Chelsea vs Bayern Munich head-to-head

Chelsea and Bayern Munich meet for the seventh time, with five of the previous six games coming in the Champions League and one in the UEFA Super Cup. We return to the Allianz Stadium where we famously won the Champions League in 2012.

The most recent encounter was the 2019/20 Round of 16, when the first and second legs were 165 days apart due to the break caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Bayern won 7-1 on aggregate. Reece James is the only player from that tie still at the club.

The six previous matches between Chelsea and Bayern Munich have produced 25 goals, an average of four per game.

Our three previous meetings in Munich

12.04.05 - Champions League quarter-final second leg - L 2-3
19.05.12 - Champions League final - D 1-1, won 4-3 on pens AET
08.08.20 - Champions League Round of 16 second leg - L 1-4

Head-to-Head (all competitions)

Played 6
Won 1
Drawn 2 (won one and lost one on penalties after extra-time)
Lost 3

Chelsea's biggest away win in the Champions League

20/10/1999 - Galatasaray 0-5 Chelsea - First group stage
25/11/2014 - Schalke 0-5 Chelsea - Group stage

Chelsea stats

This is our 20th Champions League campaign, and we return for the first time since reaching the quarter-finals in 2022/23. We have made the knockout stage in each of our past eight appearances.

We our playing our 100th away Champions League match, which includes two third-round qualifying games in 1999 against Skonto Riga and 2003 against MSK Zilina. We have won 42 of the previous 99.

Chelsea have won each of our past four group stage matches in the Champions League – in 2022 against AC Milan (twice), RB Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb.

Chelsea are aiming to win seven consecutive away games in European competition for the first time. Other than the current run, we won six in a row on the road in 2003/04 in the Champions League.

The Blues have lost just two (Juventus away in 2021 and Dinamo Zagreb away in 2022) of our last 23 matches in the Champions League group/league stage, winning 15.

Chelsea have faced 10 different German teams in European competition. We have not played more clubs from any other nation.

Our results against German teams

Played 28
Won 13
Drew 8
Lost 7

The Blues have won five of our 14 away games in Germany against German teams (Stuttgart, Bayern Munich on penalties, Schalke twice and Heidenheim).

Chelsea have won seven of our last 11 Champions League group/league matches against German teams (two draws, two defeats).

Chelsea’s 23-man A list squad submitted to UEFA have a combined career total 117 Champions League appearances. Bayern Munich’s squad have a career total of 860 Champions League appearances between them.

Reece James (30) has played more career Champions League games than any other current Chelsea player, followed by Jamie Gittens (23).

Rob Sanchez, Filip Jorgensen, Levi Colwill, Jorrel Hato, Malo Gusto, Moises Caicedo, Andrey Santos, Pedro Neto, Joao Pedro and Estevao Willian have yet to make an appearance in the competition.

UEFA laws permit loan players to play against their parent club, so Chelsea could come up against Nicolas Jackson, who made his Bayern debut last weekend.

Milestones

If selected, Cole Palmer will make his 100th appearance for Chelsea across all competitions. He scored his 44th goal for the club at Brentford on Saturday.

Palmer will be the sixth player from the current squad to reach that milestone after Reece James, Enzo Fernandez, Marc Cucurella, Trevoh Chalobah and Moises Caicedo.

Bayern Munich stats

Last season

Bundesliga - champions
DFB-Pokal - Round of 16
UEFA Champions League - Quarter-finals
FIFA Club World Cup - Quarter-finals
Top scorer (all competitions) - Harry Kane 41

Bayern Munich have featured in the Champions League proper in every season since 2008/09, reaching the knockout stage on each occasion.

Twelfth in last season’s league phase, Bayern beat Celtic 3-2 on aggregate in the knockout phase play-offs and Bayer Leverkusen 5-0 in the last 16, before losing 3-4 to Inter Milan in the quarter finals.

Bayern Munich have won their opening match in each of the last 21 Champions League campaigns, keeping 18 clean sheets, since a 2-3 home defeat to Deportivo La Coruna in September 2002.

Bayern have won all five of their league and cup matches this season, by an aggregate 19-5.

They are unbeaten at home since Inter defeated them in the Champions League quarter-final on 8 April (three wins, one draw).

Bayern first competed in the European Cup in 1969/70 but were eliminated by Saint-Etienne in the first round. They then won the competition three times in a row from 1974 to 1976, with their 1974 victory over Atletico Madrid being the only final that required a replay.

They lost their next five finals, starting with Aston Villa in 1982, and finishing 30 years later when Chelsea shocked them in their own stadium. The following year, Bayern defeated Borussia Dortmund at Wembley to complete a treble, and later claimed the Covid-impacted 2020 tournament with a 1-0 win over Thomas Tuchel’s PSG in Lisbon.

The Munich club are unbeaten in their last 34 home Champions League group/league phase matches (32 wins, two draws), since losing 2-3 against Manchester City in December 2013.

They have scored in 54 of their last 56 Champions League games in Munich.

Bayern have won their opening match in each of their last 21 Champions League campaigns, including 18 without conceding a goal. The last time they did not win on Matchday 1 was in September 2002, when they lost 2-3 at home against Deportivo La Coruna.

Bayern have won eight of their past 10 UEFA club competition matches at home against English teams (one draw, one defeat).

Thirty-nine-year-old keeper Manuel Neuer has played in the last four encounters between the sides, starting with the 2012 final.

Last five results

Stuttgart (Super Cup a) W 2-1
RB Leipzig (h) W 6-0
Wiesbaden (Cup a) W 3-2
Augsburg (a) W 3-2
Hamburg (h) W 5-0

Vincent Kompany's record vs Chelsea

Won: 0
Drawn: 1
Lost: 1

As a player, Kompany played 18 games against the Blues (17 for Man City, one for Anderlecht), winning eight of them.

Saturday's Bundesliga line-up

Saturday 13 September

Bayern Munich 5- 0 Hamburg

Team (4-2-3-1): Neuer (c); Laimer, Upamecano (Guerreiro h/t) (Bischof 63), Tah, Stanisic; Kimmich, Pavlovic; Olise, Gnabry (Jackson h/t), Diaz (Boey 76); Kane (Karl 64)

Goals: Gnabry 3, Pavlovic 9, Kane 26 pen, 62, Diaz 29

Bayern Munich's summer departures include Thomas Muller to Vancouver Whitecaps, Kingsley Coman to Al-Nassr, Joao Palhinha loan to Tottenham Hotspur, Leroy Sane to Galatasaray, Eric Dier to Monaco, Mathys Tel to Tottenham, and Adam Aznou to Everton.

Recruits include Jonathan Tah from Bayer Leverkusen, Luiz Diaz from Liverpool, and Jackson on loan from Chelsea.

Match officials

Referee: Jose Maria Sanchez (Spain)
Assistant referees: Raul Cabanero (Spain) and Inigo Prieto (Spain)
VAR: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)