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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Fussball Arena München - Munich Wednesday 7 April 2021 21.00CET (21.00 local time) FC Bayern München Quarter-finals, First leg Paris Saint-Germain Last updated 04/04/2021 14:35CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Match background 2 Legend 7 1 FC Bayern München - Paris Saint-Germain Wednesday 7 April 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Fussball Arena München, Munich Match background 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. • 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. • This season, Bayern have remained unbeaten to reach their record 19th UEFA Champions League quarter-final while Paris claimed the notable scalp of Barcelona in the round of 16. 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. Overall, despite last season's final defeat, Paris have the edge with five wins to Bayern's four. • 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. • 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. 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. • 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. 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. • 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. 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) 2 FC Bayern München - Paris Saint-Germain Wednesday 7 April 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Fussball Arena München, Munich 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) • 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. • The German giants extended their competition record run of victories to 15 this season, following up a 4-0 home defeat of Atlético de Madrid with wins at Lokomotiv Moskva (2-1) and Salzburg (6-2) before a 3-1 home victory against the Austrian side on Matchday 4 sealed progress from Group A. Their long winning run was ended by a 1-1 draw at Atleti on Matchday 5, the first time Bayern had failed to win a UEFA Champions League match since 13 March 2019, before a 2-0 closing victory at home to Lokomotiv. • 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 Bayern 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. 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. 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. • 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. The all-time record for a single campaign is the 45 scored by Barcelona in 1999/2000 – though they played 16 matches compared to Bayern's 11. • Lewandowski finished as the top scorer in the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League with 15 goals, two shy of Cristiano Ronaldo's competition record of 17 for Real Madrid in 2013/14. He has now scored 73 in the UEFA Champions League and is in outright third place in the competition's all-time scoring list. • This is Bayern's 24th UEFA Champions League campaign, fewer only than Barcelona and Real Madrid (both 25). They have now won their section 17 times, including in each of the last three seasons. Only Barcelona (21 times) have done so more often. • 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). • The draw at Atlético on Matchday 5 ended Bayern's run of UEFA competition victories at 16; their sole loss in their last 29 European outings is the 3-1 home defeat by Liverpool in the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg (W23 D5). • 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. • 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. • 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. Bayern's record at home to Ligue 1 visitors is W11 D2 L3. 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) 3 FC Bayern München - Paris Saint-Germain Wednesday 7 April 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Fussball Arena München, Munich 1994/95 Barcelona W 3-2 (1-1 a, 2-1 h) • 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.