Actual Madrid and Bayern Munich are two European giants who know each other very effectively within the . Tuesday’s first leg conflict within the 2025-26 quarterfinals marks the sixth time the 2 foes have met within the knockout stage of the competitors over the previous 14 years.
Actual Madrid holds a 4-1 benefit within the earlier 5 conferences, together with two years in the past when Los Blancos superior to the ultimate after a 4-3 win on combination.
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Harry Kane sat on the weekend towards Freiburg with a minor ankle damage, however is anticipated to be obtainable, as are Jamal Musiala and Alphonso Davies. Michael Olise and Joshua Kimmich may also be a part of the squad after having served suspensions.
Jude Bellingham and Éder Militão are set to return to Actual Madrid’s beginning lineup, whereas Ferland Mendy may very well be obtainable as he recovers from a muscle damage suffered within the Spherical of 16.
Arsenal enters its quarterfinal matchup towards Sporting coming off losses that ruined its goals of a quadruple. Defeats within the League Cup last to Manchester Metropolis and the FA Cup quarterfinals to Southampton have left the Gunners with solely the double left to be achieved. They’re and within the Champions League quarterfinals for a 3rd straight season.
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Sporting are within the quarterfinals for under the second time ever and enter Tuesday’s first leg on a 17-match unbeaten streak at Estádio José Alvalade. The Portuguese facet is about to welcome again former striker Viktor Gyökeres, who left to hitch Arsenal after final season. His alternative, Luis Suárez, has scored 5 occasions in eight Champions League matches this season for the Portuguese facet.
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Live14 updatesTue, April 7, 2026 at 3:17 p.m. EDT
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Maxi Araújo hits the bar for Sporting and Dayot Upamecano can’t faucet residence an opportunity for Bayern has each matches stay degree at 0-0.
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Actual Madrid and Bayern Munich are off on the Bernabéu, whereas Sporting and Arsenal have kicked off at Estádio José Alvalade.
The second legs of those matchups will happen subsequent Wednesday, April 15.
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November 2024, a 5-1 Gunners win within the League Part of the competitors.
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Actual Madrid (4-1-2-1-2): Andriy Lunin, Dean Huijsen, Antonio Rüdiger, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Álvaro Carreras, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Arda Güler, Thiago Pitarch, Federico Valverde, Vinícius Júnior, Kylian Mbappé
Bayern Munich (4-2-3-1): Manuel Neuer, Jonathan Tah, Dayot Upamecano, Konrad Laimer, Josip Stanisic, Serge Gnabry, Joshua Kimmich, Aleksandar Pavlovic, Harry Kane, Luis Díaz, Michael Olise
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Sporting (4-2-3-1): Rui Silva, Gonçalo Inacio, Ousmane Diomande, Maximiliano Araújo , Iván Fresneda, Francisco Trincão, João Simões, Hidemasa Morita, Luis Suárez, Pedro Gonçalves, Geny Catamo
Arsenal (4-3-3): David Raya, Gabriel Magalhães, William Saliba, Riccardo Calafiori, Ben White, Martín Zubimendi, Declan Rice, Martin Ødegaard, Viktor Gyökeres, Leandro Trossard, Noni Maduek
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Hey and welcome to the primary day of the 2025-26 Champions League quarterfinals. We’ve an awesome first day of motion forward with Sporting CP vs. Arsenal and Actual Madrid vs Bayern Munich kicking off at 3 p.m. ET.
We’ll have all of Tuesday’s targets and notable moments for right here.
Champions League quarterfinalsFirst legs
April 7: Sporting CP vs. Arsenal & Actual Madrid vs. Bayern Munich April 8: Barcelona vs. Atlético Madrid & PSG vs. Liverpool
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Second legs
April 14: Atlético Madrid vs Barcelona & Liverpool vs PSGApril 15: Arsenal vs. Sporting CP & Bayern Munich vs. Actual Madrid
All matches will kick off at 3 p.m. ET.
Semifinals: April 28-29 and Could 5-6 Closing: Could 30 (Puskás Aréna, Hungary)
Tuesday’s Champions League scores
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