The Champions League quarter final second legs take place this week and on Tuesday the 12th of April we have a meeting between Bayern München and Villarreal. The game will take place at the Allianz Arena and Villarreal have a 1-0 goal lead to defend from the first leg in Spain.
Bayern München come into the match having beat Augsburg 1-0 at home in the Bundesliga on the weekend. Bayern München struggled to breakdown their opponents but scored the winning goal from the penalty spot with 8 minutes of the game remaining.
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That result means Bayern München are undefeated in 9 of their last 10 fixtures in all competitions. They have lost only 1 of their 14 most recent home games in all competitions and have won each of their last 4 in the Champions League at the Allianz Arena.
Trends show Bayern München have won 12 of their last 13 home Champions League fixtures and have been scoring plenty of goals at home in the competition this season.
Bayern München have scored 3 or more goals in each of their last home Champions League matches and 2 or more goals in each of their last 13 home games in the UCL.
Both teams have scored in 4 of their last 6 Champions League games on home soil.
Villarreal make the trip to the Allianz Arena having picked up a point in a 1-1 draw at home against Athletic Club in La Liga on the weekend. The away team opened the scoring just before half time but Villarreal scored the equaliser 15 minutes into the second half.
That result means Villarreal have won only 1 of their last 4 fixtures in all competitions. There have been defeats against Cadiz and Levante in La Liga but the victory came in the first leg of this tie at home against Bayern München last week.
Trends show Villarreal are undefeated in their 4 most recent Champions League games, including wins at Atalanta and Juventus, the latter of which was an excellent 3-0 victory in Italy.
Villarreal have won each of their last 3 away Champions league matches, with the additional victory coming at Young Boys in the group stage this season.
Villarreal have scored in each of their last 4 away Champions League games and have netted 3 or more goals in each of their last 3 on the road.
Team news and Bayern München have several players on the treatment table, including Niklas Süle, Lucas Hernandez, Bouna Sarr, Corentin Tolisso, and Eric Choupo-Moting.
Villarreal have just the one injury concern and Alberto Moreno is on the sidelines with a knee injury.
Villarreal have shown in the previous round they can get a result at the home of a strong team. We expect the yellow submarine to score in this match but Bayern München are a different prospect to Juventus in the Champions League.
Bayern München should score the goals to narrowly win the match and could send the tie into extra time.