Champions League Matchday 5: Arsenal vs Bayern facts

The top two in the league phase of the UEFA Champions League meet on Matchday 5 as Arsenal take on Bayern München in north London.

Last match

Arsenal have won only three of the teams' 14 fixtures, losing eight – most recently in the 2023/24 quarter-final second leg, when a 1-0 Bayern victory in Munich sealed a 3-2 aggregate victory. Joshua Kimmich scored the only goal of that second leg, Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard on target for the English team in north London with Serge Gnabry and Harry Kane scoring for Bayern.

Bayern have won four of their last five games against the Gunners, scoring 18 goals in those five matches.

A 2-0 home victory in the 2015/16 group stage is Arsenal's only success in their last eight fixtures with Bayern (D2 L5).

The Londoners have won only two of their last nine matches against German teams (D1 L6).

Bayern have lost only two of their last 12 games against Premier League teams (W8 D2), beating Chelsea 3-1 in Munich on Matchday 1 this season.

Arsenal

Having not featured in the Champions League proper between 2016/17 and 2023/24, Arsenal are making their third successive appearance.

The Gunners reached the semi-finals last season – their best run in the competition since 2008/09 – before a 1-3 aggregate defeat by eventual champions Paris Saint-Germain.

Bayern

Bayern have featured in the Champions League proper in every season since 2008/09, reaching the knockout rounds every time. This is their 29th campaign, fewer only than Barcelona and Real Madrid (both 30).

Twelfth in last season's league phase (W5 L3), the German club eventually lost 3-4 on aggregate to Inter in the quarter-finals.

Key stats

Arsenal and Bayern are two of three teams to have won their first four games this season, alongside Inter.

The Gunners are the only side still to concede in this season's competition.

Bayern are the joint top scorers with Paris on 14 goals.

Arsenal's 3-0 success at Slavia Praha on Matchday 4 made it eight successive league phase victories.

The Londoners have won their last 15 home group stage/league phase matches, the last 12 without conceding.

Arsenal have lost only two of their last 26 group stage/league phase matches (W20 D4).

The Gunners have kept 11 clean sheets in their last 15 group stage/league phase games.

Having won 2-1 at Paris on Matchday 4, Bayern have lost only two of their last 15 Champions League matches (W11 D2) – and only three of the last 52 in the group stage/league phase (W45 D4).

Only one of Bayern's last 73 European games finished goalless.

Kane – who spent a year in Arsenal's academy aged eight in 2001/02 – has scored 15 goals in 21 appearances against Arsenal for Bayern and Tottenham. He is the record scorer in north London derbies, his 19 appearances yielding 14 goals and three assists.

Gnabry made 18 appearances for Arsenal between 2011 and 2016.