Champions League quarter-final second leg: Bayern vs Real Madrid facts

Bayern München hold the edge as Real Madrid come to Germany looking to overturn a 2-1 home first-leg defeat in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals.

Goals from Luis Díaz (41) and Harry Kane (46) gave Bayern victory at the Santiago Bernabéu on 7 April, although a 74th-minute reply from Kylian Mbappé kept Madrid in touching distance ahead of their trip to Munich.

Last match

This is the teams' 30th meeting – the most in UEFA club competition – all in the European Cup. Madrid have 13 wins to Bayern's 12, scoring 46 goals – two more than their German rivals.

This is Madrid's 41st European Cup quarter-final, a record; Bayern are second with 36 appearances, although in the Champions League era Bayern have a record 24 last-eight appearances, two more than Madrid.

Madrid have won the last four two-legged ties between the teams, most recently 4-3 on aggregate in the 2023/24 semi-finals. Vinícius Júnior struck twice in a 2-2 first-leg draw in Munich, Harry Kane getting Bayern's second goal; Alphonso Davies scored for the visitors in a 2-1 second-leg loss in Madrid.

The first leg of this tie was Bayern's first win in ten games against Madrid (D2 L7).

Bayern are without a win in four home games against Madrid (D1 L3); they had won nine of their previous ten (D1).

Madrid have won all three quarter-finals against Bayern, in 1987/88, 2001/02 and 2016/17.

The Spanish side have scored in 27 of their 29 games against Bayern.

Bayern lost 4-1 at Barcelona on Matchday 3 last season, their most recent game against Spanish opponents before this tie; their first-leg win in Madrid was only their third in eight games involving Liga sides (D2 L3).

Bayern have lost seven of their last eight two-legged ties against Spanish teams.

Madrid have now lost only one of their last 24 matches against German teams (W16 D6) and were unbeaten in nine (W7 D2), winning four in row, before their first-leg loss to Bayern.

The Spanish side have lost only two of their last 12 away games against German teams (W7 D3).

Madrid have won their last nine knockout ties against Bundesliga opposition, since a 3-4 aggregate defeat by Dortmund in the 2012/13 Champions League semi finals. They have also won all seven ties involving German teams in European Cup quarter-finals.

Bayern München 

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 lost 3-4 on aggregate to Inter in the quarter-finals (1-2 h, 2-2 a).

Real Madrid

Madrid are in the Champions League proper for the 30th time, a competition record they share with Barcelona. They have qualified for the knockout rounds in all 30 campaigns.

A team coached by Carlo Ancelotti were 11th in last season's league phase (W5 L3), losing 1-5 on aggregate to Arsenal in the quarter-finals (0-3 a, 1-2 h).

 Key stats

Bayern have lost four of their last five Champions League quarter-final ties.

The German club have won ten of their 11 matches this season (L1), scoring 34 goals.

Bayern have lost only one of their last 28 home Champions League matches (W22 D5), including all five this season.

Only one of Bayern's last 80 European games finished goalless.

Bayern have won 29 of 30 European ties after an away first-leg victory, including 12 of 13 when that first‑leg victory was by a one‑goal margin – the exception against Inter in the 2010/11 round of 16 (1-0 a, 2-3 h, lost on away goals).

Kane has scored 15 goals in his last 14 Champions League appearances.

Kane's first-leg strike was his 11th in this season's Champions League, equalling his best-ever tally set in 2024/25. His total is also the highest ever by an English player in a single edition of the competition.

Kane has either a goal or an assist in his last four appearances against Madrid.

Jamal Musiala has made 49 Champions League appearances. Aged 23 years 48 days, he could become the youngest German player to reach a half-century, surpassing former Bayern team-mate Thomas Müller (24 years 53 days).

Madrid's record in European Cup quarter-finals is W33 L7. Last season's defeat by Arsenal ended a run of 12 straight wins.

Madrid have won nine of their 13 Champions League matches this season (L4), including the first four in the knockout phase before losing to Bayern.

Madrid have won 12 of their last 14 Champions League knockout ties.

None of Madrid's last 69 European matches has finished goalless, since a 0-0 draw at Liverpool in the 2020/21 quarter final second leg.

The Spanish side have won only one of the seven European ties in which they lost the home first leg, against Wacker Innsbruck in the 1970/71 Cup Winners' Cup second round (0-1 h, 2-0 a).

Mbappé has scored 14 goals in ten Champions League appearances this season.

The Frenchman has 69 goals in 97 Champions League matches; only Lionel Messi (90) and Robert Lewandowski (93) have reached 70 goals in fewer games.