A special mention here for the pressing of Xaver Schlager and his midfield partner Maximilian Arnold, who is back in Germany national team contention. Find FC Bayern München fixtures, results, top scorers, transfer rumours and player profiles, with exclusive photos and video highlights. They have fewer worries at the other end and defender Marvin Friedrich is in line to become the first Unioner to play for Germany. So far under Kramer it's been one point from two games and no goals scored. Previously they had recorded just one win in nine competitive games while being dumped out of the DFB-Pokal and the Europa League. SC Freiburg | 34 points: We never seem to learn not to underestimate Freiburg. • The Parisians have now reached the knockout stages on their last nine UEFA Champions League appearances, although 2019/20 marked their first semi-final appearance since 1995. RB Leipzig | 53 points: Not so long ago it was a seven-point gap, but now it's only two. Borussia Dortmund | 39 points: So near, and yet so far. Hertha's squad, with artists like Matheus Cunha and proven finishers like Jhon Cordoba, wasn't built for a relegation battle, but that's what they're faced with. Are Mourinho's Tottenham struggles similar to what happened at Real Madrid, Man United and Chelsea? The Munich club became only the seventh team – and first from Germany – to win all six games in the UEFA Champions League group stage last season, before easing through the knockout stages, beating Chelsea in the round of 16 (3-0 a, 4-1 h) before wins in one-off ties against Barcelona (8-2) – the first time Bayern had scored eight goals in a UEFA Champions League match – Lyon (3-0) and Paris in Lisbon. TSG Hoffenheim | 30 points: A big conundrum, and a story of more negatives than positives even though they recorded one of their best results of the season last week against Wolfsburg, winning 2-1, and are on an unbeaten four-game run in the league. He has now scored 73 in the UEFA Champions League and is in outright third place in the competition's all-time scoring list. • A 59th-minute header from Bayern winger Kingsley Coman – formerly of Paris – proved enough to separate the sides at Lisbon's Estádio do SL Benfica on 23 August 2020, giving the German club their sixth European Cup and ensuring Paris's first final appearance ended in defeat. Then you have physical forward Wout Weghorst and his 15 goals. • In 1997/98 Bayern ran out 5-1 winners in the first game in Germany, Giovane Elber and Carsten Jancker each scoring twice and Thomas Helmer getting the other with Marco Simone scoring Paris's consolation. Nico Schulz, who has hardly played at all this season until the past couple of weeks, has come in for out-of-action full-back Raphael Guerreiro and prospered, at least in an attacking sense. Winger Vincenzo Grifo is having his best-ever season, although he has tailed off somewhat in recent weeks. Is this the season for Leipzig to finally beat Bayern in a head-to-head that really matters? • Hansi Flick's side won 4-1 away to Lazio in the round of 16 first leg, completing their aggregate victory with a 2-1 home success that not only gave them their 150th UEFA Champions League victory but also equalled their club record – set in 2001 and 2002 – of 19 successive games in the competition without defeat. • Their successes against Lyon and Paris in 2019/20 made Bayern's record in knockout ties against French clubs W7 L1, with wins in the last seven including three finals. Holders Bayern München are reunited with the side they beat to win the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League final as Paris Saint-Germain come to Germany for the first leg of their quarter-final. • This is Bayern's 24th UEFA Champions League campaign, fewer only than Barcelona and Real Madrid (both 25). - ESPN+ viewer's guide: Bundesliga, Serie A, MLS, FA Cup and more. Borussia Monchengladbach | 33 points: A club making news for the wrong reasons. • In the 2017/18 group stage, Paris were 3-0 winners at the Parc des Princes – Neymar scoring the home side's final goal – before a 3-1 Bayern success in Munich in which a Corentin Tolisso double added to Robert Lewandowski's opener; Kylian Mbappé scored for Paris. Far-too-early prediction of the top six Afcon contenders, Pulisic, Pogba, Salah among Premier League stars facing critical decisions at their clubs. There is a rematch of last season's UEFA Champions League final in the 2020/21 quarter-finals, with holders Bayern facing Paris Saint-Germain in the Munich first leg. Should Brazil shut down football amid coronavirus pandemic worries? • Ligue 1 champions for the seventh time in eight years in 2019/20, and ninth time overall, Paris also won both domestic cups last season. He won two Ligue 1 titles and the 2019/20 Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue with Paris, scoring nine goals in 51 games for the club in all competitions; his last appearance was as a late substitute