Bayern Munich won against Portuguese Benfica with a score of 1-0 in the match that brought them together on Wednesday evening, at the Allianz Arena, in the fourth round of the league stage of the Champions League for the current season 2024-25.
Bayern vs Benfica
The winning goal came Bayern vs Benfica Gamal Musiala crossed in the 67th minute with a header, to break the jinx of the Bavarian giant, whose players completed 24 attempts on goal during the two halves of the match, which resulted in only one goal.
UEFA Champions League standings
Bayern Munich raised its score to 6 points in 17th place in the table Champions League standingsWhile Benfica’s balance froze at 6 points and fell to 19th place.
And he recovered Bayern vs Benfica Al-Afiya again in the Champions League after losing to Aston Villa with a clean goal and Barcelona by four in the last round, while the journey began with a more than wonderful result against Dinamo Zagreb with a score of 9-2, and he succeeded in scoring 11 goals and conceding 7.
While Benfica was content with winning two matches and losing the same, scoring 7 goals and conceding 5.
Benfica began its Champions League campaign by defeating Red Star with two goals to one, and Atletico Madrid 4-0, while it was defeated at home and among its fans by the Dutch Feyenoord 3-1.
Bayern vs Benfica
History of Bayern’s matches against Benfica Going back to 12 matches before today’s confrontation, he managed to win 9 matches and draw 3, but the Portuguese team was unable to achieve any victory.
Robert Lewandowski is the top scorer in Bayern’s matches against Benfica with 7 goals, followed by Jurgen Kilinsmann with 6 goals, and Leroy Sane with 3 as well.
Bayern Munich has previously won the Champions League title 6 times, 3 of them consecutively (1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76) at the expense of Atletico Madrid, Leeds United, and Saint-Etienne.
The fourth time was at the expense of Valencia in the 2000-2001 season on penalties, the fifth was at the expense of Borussia Dortmund in the 2012-2013 season by two goals to one, and the sixth and final time was at the expense of Paris Saint-Germain in 2020.
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