Bayern find to finish pursuit opposite Sevilla
FC Bayern München are shutting in on another UEFA Champions League semi-final entrance as they acquire Sevilla FC for a second leg of their last-eight tie.
• A Jesús Navas possess idea and Thiago Alcántara’s deflected header hermetic a quip win in a initial leg on 3 Apr after Pablo Sarabia had given Sevilla a first-half lead. That was a initial time Sevilla had mislaid during home to German visitors, in their 12th fixture, and finished Bayern’s run of 5 unbroken waste in Spain.
• This is Bayern’s seventh uninterrupted quarter-final and 29th altogether – usually Real Madrid CF, in this turn for a 35th time, have featured some-more often. In contrast, Sevilla are in a final 8 of a European Cup for a initial time given their usually prior entrance during this theatre 60 years ago.
• This is Bayern’s initial tie opposite Sevilla nonetheless they have been separated by Spanish opponents in a final 4 seasons. The Munich bar exaggerate a clever record during home to Liga sides, nonetheless Sevilla have enjoyed copiousness of success in Germany.
Match background
Bayern
• Bayern are in a quarter-finals for a club-record seventh unbroken season. Before losing to Real Madrid 12 months ago, they had won 6 last-eight ties in a row.
• Bayern’s European Cup quarter-final record is W18 L10:
2016/17 Real Madrid CF L 3-6 (1-2 h, 2-4 a aet)
2015/16 SL Benfica W 3-2 (1-0 h, 2-2 a)
2014/15 FC Porto W 7-4 (1-3 a, 6-1 h)
2013/14 Manchester United FC W 4-2 (1-1 a, 3-1 h)
2012/13 Juventus W 4-0 (2-0 h, 2-0 a)
2011/12 Olympique de Marseille W 4-0 (2-0 a, 2-0 h)
2009/10 Manchester United FC W 4-4, divided goals (2-1 h, 2-3 a)
2008/09 FC Barcelona L 1-5 (0-4 a, 1-1 h)
2006/07 AC Milan L 2-4 (2-2 a, 0-2 h)
2004/05 Chelsea FC L 5-6 (2-4 a, 3-2 h)
2001/02 Real Madrid CF L 2-3 (2-1 h, 0-2 a)
2000/01 Manchester United FC W 3-1 (1-0 a, 2-1 h)
1999/00 FC Porto W 3-2 (1-1 a, 2-1 h)
1998/99 1. FC Kaiserslautern W 6-0 (2-0 h, 4-0 a)
1997/98 Borussia Dortmund L 0-1 (0-0 h, 0-1 a)
1994/95 IFK Göteborg W 2-2 divided goals (0-0 h, 2-2 a)
1990/91 FC Porto W 3-1 (1-1 h, 2-0 a)
1989/90 PSV Eindhoven W 3-1 (2-1 h, 1-0 a)
1987/88 Real Madrid CF L 3-4 (3-2 h, 0-2 a)
1986/87 RSC Anderlecht W 7-2 (5-0 h, 2-2 a)
1985/86 RSC Anderlecht L 2-3 (2-1 h, 0-2 a)
1981/82 FC Universitatea Craiova W 3-1 (2-0 a, 1-1 h)
1980/81 FC BanÃk Ostrava W 6-2 (2-0 h, 4-2 a)
1976/77 FC Dynamo Kyiv L 1-2 (1-0 h, 0-2 a)
1975/76 SL Benfica W 5-1 (0-0 a, 5-1 h)
1974/75 FC Ararat Yerevan W 2-1 (2-0 h, 0-1 a)
1973/74 PFC CSKA Sofia W 5-3 (4-1 h, 1-2 a)
1972/73 AFC Ajax L 2-5 (0-4 a, 2-1 h)
• Bayern are appearing in a UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for a 17th time, some-more than any other club. FC Barcelona and Real Madrid are subsequent in line on 16 apiece.
• Bayern’s record in two-legged ties opposite Spanish sides is W9 L10. Their seductiveness in final season’s foe was finished during this theatre by Real Madrid, who won 2-1 in Munich and 4-2 after additional time in Spain – Bayern’s fourth unbroken knockout detriment in ties opposite Liga teams. They were beaten by Club Atlético de Madrid in 2015/16, FC Barcelona in 2014/15 and Real Madrid again in 2013/14 – all in a semi-finals.Â
• Jupp Heynckes’ side reached this theatre with an 8-1 sum win opposite BeÅŸiktaÅŸ JK in a turn of 16, including a 5-0 win in Munich that was a biggest home first-leg attainment in a UEFA Champions League knockout phase.
• Before violence Beşiktaş, a Munich bar had won all 3 home games in Group B: 3-0 during home to both RSC Anderlecht and Celtic FC before a 3-1 better of territory winners Paris Saint-Germain on matchday six.
• Bayern won all 16 of their UEFA Champions League home matches between 17 Sep 2014 and 15 Feb 2017, a foe record. The 2-1 detriment to Real Madrid in a quarter-finals was their initial retreat in Munich given a 4-0 better by a same opponents in their 2013/14 semi-final second leg.
