Bayern are set to face a group from Cyprus within the Champions League for the primary time ever as they tackle Pafos within the 2025/26 league section. The Bavarians boast a flawless report thus far towards Cypriot golf equipment, together with some well-known huge wins within the Seventies and 80s. Right here’s the important thing stats and info forward of Tuesday’s recreation.
Kane continues to attain
It isn’t simply Bayern’s good report of 5 wins from as many Bundesliga video games this season that sees them head to Cyprus filled with confidence. The three-1 victory over Chelsea was additionally the twenty second time in a row they’d kicked off a Champions League marketing campaign with three factors, extending their report run within the competitors.
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was key to that conquer the Membership World Cup holders together with his brace, taking his Champions League tally to 21 objectives in solely 26 appearances as a Bayern participant. That’s a return of 0.81 objectives per recreation, which solely Gerd Müller (0.97) and Robert Lewandowski (0.88) can beat for Bayern in European competitors.
Ex-Bayern man Thorsten Fink assesses Pafos:
Bayern’s greatest European wins
The objective now for Kane and the group is to proceed their good early kind of their first European away journey of the season. It’ll be the primary aggressive assembly between Bayern and Pafos, however not FCB’s first encounter with golf equipment from the Mediterranean island.
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Bayern have confronted Cypriot groups six instances earlier than and gained all of them by a commanding combination scoreline of 31-2. These embody a 9-0 beating of Omonia Nicosia in October 1972 and a 10-0 thrashing of Anorthosis Famagusta in September 1983 – Bayern’s two greatest wins in continental competitors. These two objectives conceded got here in a single recreation, that means clear sheets in 5 out of these six.
Bayern put 10 objectives previous one other Cypriot group in Anorthosis Famagusta.
The reigning champions of Cyprus have solely confronted German opposition as soon as earlier than, being overwhelmed 1-0 at residence by Heidenheim in final season’s Convention League.
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Neuer on verge of private milestone
Bayern will as soon as once more look to to shore issues up on the again. The goalkeeper has already introduced up some private milestones in Europe this season. The win over Chelsea was his one centesimal within the Champions League, turning into solely the fourth participant to succeed in a century after Cristiano Ronaldo (115), (111) and Iker Casillas (101).
It was additionally his 151st look within the Champions League, going stage with Xavi and Toni Kroos in sixth place within the all-time listing. If Neuer options in Cyprus on Tuesday, he’ll transfer stage with Karim Benzema in fifth place on 152. The report for a German participant is held by Müller with 163.