in the defeat by Bayern in Lisbon. This season's loss by the same scoreline at Leipzig made it three successive defeats in Germany, and six overall; they have won three of their other four games there (D1). Archie Rhind-Tutt outlines Josh Sargent's role under Florian Kohfeld after scoring his third goal of the Bundesliga season. The Breisgau club are the masters of making a little go a long way and playing to a team concept -- the brainchild of the longest-serving coach in the Bundesliga, Christian Streich. Warning : Although the current score, time elapsed, video and other data provided on this site is sourced from "live" feeds provided by third parties, you should be aware that this data may be subject to a time delay and/or be inaccurate. RB Leipzig vs. Bayern Munich tale of the tape: Who has the edge for Bundesliga's big game? • Paris reached their first European Cup final last season. Ronaldo, Haaland, Zlatan: ESPN rates the top stars' workout regimes, How the Euro 2020 contenders look after international break. A 1-0 win away to Borussia Monchengladbach, secured by a late Patrik Schick goal, lifted the gloom in the Leverkusen camp. Internationally, the most well-known German clubs include Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, VfB Stuttgart, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen.Hamburger SV was the only club to have played continuously in the Bundesliga since its foundation, until 12 May 2018, when the club was relegated for the first time. • Bayern have won all eight home UEFA Champions League matches since losing to Liverpool, the only one of their last 11 European games in Munich that they have failed to win. Paris also beat the Turkish club 2-0 away on Matchday 2, in between 2-1 defeats at home to United and away to Leipzig. Mainz | 18 points: They are the great survivors when it comes to avoiding relegation. I do think some good things are happening under interim coach Edin Terzic. I confess, I didn't. UEFA Europa Conference League: Which teams could be involved? Paris were 3-1 victors in France, their goals coming from Franck Gava (17), Florian Maurice (73) and Leroy (75); Markus Babbel had levelled for Bayern. Hertha Berlin | 21 points: The great underachievers of the campaign. Bayern's record at home to Ligue 1 visitors is W11 D2 L3. • Paris have won five of their eight games in this season's competition, including four in a row before they were held 1-1 at home by Barcelona in the round of 16 second leg. • Alessandro Florenzi featured in both games as Roma lost 7-1 at home and 2-0 away to Bayern in the 2014/15 UEFA Champions League group stage, the former result Bayern's biggest European away win. • Alessandro Florenzi featured in both games as Roma lost 7-1 at home and 2-0 away to Bayern in the 2014/15 UEFA Champions League group stage, the former result Bayern… Freiburg just keep on running. • Lucas Hernández was born in Marseille but has never played club football in France, moving to Spain aged four and joining Atlético de Madrid's youth set-up in 2007 at the age of 11. • Have played together: Idrissa Gueye & Benjamin Pavard (LOSC Lille 2014/15) Julian Draxler & Leon Goretzka (Schalke 2013–15) Thilo Kehrer & Leon Goretzka (Schalke 2016–18) Ander Herrera & Javi Martínez (Athletic Bilbao 2011/12), • International team-mates: Manuel Neuer, Niklas Süle, Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka, Serge Gnabry, Leroy Sané & Thilo Kehrer, Julian Draxler (Germany) Lucas Hernández, Benjamin Pavard, Corentin Tolisso, Kingsley Coman & Presnel Kimpembe, Layvin Kurzawa, Kylian Mbappé (France) Douglas Costa & Marquinhos, Neymar (Brazil). Wolfsburg make life difficult for whomever they play with their determination and structure against the ball. Paris • This is Paris's seventh appearance in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, where their record is W2 L4: 2019/20 Atalanta W 2-1 2015/16 Manchester City L 2-3 (2-2 h, 0-1 a) 2014/15 Barcelona L 1-5 (1-3 h, 0-2 a) 2013/14 Chelsea L 3-3 away goals (3-1 h, 0-2 a) 2012/13 Barcelona L 3-3 away goals (2-2 h, 1-1 a) 1994/95 Barcelona W 3-2 (1-1 a, 2-1 h). At times they get outplayed, such as by Leipzig in a 3-0 defeat last week, but rarely outthought or outworked. Aged 17 years 253 days, he struck twice in a 4-4 draw at Amiens on 15 February 2020 making him the second youngest player ever to score a Ligue 1 double for Paris after Lionel Justier in March 1976 against Nîmes (17 years 212 days). A 1-0 win away to Borussia Monchengladbach, ... 7. 18. 