UEFA Champions League Semi Final. BAYERN MUNICH vs REAL MADRID

The UEFA Champions League semi final first leg will be in action again , Tuesday April 30, 2024, at 21 CET, barely two weeks after the quarter finals produced scintillating footballing fireworks.

Real Madrid carried to the Etihad stadium a 3:3 home draw against Manchester City, just to push the game to extra time and eventually winning it on penalty shout-out in Manchester after a 120mins 1:1 draw match of high level physical, but spectacular encounter.

Bayern on their part took back home a 2:2 draw at the Emirates stadium against Arsenal before winning 1:0 at the Alianz Arena to book their ticket to the semi final stage against Real Madrid

The remaining four teams; Bayern Munich , Real Madrid, Paris saint Germain and Borussia Dortmund will be vying for a spot in this year’s final to be held in Wembley in London, England.

This stage of the competition promises to produce many setbacks as all four teams will play with caution given that the away goal rule was scrapped out of the competition.

Bayern Munich head2head Real Madrid

Bayern Munich will face Real Madrid for a record 27 times, being the most played encounter in this competition. Although Real Madrid have edged passe Bayern Munich in the last two knockout meetings – 2014 and 2018, the Bundes Liga team have a slight advantage over Real Madrid haven won twelve times as against eleven for the Spanish giant.

During the previous twenty six times of both clubs meeting twenty of them have been in the knockout stages and eith at the final four with Bayern coming on top four times from 1976-2012 and losing both confrontations in 2014, when Real Madrid trashed them 0:5 on aggregate and in 2018 with a 4:3 aggregate scoreline.

Bayern Munich have proven to be a tough team to beat at home in the champions League in recent times, haven lost only one time in their previous twenty four home games and have not lost in 15 (W13 D3) and also without scoring in just one against Copenhagen this season in their last 29 home games.

Harry Kane Vs Jude Bellingham

Jude Bellingham (8- 4 goals, 4 assists) will travel to Germany to make a name for himself and the competition as he will be fighting to top the goal involvements chat with his fellow countryman Harry Kane (10- 7 goals, 3 assists)