Bayern München Favourites to Claim Victory at Villarreal in First Leg

Villarreal CF vs Bayern München - 06/04/2022

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05/04/22

Bayern München Favourites to Claim Victory at Villarreal in First Leg

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We have two Champions League quarter finals to look forward to on Wednesday the 6th of April including the meeting between Villarreal and Bayern München.

This is the first leg of the quarter final and the match will be played at Estadio de la Cerámica in Spain.

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Villarreal come into the game on the back of a disappointing 2-0 defeat at Levante on the weekend in La Liga. Levante were bottom of the table prior to the match and Villarreal were the favourites to take maximum points.

However, Levante scored two goals in the final 20 minutes of the game to claim all 3 points.

That result means Villarreal have lost their 2 most recent matches, including a 1-0 defeat at Cadiz in La Liga. In fact, Villarreal have lost 3 of their last 5 fixtures but one of the 2 victories in those 5 games came at Juventus in the Champions League. The Yellow Submarine stunned the Italian giants to win 3-0 and progress to the quarter final.

Form in the Champions League shows Villarreal are undefeated in 5 of their last 6 matches in the competition. However, they have been struggling to win home games in the Champions League, recoding just a single victory from their last 8 on home soil.

Keeping a clean sheet has been a problem for Villarreal and they have conceded goals in 7 of their 8 most recent home Champions League matches.

Bayern München make the trip to the Estadio de la Cerámica having beat Freiburg 4-1 away in the Bundesliga on the weekend. In what had the makings of being a difficult game following the international break, the score was 1-1 going into the final 20 minutes but Bayern München went up a gear to score 3 goals and take maximum points.

That victory means Bayern München are undefeated in their 8 most recent games in all competitions. That run includes a comprehensive 7-1 home win over RB Salzburg in the Champions League round of 16.

Bayern München are undefeated in their last 9 Champions League games and in each of their last 25 on the road, which is a fantastic record.

Trends show there have been over 2.5 goals scored in 7 of Bayern's last 8 European games and they have scored at least 2 goals in 7 of those 8 Champions League matches.

Team news and Villarreal are likely to be without injured full back Alberto Moreno, meaning Afonso Pedraza could play at left back. Moreno is the only injury concern for the hosts.

Bayern München travel without Eric Choupo-Moting due to Covid and Alphonso Davies, who is back in training. Corentin Tolisso is a doubt having come off in the match at Freiburg on the weekend.

Villarreal will be aiming to make it a difficult night in front of goal for Bayern München. Their priority will be to defend well and hit the Germans on the break.

However, Bayern München are a better team than Juventus and the Bundesliga champions could find the back of the net a couple times on their way to a win.

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