 goals. This is a team that does not usually have difficulties to open the scoring: they scored the first goal in 6 of the last 8 matches for the UEFA Champions League, of these 6 they came at half-time ahead in 4 and always managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘.
Bayer Munich come into this match after a 4-1 win over Chelsea, advancing to the quarterfinals of the Champions League: the team’s goals were scored by Tolisso, Perisic and Lewandowski. We remember that the Munich team had already beaten Chelsea in the first game, 0-3. In this game against Barcelona, coach Hans-Dieter Flick must favor a style of ball possession and search for spaces on the flanks. On an individual level, we highlight Robert Lewandowski, the team’s top scorer in the Champions League, with 13 goals scored. For this game the coach cannot count on Coman, Pavard and Boateng, all injured.
PREDICTION: Bayern Munich to win @ 2,00
