Champions League Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich: Preview, Prediction & Betting Picks

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Date: 08/05/2024

Kick off time: 16:00 EST

Location: Santiago Bernebéu

The week will see Bayern looking for their first win at the Santiago Bernebéu since 2001 to get themselves to another Champions League Final. However, Real have a good home record this season and will look to make yet another Champions League Final.
Real Madrid clinched the La Liga title this weekend. After 34 games, Los Blancos have 27 wins, six draws and one loss, leaving them 13 points above Girona with four games to play.

Los Blancos have the best record in the Champions League, winning the competition 14 times, seven times more than the next most successful side. Real Madrid last won the title in 2022 when they beat Liverpool in the Final 1 - 0. Before that Real won three titles in a row from 2015 to 2018, beating Liverpool, Juventus and Atletico Madrid.

Bayern Munich currently sit second in the Bundesliga with Bayer Leverkusen already champions. In 32 games, The Bavarians have 22 wins, three draws and seven losses, leaving them on 69 points, just two points above Stuttgart.

The Bavarians have won the Champions League on three occasions, in 2001, 2013 and 2020. In fact, the 2013 title came in the same Stadium that this year’s Final is to be held at - Wembley Stadium. Since their win in 2020, Bayern have crashed out at the Quarter Finals stage with this being their first Semi Finals appearance since 2018.

In European football, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich have met 27 times in their histories with the first meeting coming back in 1975. Not much separates the two sides with Real Madrid having 12 wins in comparison to Bayern Munich’s 11 wins, the other four games ending in a draw.

The last five games in this fixture have seen two draws and three Real Madrid wins. However, all five of these games have seen both teams on the scoresheet.

Real Madrid Team News

Carlo Ancelotti only has one injury to manage, that being to David Alaba who has a cruciate ligament tear and will be out until July.

Bayern Munich Team News

Thomas Tuchel will be without Tarek Buchmann, Bouna Sarr, Kingsley Coman and Matthijs de Ligt this week.

In their last five games in all competitions, Real Madrid have four wins and one draw.

The second leg of the Champions League Quarter Finals saw Real Madrid in Manchester. Rodrygo opened the scoring for Real Madrid in the 12th minute but Kevin De Bruyne equalised for Manchester City to send the tie to extra time. Neither side could find another goal and the tie was sent to penalties where Mateo Kovacic and Bernardo Silva both missed to give Madrid the 4 - 3 win.
Back in La Liga, Real Madrid hosted the El Clasico against Barcelona. Andreas Christensen gave Barcelona the lead in the sixth minute but a penalty from Vinicius Junior drew Real Madrid level before halftime. Fermin Lopez put Barcelona back ahead with 20 minutes to go but a goal from Lucas Vazquez equalised just four minutes later. Jude Bellingham then popped up with a goal in extra time to give Real Madrid the 3 - 2 win.

Arda Güler scored the only goal of the game in the 29th minute to give Real Madrid the 1 - 0 win over Real Sociedad despite having less shots and less possession.

The last time out for Real Madrid was against Cadiz. Brahim Diaz, Bellingham and Joselu all scored in the second half to give Real Madrid the 3 - 0 win.

In their last five games, Bayern have three wins, one draw and one loss.
The second leg of the Champions League saw Bayern host Arsenal. Following the 2 - 2 draw in the first leg, Bayern needed a big win. Joshua Kimmich scored the only goal of the game just after the hour mark to give Bayern the 1 - 0 win and the spot in the Semi Finals.

Back in the Bundesliga, Bayern took on Union Berlin. A brace from Thomas Muller and goals from Leon Goretzka, Harry Kane and Mathys Tel gave Bayern the 5 - 1 win, with Yorbe Vertessen scoring in the 90th minute for Union Berlin.

Kane was on the scoresheet again for Bayern against Eintracht Frankfurt, this time in the ninth minute to give Bayern the lead. Hugo Ekitike equalised for Frankfurt before halftime but a penalty from Kane in the second half gave Bayern the 2 - 1 win.

The most recent outing for Bayern was against Stuttgart. Leonidas Stergiou opened the scoring for Stuttgart on the half hour mark but a penalty from Kane made it level at halftime. However, late on Jeong Woo-yeong and Silas both scored to give Stuttgart the 3 - 1 win.

The first leg of the Champions League Semi Final saw Vinicius Junior open the scoring for Real Madrid to give them the 1 - 0 lead at halftime. Leroy Sane equalised early in the second half and a penalty from Kane put Bayern ahead just four minutes later. However, a penalty from Vinicius Junior late on forced the 2 - 2 draw.

Despite the draw in the first leg, Real Madrid are likely to pick up an important win at home to send them to the Champions League Final.

Real Madrid 2 - 0 Bayern Munich.

Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich will be shown on Paramount+ In the USA