On Tuesday, football fans are awaiting a special evening in the Champions League quarter-finals where in England the teams "Liverpool" and Munich's "Bayern" will meet.
The most visited country's football portal "EuroFootball.com" presents the most interesting facts about the match.
- The "Bayern" team has won only one match against their future opponents in European competitions - it happened in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in November 1971, when Gerd Muller scored twice and Uli Hoeness once. Other meetings ended less successfully - 4 draws, 2 losses.
- The last time the teams met in the European Cup/Champions League series was in the semi-final stage in 1980-1981, when the "Reds" advanced due to an away goal (1:1). In the final, "Liverpool" defeated Madrid's "Real" (1:0).
- "Bayern" has not managed to score a goal in 3 matches played at "Anfield" stadium.
- "Liverpool" has remained unbeaten at home in the last 19 European matches in a row (14 wins, 5 draws). The last failure was experienced in 2014 against Madrid's "Real" (0:3). This is the second longest streak of the team with no failure in 40 matches (from September 1974 to December 1991).
- "Bayern" is one of the five remaining teams in the tournament that have not lost in the group stage this season (along with "Barcelona," "Porto," "Lyon," and "Ajax"). The Germans have reached the Champions League semi-final stage 7 times in the last 9 seasons.
- Munich's team has not suffered defeat in the last 8 Champions League away matches (6 wins, 2 draws). The last time they lost 0:3 was to PSG club (September 2017). The longer streak was only in 2012-2014 (10 matches).
- Eight teams in the Champions League this season have had more shots on goal than "Bayern," but no one matches the Germans in creating dangerous opportunities (21).
- Munich's team leads the tournament in goals scored (8) from set pieces, including 5 goals scored after corners.
- The player with the most excellent chances to score in this season's tournament is "Liverpool" forward Sadio Mane (6 out of 7). On the other hand, last year he managed to score 7 goals in the knockout rounds.
- The top scorer of this season's Champions League (8 goals) Robert Lewandowski will try to score in the fifth consecutive match - the Pole has not achieved such a feat in his career in the tournament before.
- Four "Bayern" players will play their 50th Champions League match if given the opportunity to showcase their skills. They are Thiago Alcantara, Mats Hummels, Javi Martinez, and James Rodriguez.
