Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid: Line-ups confirmed for heavyweight Champions League clash

Bayern Munich are looking to cash in on a place in the Champions League semi-finals with another win over Real Madrid tonight.

The German champions put in an impressive performance at the Santiago Bernabeu last week, coming away from Spain with a 2-1 advantage over Los Blancos.

But you can never count out the most successful club in Europe, and Madrid will punish the Vincent Kompany’s side if they are not on their game in Munich.

The winners will face Paris Saint-Germain in the final four after their 4-0 aggregate win over Liverpool, with a place in the final at stake.

Catch up with all the team news ahead of the clash right here on 101GreatGoals.

Bayern Munich team news

Lennart Karl scored a 99th-minute winner for Bayern at Freiburg in their Bundesliga match preceding the first leg, but the 18-year-old Germany newcomer is out with a hamstring injury, as is goalkeeper Sven Ulreich (groin).

Winger Serge Gnabry (knee) is back in the starting XI, while Manuel Neuer, Konrad Laimer, Jonathan Tah and Dayot Upamecano will incur suspensions in the competition if they are booked.

Bayern Munich starting XI: Neuer, Upamecano, Tah, Kimmich, Gnabry, Kane, Diaz, Olise, Laimer, Stanisic, Pavlovic

Bayern Munich substitutes: Urbig, Prescott, MinJae, Musiala, Jackson,p Davies, Ito, Guerreiro

Real Madrid team news

Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois (hamstring) and winger Rodrygo (knee) are sidelined for Madrid, who have midfielder Aurelian Tchouameni suspended.

Alvaro Carreras, Dean Huijsen, Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Junior and Kylian Mbappe are each a caution away from bans.

Real Madrid starting XI: Lunin, Trent, Militao, Rudiger, Mendy, Brahim, Bellingham, Valverde, Guler, Mbappe, Vinicius Junior

Real Madrid substitutes: Gonzalez, Navarro, Carvajal, Alaba, Camavinga, Gonzalo, Carreras, Ceballos, Garcia, Huijsen, Mastantuono, Thiago

Bayern v Madrid: TV channel, live online streams

Kick-off on Wednesday is at 20:00 BST (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT). Live TV coverage in the UK is on TNT Sports 2.

Streaming is on the HBO Max app. TNT Sports costs £30.99 a month and is available on a vast range of devices including smart TVs and gaming consoles.

Bayern Munich v Real Madrid stats

• Bayern’s victory in the first leg ended a nine-game winless run for them against Madrid in the Champions League (D2 L7)
• Only once before have they won both legs of a knockout stage tie against Madrid in the competition, in the 2000/01 semi-finals (1-0 away, 2-1 at home)
• The two players who have made the most defensive line-breaking passes in the Champions League this season are Bayern’s Joshua Kimmich (17) and Madrid’s Arda Guler (16)
• Eight of Kimmich’s 17 have been for Michael Olise, which is the most from one player to a team-mate in this edition
• Bayern’s Harry Kane has scored in his last four Champions League games (6 goals) and could equal the longest scoring streak by an English player in the competition (5, by Steven Gerrard in 2007/08)
• Kane could also become the first player to score or assist in five consecutive Champions League appearances against Real Madrid (2 goals, 2 assists in his last 4)
• Nine of Mbappe’s 14 goals in the Champions League this season have been away from home. Should he find the net in this game, the forward would be the first player ever to score at least 10 away goals in a single edition of the competition
• Since the start of the 2013/14 season, Madrid (3) have the joint-most away wins against Bayern Munich across all competitions, despite only playing there four times during the period (also 3 wins in 17 games for Borussia Dortmund and 3 wins in 13 games for Borussia Monchengladbach)
• Madrid are unbeaten in their last four away games against Bayern (W3 D1). In the Bundesliga era (since 1963/64), only two sides have managed to go five in a row without losing away to Bayern: Werder Bremen (5, from 1989/1992 and 2007/2010) and Koln (5, from 2003-2010)
• Los Blancos have the most semi-final appearances in the history of the competition (33). If they are eliminated here, however, they will have failed to reach the semi-finals as many times in the last two seasons (2) as they did in the previous 14 editions combined, between 2010/11 and 2023/24 (2)
• Vinicius Junior made 17 runs in behind the opposition defensive line during the first leg; the most by a player against Bayern in the Champions League this season
• The winger has made the most runs in behind in this edition overall (150), as well as in the knockout stages (76)