Barcelona Vs Bayern Munich: Blaugrana Collides With Statistics

Barcelona received a serious threat from Bayern Munich (Instagram/@fcbarcelona).

JAKARTA - Barcelona will host Bayern Munich on the third matchday of the 2024/2025 Champions League at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, Thursday, October 24, 2024, early morning WIB.

Duel with the old rival label did not side with Barcelona. Of the total 13 encounters, the Blaugrana only won twice and lost 10 times. There was only one match ended in a draw.

While Barcelona's seven home games at home to Munich, only two were won. The remaining five belonged to Bayern Munich who humiliated Barca in front of their supporters.

Not to mention if it shifts to the last five meetings since 2020, Hansi Flick's men have always lost. Interestingly, Munich always won at least two goals in the encounter.

In fact, three of them, Die Roten managed to win with a score of 3-0.

Barcelona also suffered a painful defeat at home in the 2019/2020 Champions League when they lost 2-8.

The note makes the Blaugrana not seeded when dealing with FC Hollywood.

However, the journey of both teams in the Champions League this season has not been superior. Barca and Munich both packed three points from the previous two matches, one loss and one win.

This condition could be a trigger for Azulgrana that the opportunity to improve the record of meetings with Munich is open.

Robert Lewandowski can be put forward by Barcelona as a key weapon. The Polish striker is a former Munich player from 2014-2022.

Lewandowski has scored 14 goals and two assists in 12 games he has played so far this season.

Last season, he scored 26 goals and provided nine assists in 49 games with Barcelona in all competitions.

In addition, Lewandowski can also provide information on weaknesses related to his former team.

While in the Munich camp, Barcelona must be wary of Harry Kane who will be a serious threat to extend Munich's slick record over Barcelona.

The England captain has scored eight goals and four assists in seven games he has played so far this season.

Last season, he scored 44 goals and 12 assists in 45 games for Die Roten in all competitions.

So far, Barcelona still has no pillar names, such as Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Andreas Christensen, Ronald Araujo, Marc Bernal, Ferran Torres, and Eric Garcia.

The Bayern Munich camp has only lost four main players, namely Josip Stanisic, Sacha Boey, Jamal Musiala, and Pavlovic.

Formation Forecast

Barcelona (4-2-3-1): Pena; Balde, Inigo, Cubarsi, Kounde; Pedri, Casado; Ansu Fati, Raphinha, Yamal; Lewandowski

Bayern Munich (4-2-3-1): Neuer; Davies, Kim, Upamecano, Gurreiro; Laimer, Kimmich; Gnabry, Muller, Olise; Kane

Head-to-Head Barcelona vs Bayern Munich

Total matches: 13

Barcelona's victory: 2

Bayern Munich's victory: 10