7. The problem continues to be a lack of attacking punch, not helped by Sebastian Andersson's long-term injury. • Bayern have won nine of their last ten games against French clubs, home and away; the exception is that 3-0 defeat in Paris in September 2017. • The 3-1 defeat of Paris in December 2017 was Bayern's fourth successive victory against French clubs in Munich, having not won in four (D2 L2) before that sequence. ... Schalke FC Schalke 04 1 Köln 1. There's work to do in the cathedral city, though, before everyone can exhale. Captain Christian Gunter consistently excels playing behind Grifo on a dynamic left side. Bundesliga until 1991. • Rafinha was a late substitute in Barcelona's 3-0 first-leg win against Bayern in the 2014/15 semi-final first leg. Derek Rae says Leipzig's clash vs. Bayern Munich on April 3 could be a Bundesliga title decider. When defender Jonathan Tah contributes in such a massive way, Leverkusen might just be on the way back, as a Champions League place is still within their grasp. Bayer Leverkusen | 40 points: You could feel the relief last week as the Werkself ("factory club") increased productivity at the right time. Again Bayern turned the tables in Munich, goals from Hasan Salihamidžić (3) – now the club's sporting director – and substitute Paulo Sérgio (89) securing a 2-0 success. Their shooting hasn't been the problem: Robert Lewandowski is on his way to breaking Gerd Muller's record of 40 goals for a single season and as a team (71 goals) they score on average once every 5.5 attempts, which is staggeringly efficient. Cologne remain mostly solid enough defensively, especially since Jorge Mere returned from injury. • Champions of Germany for a record 30th time last season – with a landmark eighth successive Bundesliga title – Bayern have now reached the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals or better in nine of the last ten seasons, the exception their defeat by eventual champions Liverpool in the 2018/19 round of 16. • Bayern have already won European silverware this season, defeating UEFA Europa League winners Sevilla 2-1 after extra time in the UEFA Super Cup in Budapest on 24 September thanks to goals from Leon Goretzka (34) and Javi Martínez (104). Although they were eliminated from the Champions League by Liverpool, Leipzig are obdurate and organised, as evidenced by a run of six consecutive Bundesliga wins. • In the first group stage in 2000/01 – a campaign that culminated in Bayern winning the competition for the fourth time – home substitute Laurent Leroy's 90th-minute strike gave Paris a 1-0 victory at the Parc des Princes. The overall record belongs to Manchester United with 25. • Bayern claimed their sixth European Cup in 2019/20, and third in the UEFA Champions League era, with that win against Paris in Lisbon, their 11th successive victory – making them the first champions to win every game. 10. Stuttgart are, of course, a colossal club with a rich tradition, but I admire the way they have reinvented themselves under their impressive American coach, Pellegrino Matarazzo. Coach Peter Bosz, lauded earlier this season for his zesty approach, was suddenly facing difficult questions. Schalke 04 | 10 points: As a commentator, I'm loath to declare something over before it is arithmetically ironclad, but I can't honestly give Schalke even a fighting chance of remaining in the top flight. They suffered three successive last-16 defeats prior to last season. Bayern Munich moved seven points clear at the top of the Bundesliga after a convincing 4-0 win at Schalke 04. OK, I know Adi Hutter's side have taken just one point from the past two games, but prior to that, Eintracht were playing the best football of any team in Germany. 17. • Paris had scored in 34 successive UEFA Champions League games, matching the competition record set by Madrid between 2011 and 2014, before drawing a blank in last season's final. Yet apart from feisty keeper Rafal Gikiewicz, no one has stood out. BVB's football is less predictable, both tactically and in terms of the transition game. • Bayern's 43 goals in last season's UEFA Champions League campaign was the highest total by any club since the competition changed format in 2003/04. Bundesliga until 1991. Derek Rae, ESPN's TV voice of the Bundesliga, brings us his weekly columns on why Germany, its language and its football are part of his identity. VfB Stuttgart | 33 points: They've been a very pleasant enrichment to the Bundesliga this season. In recent days, the potential departure of sporting director Fredi Bobic has dominated the headlines in Frankfurt. Previous meetings • All eight of the teams' matches before last season's final had come in the UEFA Champions League group stage – and all but one of those contests were won by the home side. 8. With 10 games remaining for each team, ESPN's lead Bundesliga commentator Derek Rae runs the rule over all 18 clubs and their targets for the rest of the season. 