Bayern Munich vs Inter Milan Matchday Stats Preview
This will be the 10th meeting between Bayern Munich and Internazionale in European competition, with the German side winning five of the previous nine (D1 L3), including the last time they faced each other in the UEFA Champions League (2-0 wins home and away in the 2022-23 group stage).
Internazionale have lost four of their seven games against Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League (W2 D1), but have eliminated them in both of their meetings in the knockout stages of the competition: 2-0 in the 2009-10 final and progressing on away goals over two legs in 2010-11 in the last 16 (3-3 on aggregate).
Only Real Madrid (seven times) have eliminated Bayern Munich in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League more times than Internazionale (2), with the Italians being one of only five teams to have done so on more than one occasion (also two for Barcelona, Chelsea and Milan).
Bayern Munich are unbeaten in their last 22 home matches in the UEFA Champions League (W17 D5), with the last visiting side to beat them in the competition being Paris SG in April 2021 (3-2 in the quarter-final first leg).
Of teams to have played 10+ matches in a single European Cup/UEFA Champions League campaign, Internazionale’s clean sheet percentage (80%) in 2024-25 is the highest of any side in a single season (eight clean sheets in 10 matches).
Bayern Munich have averaged more high-intensity pressures in the final third per game than any other team in the UEFA Champions League this season (121.8). Indeed, their average of 12.8 high turnovers per game in the competition this term is the highest by any side since Bayern themselves, in the 2021-22 campaign (13.2).
Harry Kane has now been directly involved in 50 goals in 55 games in the UEFA Champions League (39 goals, 11 assists), including 12 in 11 outings in the competition this term. Only Robert Lewandowski has had a hand in more in a single campaign for Bayern Munich (20 in 2019-20, 16 in 2021-22).
Lautaro MartÃnez has netted six goals in nine UEFA Champions League appearances for Internazionale this season; the most by a player for the club in a single campaign since Samuel Eto’o in 2010-11 (8), whose last goal that season came away at Bayern Munich in the round of last 16.
Bayern Munich’s Joshua Kimmich has completed 1,015 passes in the UEFA Champions League this season; the most by a player in a single edition since 2013-14 (1,080 by Toni Kroos and 1,020 by Xavi). At the same time, he’s also created more chances (35) and made more line-breaking passes (201) than any other midfielder this term.
Across the last three UEFA Champions League campaigns (since 2022-23), Achraf Hakimi (8) is the only full back/wing back to have assisted more goals than Internazionale’s Federico Dimarco (6). All six of those assists have been for different players (Dzeko, Çalhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Correa, MartÃnez, Thuram).
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