Bayern Munich have won three of their last four games against Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League (D1, lost on penalties in the final 2011-12), including winning both legs against them in the 2019-20 last 16 in their most recent meetings (3-0 away and 4-1 at home). 

Chelsea have lost 60 percent of their games against Bayern Munich in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League (W1 D1 L3); their highest loss percentage against any side they’ve faced on 5+ occasions across the two competitions. Indeed, only Barcelona (4) have more total wins against them in the European Cup/Champions League.

Bayern Munich have only lost one of their last 11 home games against English sides in the UEFA Champions League (W8 D2), with that defeat coming against Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool in March 2019 (3-1). Bayern have beaten five different English sides in this run, including Chelsea (W3 v Arsenal, W1 v Man City, W2 v Man Utd and W1 v Tottenham Hotspur).

Chelsea will return to the UEFA Champions League in 2025-26 after a two-year absence. Since their last game in April 2023, the Blues have won 12 of their 13 matches in major European competition (excluding qualifiers – L1).

Since 2003-04 when the second group stage was removed, Bayern Munich have the highest win percentage in the group/league phase of the UEFA Champions League (73%), winning 93 of their 128 matches outside of the knockout stages.

Bayern Munich averaged the most high-intensity pressures in the final third per game in the UEFA Champions League last season (122.1). Indeed, they also ranked first overall (1,709), despite only playing 14 of the 17 possible games in 2024-25.

Across the last three seasons (since 2022-23), Bayern Munich midfielder Joshua Kimmich leads all players in the UEFA Champions League for both completed passes (2,525) and chances created (83). Meanwhile, last season he was the top ranked player in the competition for line-breaking passes (219).

Chelsea’s Cole Palmer has been directly involved in eight goals in his last eight club games in international competition (three goals, five assists), three of which came in his last such appearance in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup final versus Paris SG (two goals, one assist).

Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer is currently sitting on 99 wins in the UEFA Champions League (150 appearances), and can become just the fourth player to reach a century of victories, after Cristiano Ronaldo (115), Thomas Müller (111) and Iker Casillas (101).

Chelsea winger Estêvão could make his UEFA Champions League debut at the Allianz Arena, aged just 18 years old and 146 days. Prior to the 2025-26 campaign, only three South American players have scored in the competition while aged younger than that – Endrick in 2024 (18y 58d), Roque Santa Cruz in 1999 (18y 71d) and Lionel Messi in 2005 (18y 131d).