Champions League Matchday 3: Bayern München vs Arsenal facts

Bayern München and Arsenal take part in a heavyweight UEFA Champions League contest in Munich on Matchday 3.

Previous meetings

The sides have met 15 times, all in the Champions League. Bayern have won eight to Arsenal's four with three drawn.

The English club were victorious in the last fixture, 3-1 in London in last season's league phase. Jurriën Timber, Noni Madueke and Gabriel Martinelli scored for Arsenal, Bayern's goal coming from Lennart Karl.

That ended Bayern's five-match unbeaten run against Arsenal (W4 D1).

The German club's home record against Arsenal is W5 D1 L1, most recently recording a 1-0 win in the 2023/24 quarter-final second leg (3-2 aggregate). Arsenal's only win in Munich was a 2-0 success in the 2012/13 round of 16 second leg, a tie they lost on away goals (3-3 aggregate).

Bayern are unbeaten in six home matches against English visitors (W5 D1), beating Chelsea 3-1 on Matchday 1 last season.

Arsenal have won only one of their last eight away matches in Germany (D2 L5), drawing 1-1 at Bayer Leverkusen on their last visit, in last season's round of 16 first leg (3-1 aggregate).

Home and away, the Gunners have four wins and six defeats in their last 12 games against German teams.

Form guide

Bayern

Bayern have featured in the Champions League proper in every season since 2008/09, reaching the knockout rounds every time.

This is Bayern's 30th campaign in the Champions League proper, fewer only than Barcelona and Real Madrid (both 31).

Second in last season's league phase (W7 L1), the German club beat Atalanta 10-2 on aggregate in the round of 16 and Real Madrid 6-4 in the last eight before losing to Paris Saint-Germain in the semi-finals (4-5 a, 1-1 h).

Arsenal

Having not featured in the Champions League proper between 2016/17 and 2023/24, Arsenal are making their fourth successive appearance and 23rd overall.

The Gunners reached a second final last season – their best run in the competition since 2005/06 – losing 4-3 on penalties to Paris Saint-Germain after a 1-1 draw in Budapest.

Mikel Arteta's side had won all eight league phase games – the first club to do so under the current format – before beating Bayer Leverkusen (3-1 aggregate), Sporting CP (1-0) and Atlético de Madrid (2-1) in the knockout phase.

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Bayern’s Serge Gnabry came through the ranks at Arsenal, making 15 first-team appearances between 2012 and 2014 – including his Champions League debut aged 17 against Schalke on 24 October 2012.

Harry Kane has played against Arsenal 22 times in all competitions for Tottenham and Bayern, scoring 15 goals. The striker faced the Gunners in every season from 2014/15 to 2023/24 and scored at least once against them in all ten of those campaigns.

Having won 5-0 against Bodø/Glimt on Matchday 1, Bayern are now unbeaten in their last 39 group stage/league phase home matches (W37 D2), since a 2-3 loss to Manchester City in December 2013.

Bayern have won their last nine home group stage/league phase home games.

The 3-3 Matchday 2 draw at Viking means Bayern's last eight Champions League fixtures have produced 44 goals, an average of 5.5 per game.

Only one of Bayern's last 85 European matches finished goalless.

The Munich club have scored in their last 23 Champions League matches.

Kane has now scored in nine successive Champions League appearances. A goal against Arsenal would give him the second-longest scoring run in the competition, behind Cristiano Ronaldo's 11.

Kane is level with Thomas Müller on 57 goals in joint-eighth place on the all-time Champions League scoring list.

Manuel Neuer's Matchday 1 appearance against Bodø/Glimt equalled Iker Casillas' record of facing 53 different teams in the Champions League, Matchday 1 to final.

Neuer is one appearance away from equalling Thomas Müller's German record of 163 in the Champions League proper.

The 3-0 Matchday 2 win at home to Lille means Arsenal are unbeaten in regular time in 17 Champions League matches (W13 D4).

Arteta's side have won their last 14 league phase games, including the last seven away.

Arsenal have kept six clean sheets in their last eight Champions League matches, including both this season.

Bukayo Saka has 14 Champions League goals for Arsenal. One more would equal Theo Walcott (15) in third place on the club list, behind Thierry Henry (35) and Robin van Persie (18).

Bayern's Luis Díaz scored on his Champions League debut in Porto's 3-1 defeat at Manchester City on this day in 2020.