Arsenal welcome Bayern Munich to the Emirates this evening in a mouth-watering Champions League showdown.
It’s a meeting between the top two in the league phase format, both having taken maximum points from four games and recorded a goal difference of +11. Arsenal and Bayern have, arguably, been Europe’s most impressive teams this season and something will have to give this evening.
For Mikel Arteta’s side, it’s a chance to demonstrate how far they’ve come. After returning to the Champions League from a six-season absence in 2023/24, the North Londoners reached the quarter-finals on their return, and a semi-final last season.
However, few teams evoke dread among the Arsenal fanbase more than Bayern. The Gunners have a poor historic record in this fixture, with recent encounters having favoured the German giants.
It’s been a decade since Arsenal last beat Bayern in European competition, while they’ve won just three of the previous 14 meetings. That includes three consecutive 5-1 defeats between 2015 and 2017. Two of those Arsenal wins, meanwhile, came in two-legged ties that the Gunners went on to lose.
Arsenal vs Bayern Munich: Head-to-head record and past meetings
- Arsenal 2-2 Bayern Munich – Champions League (05 Dec 2000)
- Bayern Munich 1-0 Arsenal – Champions League (14 Mar 2001)
- Bayern Munich 3-1 Arsenal – Champions League (22 Feb 2005)
- Arsenal 1-0 Bayern Munich – Champions League (09 Mar 2005)
- Arsenal 1-3 Bayern Munich – Champions League (19 Feb 2013)
- Bayern Munich 0-2 Arsenal – Champions League (13 Mar 2013)
- Arsenal 0-2 Bayern Munich – Champions League (19 Feb 2014)
- Bayern Munich 1-1 Arsenal – Champions League (11 Mar 2014)
- Arsenal 2-0 Bayern Munich – Champions League (20 Oct 2015)
- Bayern Munich 5-1 Arsenal – Champions League (04 Nov 2015)
- Bayern Munich 5-1 Arsenal – Champions League (15 Feb 2017)
- Arsenal 1-5 Bayern Munich – Champions League (07 Mar 2017)
- Arsenal 2-2 Bayern Munich – Champions League (09 Apr 2024)
- Bayern Munich 1-0 Arsenal – Champions League (17 Apr 2024)
Read – Arsenal vs Bayern Munich – Champions League Combined XI
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