UCL: Villarreal v Bayern Munich: what the stats say
This will be the second meeting between Villarreal and Bayern Munich after the 2011-12 campaign, when the German side won home (3-1) and away (2-0) in the UEFA Champions League group stage.
After losing five consecutive away games against Spanish opponents in the UEFA Champions League between 2014 and 2017, Bayern Munich have since gone unbeaten in their last four such away games (W2 D2). The most recent of those came earlier this season, in a 3-0 win away to Barcelona in the group stage.
This is Villarreal’s first game at the quarter-final stage of the UEFA Champions League since April 2009, when they were eliminated over two legs by Arsenal. Overall, they have only won one of their six games in the competition at this stage or later (D2 L3) – 1-0 v Inter Milan in April 2006.
Bayern Munich are unbeaten in their last five games when playing away from home in the first leg of a knockout stage tie in the UEFA Champions League (W3 D2) – their last such defeat came in the 2015-16 semi-final first leg against Atlético Madrid, when Pep Guardiola’s side were eventually eliminated on away goals.
Villarreal boss Unai Emery is set to take charge of his 50th game in the UEFA Champions League (W21 D10 L18). This is the first time he has reached the quarter-finals of the competition, while he is looking to record consecutive wins in the knockout stage for the first time as a manager in the UEFA Champions League.
Bayern Munich have scored 101 goals in the UEFA Champions League since they were last held to a clean sheet (0-0 v Liverpool in February 2019). Across their last 30 games in the competition, they have averaged 3.4 goals per game, while winning 26 of those (D2 L2).
? Arnaut Danjuma has netted five goals for Villarreal in the UEFA Champions League this season, more than any other player for the club in a single campaign in the competition. In fact, the Dutchman is already the club’s top scorer in the UEFA Champions League, having overtaken Joseba Llorente (4) with his goal against Juventus last time out.
Robert Lewandowski has scored 12 goals in eight UEFA Champions League appearances for Bayern Munich this season – only three players have ever netted more in a single campaign in the competition (Lionel Messi in 2011-12 and Cristiano Ronaldo in 2013-14, 2015-16 and 2017-18), with one of those being Lewandowski himself in 2019-20 (15).
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Villarreal’s Gerard Moreno has scored two goals and made three assists in just 276 minutes played in the UEFA Champions League this season, recording more direct goal involvements than any other Spanish player in the competition this term.
Leroy Sané has been directly involved in 12 goals in eight games for Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League this season (six goals, six assists). Since 2003-04 (when this data is available), Sané is one of only two players to have scored more than five goals and made more than five assists in a single campaign, along with Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino in 2017-18 (10 goals, seven assists).