• That Madrid better also finished a run of 3 true Bayern victories during home to Spanish opponents; altogether Bayern’s record opposite Liga clubs in Munich is W18 D5 L3.
• Bayern have mislaid usually one of their 24 UEFA ties in that they won a divided initial leg, going out to FC Internazionale Milano in a 2010/11 UEFA Champions League turn of 16 (1-0 away, 2-3 home).
• Bayern’s chastisement shoot-out record in UEFA foe is W5 L1:
5-4 v Chelsea FC, 2013 UEFA Super Cup
3-4 v Chelsea FC, 2011/12 UEFA Champions League final
3-1 v Real Madrid CF, 2011/12 UEFA Champions League semi-final
5-4 v Valencia CF, 2000/01 UEFA Champions League final
9-8 v PAOK FC, 1983/84 UEFA Cup second round
4-3 v Ã…tvidabergs FF, 1973/74 European Cup initial round
Sevilla
• Sevilla’s usually prior European Cup quarter-final came in their entrance European season, 1957/58, when they mislaid 10-2 on sum to Real Madrid CF (0-8 away, 2-2 home).
• That 8-0 first-leg better by Madrid is Sevilla’s heaviest European loss, and a biggest domain in any European Cup quarter-final match.
• The Spanish side’s record in two-legged knockout ties opposite German antithesis is W3 L2. Their many new confront was a 4-2 sum win opposite VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach in a turn of 32 in Sevilla’s winning 2014/15 UEFA Europa League debate (1-0 home, 3-2 away).
• Sevilla’s final revisit to Germany brought a 4-2 detriment during Mönchengladbach in a UEFA Champions League organisation theatre in Nov 2015 – finale a run of 5 true victories opposite Bundesliga opponents, dual of that came in divided matches.
• They have a clever altogether record in Germany with 5 wins from 9 visits (three defeats, one draw).
• Vincenzo Montella’s side reached this theatre with a 2-1 sum win opposite Manchester United FC, Wissam Ben Yedder entrance off a dais to measure twice in a second leg during Old Trafford.
• That was Sevilla initial divided win in this season’s foe given a play-offs, and a initial attainment in a UEFA Champions League correct outward Spain in 6 matches (D3 L2). The Andalusian bar did not win divided in Group E, and endured their heaviest UEFA Champions League better in losing 5-1 during FC Spartak Moskva on matchday three. They resolved with a 1-1 pull during NK Maribor to secure second place in a section.
• Sevilla have mislaid usually dual of their final 12 divided matches in UEFA foe (W4 D6): at Spartak and a 2-0 retreat during Leicester City FC in final season’s turn of 16 second leg, that finished a 3-2 sum loss.
• Sevilla have mislaid a home initial leg twice formerly in UEFA competition, winning one of those ties on sum and losing a other, even yet they won both second legs. They were separated by FC Porto in a 2010/11 UEFA Europa League turn of 32, losing 2-1 during home and going out notwithstanding a 1-0 second-leg divided win; 3 years later, in a final 16 of a same competition, they kick city rivals Real Betis Balompié 4-3 on penalties after any side had won 2-0 away.
• Sevilla’s chastisement shoot-out record in UEFA foe is W5 L1:
5-4 v Athletic Club, 2015/16 UEFA Europa League quarter-finals
4-2 v SL Benfica, 2013/14 UEFA Europa League final
4-3 v Real Betis Balompié, 2013/14 UEFA Europa League turn of 16
2-3 v Fenerbahçe SK, 2007/08 UEFA Champions League turn of 16
3-1 v RCD Espanyol, 2006/07 UEFA Cup final
4-3 v PAOK FC, 1990/91 UEFA Cup initial round
Coach and actor links
• Heynckes has had spells in assign of Spanish sides Athletic Club (1992–94, 2001–03), CD Tenerife (1995–97) and Real Madrid CF (1997/98); his record for those clubs opposite Sevilla was W5 D3 L4.
• Heynckes scored both goals for West Germany in a 2-1 accessible win opposite Spain on 24 Nov 1973.
• Javi MartÃnez done 201 Liga appearances for Athletic Club between 2006 and 2012, scoring 22 goals. He faced Sevilla 11 times in all competitions (W4 D1 L6), scoring in a 3-0 Copa del Rey semi-final second-leg attainment on 4 Mar 2009 as Athletic modernized 4-2 on aggregate.
• James RodrÃguez done 77 Liga appearances for Real Madrid between 2014 and 2017, scoring 28 times. He faced Sevilla 8 times (W7 L1), scoring 4 goals.
• James was in a FC Porto side that won 2-1 during Sevilla in a turn of 32 initial leg in their winning 2010/11 UEFA Europa League campaign.
• Juan Bernat played 51 Liga games for Valencia between 2011 and 2014, scoring once. He faced Sevilla 4 times (W2 D1 L1) and played in both games as Valencia suffered a late away-goals better in a 2014 UEFA Europa League semi-finals.
• Thiago Alcántara played 68 Liga games for Barcelona between 2009 and 2013, scoring 7 goals. His record opposite Sevilla was W2 D1 L2.