2. They're doing it the opposite way from Bayern, boasting the tightest defence (20 goals conceded) and lacking a prolific scorer after letting Timo Werner move to Chelsea in the summer -- Christopher Nkunku leads the way with a paltry six Bundesliga goals. This is the French side's ninth successive UEFA Champions League campaign and 13th in total. Form guide Bayern • Bayern's European Cup quarter-final record is W20 L10: 2019/20 Barcelona W 8-2 2017/18 Sevilla W 2-1 (2-1 a, 0-0 h) 2016/17 Real Madrid L 3-6 (1-2 h, 2-4 a aet) 2015/16 Benfica W 3-2 (1-0 h, 2-2 a) 2014/15 Porto W 7-4 (1-3 a, 6-1 h) 2013/14 Manchester United W 4-2 (1-1 a, 3-1 h) 2012/13 Juventus W 4-0 (2-0 h, 2-0 a) 2011/12 Marseille W 4-0 (2-0 a, 2-0 h) 2009/10 Manchester United W 4-4, away goals (2-1 h, 2-3 a) 2008/09 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 L 5-6 (2-4 a, 3-2 h) 2001/02 Real Madrid L 2-3 (2-1 h, 0-2 a) 2000/01 Manchester United W 3-1 (1-0 a, 2-1 h) 1999/00 Porto W 3-2 (1-1 a, 2-1 h) 1998/99 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 away goals (0-0 h, 2-2 a) 1990/91 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 L 3-4 (3-2 h, 0-2 a) 1986/87 Anderlecht W 7-2 (5-0 h, 2-2 a) 1985/86 Anderlecht L 2-3 (2-1 h, 0-2 a) 1981/82 Universitatea Craiova W 3-1 (2-0 a, 1-1 h) 1980/81 Baník Ostrava W 6-2 (2-0 h, 4-2 a) 1976/77 Dynamo Kyiv L 1-2 (1-0 h, 0-2 a) 1975/76 Benfica W 5-1 (0-0 a, 5-1 h) 1974/75 Ararat Yerevan W 2-1 (2-0 h, 0-1 a) 1973/74 CSKA Sofia W 5-3 (4-1 h, 1-2 a) 1972/73 Ajax L 2-5 (0-4 a, 2-1 h). I, along with many others, am going to miss them. FC Augsburg | 26 points: Until recently, there were serious doubts as to whether coach Heiko Herrlich would be allowed to stay the course. Can Dortmund keep their young stars this summer? Javi Martínez (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half. It won't be easy for Bielefeld to stay up, but goalkeeper Stefan Ortega has shown himself to be well above the Bundesliga average at the position. • Under Thomas Tuchel – who was replaced as coach by Mauricio Pochettino in January this year – the French club finished first in a section also including Real Madrid, Club Brugge and Galatasaray in 2019/20. 10s, Daichi Kamada and Amin Younes, behind prolific striker Andre Silva, scorer of 19 goals. • Tanguy Nianzou also joined Bayern from Paris last summer. • Pochettino's Tottenham side lost 7-2 at home to Bayern in the UEFA Champions League group stage on 1 October 2019, the biggest ever home European defeat for an English club. Henderson or De Gea? Their overall record since then is W3 L3. • Paris have won 17 of their last 26 UEFA Champions League matches (D4 L5). Their past five matches have seen Die Eisernen score only twice while conceding twice. 11. (1:03). Freiburg are rarely reliant on individual quality and it is always more about the collective. Lewandowski and Thomas Müller were both on target in the second leg in Munich, with Neuer, Jérôme Boateng and Martínez also featuring in the tie for Bayern. United States international Joshua Sargent, with three goals in as many games, is showing why Kohfeldt rates him so highly. • Paris faced three German clubs in 2019/20, the only away game a 2-1 reverse at Dortmund in the round of 16. Last week, Dortmund were within touching distance of a precious point away to Bayern but couldn't get themselves over the line. Gnabry scored four times for the visitors. • The French club came out on top twice in 1994/95, George Weah and Daniel Bravo earning a 2-0 home win and Weah, again, claiming the only goal in Germany – the only away victory either team has managed in this fixture. Man United's big decisions: What to do with Pogba? Bayern also won the next two championships, but the zenith was their triumph in the 1974 European Cup Final against Atlético Madrid, which Bayern won 4–0 after a replay. Lewandowski has scored 23 league goals this season. Links and trivia • Coman was born in Paris, joining the club's academy in 2004. Their match on Sunday in Leipzig should tell us a lot about the Eagles' Champions League push. Place a lay bet if you think Bayern Munich will lose, or a back bet if you think Bayern Munich will win. They're four points better than they've ever been after 24 rounds. • Bayern are appearing in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the 19th time – one more than Barcelona, with whom they previously shared the competition record. He made his first-team debut against Sochaux in February 2013 becoming, aged 16 years 250 days, the club's youngest-ever player. Eintracht Frankfurt | 43 points: The revelation of the season. Emmanuel Dennis hasn't convinced since joining on loan from Club Brugge. A seventh straight win against Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday would be a new personal best in the Bundesliga for 33-year-old coach Julian Nagelsmann. It's on merit, of course, even if recent performances have been effective rather than eye-catching. 4. Bid goodbye to coach Uwe Neuhaus when in 16th position to be replaced by Frank Kramer. 9. They won five of their six games, drawing the other, and conceded only two goals to finish five points above Madrid. But if you can give Dortmund a two-goal lead inside nine minutes (as they did during the recent Klassiker and still win, should anyone be concerned?

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