What points to Bayern overcoming PSG

The thrilling Champions League semi-final first leg between Paris Saint-Germain and FC Bayern produced plenty of stories and set records. Munich aim to overturn their 5-4 deficit in Wednesday’s second leg at the Allianz Arena to advance to the final in Budapest. Read more about the exciting stats and find out what points to Bayern advancing.

Last week’s first leg thrilled the entire football world. The two teams scored nine goals to set a new goal record in a Champions League semi-final game (since 1992/93). In the European Cup, the predecessor of the competition, Eintracht Frankfurt and Glasgow Rangers once netted nine times in a semi-final game in 1959/60.

Historically strong attacks go head-to-head

It wasn’t only in the first leg that PSG and Bayern were hungry for goals – they’ve been scoring for fun all season. For the first time, two clubs boasting more than 40 goals each in a single Champions League campaign face off, with PSG at 43 and FCB at 42 goals. However, Bayern needed two fewer games for that after Paris contested the play-offs. Bayern boast 3.23 goals scored per game, the highest average in the competition, with PSG in second place on 2.87. Both teams have their sights set on the record of 45 goals scored by FC Barcelona in 1999/2000.

FC Bayern have lost 16 first legs of a knockout tie in the Champions League era. The Bavarians advanced to the next round on four occasions, most recently in the 2023/24 round of 16 against Lazio (1-0 defeat away, 3-0 win in Munich).

Strong home record against PSG

Paris Saint-Germain have lost more away matches against Bayern than against any other team in Europe’s premier club competition. FCB have won five of the seven meetings in Munich – four of them by a margin of two or three goals – including the last two. 

The Allianz Arena is a stronghold in the Champions League. FC Bayern have only lost one of their last 29 UCL home matches and won all six of their matches at home this campaign.

Harry Kane handed Bayern the lead in the first leg. The Englishman has scored in each of his last five appearances in Champions League knockout games, equalling the club record set by Robert Lewandowski between 2016 and 2018. It was Kane’s 13th goal in this season’s competition – only Lewandowski scored more goals (15) in a single UCL campaign in 2019/20. He is currently second in the scoring charts behind Kylian Mbappé (15).