After away victories in the first leg, the pair of Bayern Munich and Real Madrid will welcome home Sevilla and Juventus respectively for the second leg in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday.
UEFA Champions League fixtures:
Quarter-Final 2nd legs
Bayern Munich (2) vs (1) Sevilla
Real Madrid (3) vs (0) Juventus
Kick-off at 19:45 (7:45pm) GMT
Bayern Munich vs Sevilla
Allianz Arena, Munich
Bayern Munich continued on their winning ways this past weekend after the narrowest of victories against Sevilla last time out. The Bavarians came from a goal down for the second time in a week to beat Augsburg 4-1 to extend their lead at the summit of the Bundesliga to a whopping 20 points. With the league title already wrapped up, Jupp Heynckes and his men can turn their attention toward masterminding a successful path to European glory. In response, Sevilla were hammered 4-0 by Celta Vigo on Saturday, leaving them winless in four matches since beating Manchester United at Old Trafford and taking their total number of goals conceded in the league this season past the 50-mark - the fourth worst in La Liga.
Bayern Munich recent results:
07/04/2018 – Augsburg 1-4 Bayern
04/04/2018 – Sevilla 1-2 Bayern (UCL)
31/03/2018 – Bayern 6-0 Dortmund
18/03/2018 – Leipzig 2-1 Bayern
14/03/2018 – Besiktas 1-3 Bayern (UCL)
Sevilla recent results:
07/04/2018 – Celta 4-0 Sevila
04/04/2018 – Sevilla 1-2 Bayern (UCL)
31/03/2018 – Sevilla 2-2 Barcelona
18/03/2018 – Leganes 2-1 Sevilla
13/03/2018 – Man United 1-2 Sevilla (UCL)
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Vincenzo Montella was a prolific striker in his playing days in Italy, most notably during his time with Roma where he scored 91 goals in 237 appearances in all competitions in a spell spanning ten years. He will have been mortified at the number of chances his Sevilla side wasted against the German giants in the first half last week. They could have been well clear in the fixture and possibly even the tie before a Jesus Navas own goal was followed up minutes later by a Thiago Alcantara strike which ultimately proved to be the winner on the night in the first ever meeting between the pair. Bayern have netted 62 goals in 19 fixtures at home in all competitions this season, led by Polish superstar Robert Lewandowski who has bagged 35 goals so far in just 39 appearances across the campaign, including five in eight European outings.
Real Madrid vs Juventus
Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid
The holders of the competition welcome Italian log leaders Juventus to the Spanish capital on Wednesday just a week after Cristiano Ronaldo wrote his name into the history books with THAT stunning overhead kick that will live on forever in the memories of football fans who had the pleasure of witnessing it first-hand. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner followed up that superb strike with a goal at the weekend in the 1-1 derby draw against Atletico Madrid to take his tally to 40 for the season. Juventus meanwhile maintained their four-point advantage over Napoli in Serie A as they beat bottom side Benevento 4-2 with Paulo Dybala, who was sent off against Madrid and will miss the second leg on Wednesday, scoring a hat-trick.
Real Madrid recent results:
08/04/2018 – Madrid 1-1 Atletico
03/04/2018 – Juventus 0-3 Madrid (UCL)
31/03/2018 – Las Palmas 0-3 Madrid
18/03/2018 – Madrid 6-3 Girona
10/03/2018 – Eibar 1-2 Madrid
Juventus recent results:
07/04/2018 – Benevento 2-4 Juventus
03/04/2018 – Juventus 0-3 Madrid (UCL)
31/03/2018 – Juventus 3-1 Milan
17/03/2018 – SPAL 0-0 Juventus
14/03/2018 – Juventus 2-0 Atalanta
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While the Old Lady might hold the slightly superior record when comparing their head-to-head statistics, Real will be confident of getting another positive result in front of their adoring fans. In five visits to the Santiago Bernabeu, Juve have come away with the victory on just one occasion – beating Los Blancos 2-0 in the group stage in 2008 with Alessandro Del Piero twice on the scoresheet. They have won just once in six competitive matches against Madrid since, earning a place in the final against Barcelona in 2015 after a 3-2 aggregate scoreline in the semi-final.
Real Madrid vs Juventus head-to-head:
Played: 13
Madrid Wins: 5
Draws: 2
Juventus Wins: 6
Madrid Goals: 19
Juventus Goals: 18
Real Madrid vs Juventus last seven:
(European competition only)
03/04/2018 – Juventus 0-3 Madrid
03/06/2017 – Juventus 1-4 Madrid
13/05/2015 – Madrid 1-1 Juventus
05/05/2015 – Juventus 2-1 Madrid
05/11/2013 – Juventus 2-2 Madrid
23/10/2013 – Madrid 2-1 Juventus
05/11/2008 – Madrid 0-2 Juventus