Champions League semi-final second leg: Bayern vs Paris Saint-Germain facts

After an epic first leg in France, Bayern München and Paris Saint-Germain meet to decide their UEFA Champions League semi-final with the holders defending a 5-4 advantage in Germany.

The nine goals in the first leg on 28 April – the most ever in a semi-final match – featured five in the first half, another Champions League first. Harry Kane's 17th-minute penalty started the scoring, Paris turning the game around through Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (24) and João Neves (33). Bayern's Michael Olise made it 2-2 (41) but Ousmane Dembélé's spot kick restored the Paris advantage (45+5) and goals from Kvaratskhelia (56) and Dembélé (58) stretched the lead only for Bayern to hit back through Dayot Upamecano (65) and Luis Díaz (68).

Last match

This is the sixth season in the last nine in which the teams have met in the Champions League.

Paris' first-leg victory ended Bayern's five-match winning streak in the fixture. Bayern have won five of their seven home matches against Paris (L2).

Díaz scored twice (4 32) at Parc des Princes on 4 November to help Bayern to a 2-1 victory, the visitors holding on despite losing the Colombian to a red card in first-half added time; Neves' 74th-minute reply was Paris' sole response.

Minjae Kim's first-half goal gave Bayern a 1-0 win in Munich on Matchday 5 last season. The German club have won seven of their last nine games against Paris – a run that includes a 1-0 triumph in the 2020 Champions League final in Lisbon thanks to a goal from former Paris winger Kingsley Coman.

Bayern were also 3-0 aggregate winners against Paris in the 2022/23 round of 16 (1-0 a, 2-0 h) having lost on away goals as holders in the 2020/21 quarter-finals (2-3 h, 1-0 a).

Bayern have won 14 of their last 17 matches against Ligue 1 opposition (L3) and six of the most recent seven at home (L1).

Bayern's home record against French visitors is W13 D2 L4.

The German club have won five of their seven two-legged ties against Ligue 1 clubs and all three single-leg knockout ties, including a 3-0 victory against Lyon in the 2019/20 semi-finals.

This is Bayern's fourth European Cup semi-final against a French side; they won the first three, against St-Étienne (2-0 aggregate, 1974/75) and Lyon in both 2009/10 (4-0 agg) and 2019/20 (3-0).

The first leg was only Paris' fourth win in their last 12 matches against German teams (D2 L6); they have lost four of the last seven.

Paris have won their last two games in Germany, most recently 7-2 at Bayer Leverkusen on Matchday 3 this season; however, those are their only successes in their last seven visits (D2 L3).

This is Paris' third Champions League semi-final against Bundesliga opponents; they beat Leipzig 3-0 in a one-off tie in 2019/20 before losing 0-2 against Borussia Dortmund in 2023/24 (0-1 a, 0-1 h) – their last two-legged defeat in the competition.

The French club have lost their last two two-legged ties against German opponents having won the first four.

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).

The German club lost 3-4 on aggregate to Inter in last season's quarter-finals (1-2 h, 2-2 a).

Paris

This is Paris' 18th campaign in the Champions League proper. They have featured every season since 2012/13, reaching the knockout stages in the last 14 campaigns.

Fifteenth in last season's league phase (W4 D1 L3), Luis Enrique's side beat Brest (10-0 aggregate), Liverpool (1-1 agg, 4-1 pens), Aston Villa (5-4) and Arsenal (3-1) to reach the showpiece in Munich, where their 5-0 win against Inter was the biggest final victory in European Cup history.

 Key stats

Paris and Bayern are the two top scorers in this season's Champions League with 43 and 42 goals respectively, though Bayern have played 13 matches to Paris' 15. It is the first time that two teams have scored 40 or more goals in a season of the competition; Barcelona's 1999/2000 total of 45 is the highest in a single European Cup campaign.

Bayern are in their 22nd European Cup semi-final; their record is W11 L10.

The Munich club are aiming for their 12th European Cup final; they are level with AC Milan on 11, behind only Real Madrid (18).

The 2020 win against Lyon in a one-off tie is Bayern's only success in their last six Champions League semi-finals; they have lost their last five two-legged ties, most recently 3-4 on aggregate against Real Madrid in 2023/24 (2-2 h, 1-2 a).

Bayern have lost only one of their last 29 home Champions League matches (W23 D5), winning all six this season.

Vincent Kompany's side have scored three or more goals in five of those six home games this season, scoring four in both knockout matches in Munich.

Bayern need two goals to become the second side to score 900 in the European Cup; only Real Madrid (1,137) have more.

The German club have won only one of the last eight European ties in which they were beaten by one goal in the first leg – against Lazio in the 2023/24 round of 16 (0-1 a, 3-0 h).

Bayern have lost the first leg of a European semi‑final on ten previous occasions; their only aggregate success came in the 1981/82 European Cup against CSKA Sofia (3-4 a, 4-0 h).

Kompany is aiming to become the first Belgian coach to reach a Champions League final since Raymond Goethals, a champion with Marseille in 1993. Goethals is the only Belgian coach to have lifted the European Cup.

Kane has scored 17 goals in his last 16 Champions League appearances. His 13 this season is his best in a single campaign – surpassing his 11 in 2024/25 – and the most by an English player in a single edition.

Kane has scored in his last six Champions League appearances, the first English player to do so.

Kane has 53 goals in his first 69 Champions League appearances. Only Erling Haaland (57 goals in 58 games) and Ruud van Nistelrooy (55 in 70) have scored more in their first 70 matches; Kane is level with Lionel Messi, who got 53 goals in his first 70 games.

Díaz has scored in Bayern's last four Champions League matches.

This is Paris' sixth Champions League semi-final, with the record W2 L3. They beat Arsenal 1-0 away and 2-1 at home last season.

Paris have won their last seven two-legged Champions League ties.

Enrique's side have lost only two of their last 19 Champions League matches (W13 D4) and only two of their last 16 in the knockout phase (W13 D1).

This is Paris' 64th match in the knockout phase; they have yet to feature in a goalless draw.

Paris are aiming to become the first defending champions to reach the final since Real Madrid in 2016/17 and 2017/18. The Spanish side lifted the trophy in both campaigns having also triumphed in 2015/16.

No French club has appeared in three European Cup finals, nor reached the decider in successive seasons.

Paris have won 36 of their 43 European ties in which they won the first leg, including 14 of 17 in which the first leg lead was by one goal.

The first leg was Enrique's 50th Champions League win as a coach in just his 77th match, a new record; Pep Guardiola had held the mark with 50 victories in his first 79 games.

Enrique is aiming to reach his third final as a coach having won the trophy with Barcelona in 2015 and Paris ten years later.

Marquinhos has made 120 appearances in the Champions League proper, level with Roberto Carlos' Brazilian record.

Kvaratskhelia has scored ten goals in this season's Champions League, level with Zlatan Ibrahimović's Paris club record set in 2013/14.

Kvaratskhelia has seven goals in his last six Champions League matches.

Dembélé has struck twice in Paris' last two Champions League games; no player has scored two or more in three consecutive games for the club in the competition.