Bayern München vs Slovan Bratislava

Bayern Munich have made it past the group stage/ league phase in each of the last 21 seasons where they were involved in the UEFA Champions League, last failing to do so in 2002-03 when they failed to progress from the first group stage.

Slovan Bratislava are the 5th side in the history of the UEFA Champions League/European Cup to never win an away game, having played a minimum of 10 (D1 L9), after APOEL Nicosia (20), HJK (13), Levski Sofia (12) and Brøndby IF (10).

Bayern Munich are unbeaten in each of their last 34 home games in the UEFA Champions League group stage (W32 D2), the outright longest such run in the competition’s history.

Bayern Munich and Slovan Bratislava will meet in a competitive fixture for the first time; the Germans last faced a Slovakian opponent in European competition in the 1988-89 UEFA Cup, beating DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda 5-1 on aggregate in a round of 32 tie.

Slovan Bratislava will travel to Germany for the fourth time in major European competition, failing to win on their three previous trips (D1 L2), most recently drawing 2-2 with Stuttgart in a 2010-11 UEFA Europa League qualifier.

Bayern Munich are unbeaten in each of their last 33 home games in the UEFA Champions League group stage (W31 D2), the joint-longest such run in the competition’s history, level with Barcelona between November 2009 and November 2020.

Slovan Bratislava have never won in nine previous away games in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League (D1 L8) and could become the fifth team to play 10+ matches on the road in the competition without ever tasting success: APOEL Nicosia (20), HJK (13), Levski Sofia (12) and Brøndby IF (10).

Just under half of Bayern Munich’s home UEFA Champions League goals this season have come via set pieces (5/11, 45%). In only three campaigns have they seen a higher percentage scored from set pieces on home soil, most recently in 2018-19 (5/9, 56%).