• Arjen Robben done 50 Liga appearances for Real Madrid between 2007 and 2009, scoring 11 times. He faced Sevilla twice (W1 L1) and was sent off in Madrid’s 4-3 home better in Dec 2008.
• Rafinha played in both legs of FC Schalke 04’s 2005/06 UEFA Cup semi-final detriment opposite Sevilla (0-0 home, 0-1 aet away).
• Corentin Tolisso’s Olympique Lyonnais mislaid 1-0 during Sevilla in final season’s UEFA Champions League organisation stage, sketch 0-0 during home.
• Mats Hummels and Robert Lewandowski played in Borussia Dortmund’s 1-0 home better and 2-2 divided pull with Sevilla in a 2010/11 UEFA Europa League organisation stage.
• Sebastian Rudy twice featured as a surrogate divided to Sevilla for VfB Stuttgart; a 2-0 better in a 2008/09 UEFA Cup organisation theatre and a 1-1 pull in a 2009/10 UEFA Champions League organisation stage.
• On 14 Nov 2017 a Germany organisation including Mats Hummels, Niklas Süle, Sebastian Rudy and Sandro Wagner drew 2-2 in a accessible opposite France, for whom Tolisso and surrogate Steven N’Zonzi featured.
• International team-mates:
James RodrÃguez Luis Muriel (Colombia)
Thiago Alcántara, Javi MartÃnez, Juan Bernat Sergio Rico, Nolito, Jesús Navas (Spain)
Kingsley Coman, Corentin Tolisso Steven N’Zonzi, Sébastien Corchia (France)
• Have played together:
Manuel Neuer Sergio Escudero (FC Schalke 04, 2010–11)
Joshua Kimmich, Niklas Süle Johannes Geis (Germany Under-21, 2014–15)
Match facts
Bayern
• Franck Ribéry, Robert Lewandowski, Joshua Kimmich, Corentin Tolisso, Jérôme Boateng and Sebastian Rudy are a engagement divided from a ban.
• Bayern have won their final dual home games 6-0, opposite Hamburger SV on 10 Mar and Borussia Dortmund on 31 March.
• The Munich club’s home record this deteriorate is W17 D2 L0 with 62 goals scored and 11 conceded. They have kept 4 unbroken purify sheets and 11 during home overall.
• Bayern have won 3 of their final 11 games 6-0. They have scored 51 goals in their 15 fixtures in 2018.*
• Lewandowski has purebred 14 goals for Bayern in 13 rival games in 2018.*
• Ribéry has 3 goals in his final 5 games for Bayern, relating his sum for a prior 21 matches.*
• After 18 games though better in all competitions (W17 D1) and 8 unbroken wins divided from home, Bayern mislaid 2-1 during RB Leipzig on 18 March. They have won both games since.*
• All 4 of Bayern’s defeats this deteriorate have come divided from home; during Paris in a organisation theatre and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach and Leipzig in a Bundesliga.*
• Sandro Wagner has 5 goals in his final 7 Bayern appearances.*
• Lewandowski, named Poland’s footballer of a year for a seventh uninterrupted deteriorate on 11 February, scored in any of Bayern’s initial 11 Bundesliga home games this tenure to turn usually a second actor ever to grasp this attainment – after his stream manager Heynckes, for VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach in 1972/73.
• Lewandowski has scored 24 goals in 19 home matches for Bayern this season, scoring hat-tricks in a final dual opposite Hamburg and Dortmund.
• Arturo Vidal (knee) and Juan Bernat (cut leg) had to be replaced in a initial leg. David Alaba missed a diversion during Sevilla due to a behind problem.*
• On 24 Feb Kingsley Coman suffered an ankle damage opposite Hertha BSC Berlin that compulsory medicine and has been ruled out for several weeks.*
• Manuel Neuer has been out given 18 Sep following his second metatarsal break, though is behind in light training.*
• On 9 Mar Kimmich extended his agreement until 2023.
Sevilla
• Éver Banega is accessible after a one-match suspension; Guido Pizarro, Sergio Escudero, Wissam Ben Yedder, JoaquÃn Correa and Gabriel Mercado are all a engagement divided from a ban.
• Sevilla have won 3 of their final 9 games in all competitions, losing four.*
• Away a Andalusian bar have won 6 of their 10 fixtures in all competitions in 2018, losing three. This deteriorate overall, however, their divided record is W11 D3 L10. Sevilla have managed 6 purify sheets in those 24 matches, and usually one in a final six; during a other end, they have scored in their final 8 divided matches and all though 5 of their divided matches in 2017/18.*
• Up to and including matchday six, Wissam Ben Yedder had scored 13 goals in 18 appearances in all competitions this season; in his 17 appearances given he has managed six, including his double during Manchester United in a turn of 16 second leg.*
• Jesús Navas had been out given 25 Feb before returning in a 2-2 home pull with FC Barcelona on 31 March; Lionel Carole has not played given 14 January, also with a calf complaint.*
• Sevilla will play Barcelona again in a Copa del Rey final during a Estadio Metropolitano, home of Atlético Madrid, on 21 April.
*Subject to weekend updates