The results of their last 10 meetings

Arsenal and Bayern Munich meet in one of many juiciest Champions League quarter-finals of the 2023/24 season.

The Gunners have been sensible to date in 2024 and have the possibility to dish out some revenge for the heavy European defeats the Bavarians handed out to them through the 2010s. Thomas Tuchel’s facet will not win the Bundesliga title this season and have misplaced their final two video games.

Then again, Mikel Arteta’s squad is full of optimism and sit on the high of the Premier League desk after the weekend’s motion.

Consideration from each side now turns to Tuesday’s first leg. Here is how they’ve fared of their final ten aggressive conferences.

There have been a number of nadirs from Arsenal‘s ‘banter period’, however this humiliation in 2017 may take first place.

The Gunners had made a brilliant begin as they went about trying to overturn an enormous first-leg deficit as Theo Walcott netted. Nonetheless, Laurent Koscielny was despatched off initially of the second half, permitting Robert Lewandowski to transform from the penalty spot.

A second-half Arsenal implosion noticed Arjen Robben and Douglas Costa hit the again of the online earlier than Arturo Vidal grabbed a late brace. The heavy defeat noticed the Gunners knocked out of the Champions League on the last-16 stage for the seventh season in a row they usually would not play within the competitors once more till 2023.

At one level on this last-16 first leg, issues had been wanting moderately rosy for Arsenal in Bavaria.

Robben had brilliantly fired in from 25 yards however Alexis Sanchez’s rebound from a saved penalty meant the edges had been degree at half-time. Nonetheless, the tie ran away from the guests throughout a ten-minute interval early within the second half which noticed Lewandowski head in and Thiago Alcantara bag twice.

Thomas Muller crashed in a late fifth, leaving Arsenal’s Champions League hopes in tatters.

Arsenal had crushed Bayern just a few weeks earlier than this 5-1 defeat however had been majorly outclassed once they made the return go to through the 2015 Champions League group levels.

Arsene Wenger’s facet had been powerless to forestall a Bayern onslaught within the first half as Lewandowski headed in, Muller completed sharply and David Alaba struck to place the hosts 3-0 up at half-time.

Robben and Muller made it 5 targets on the night time for the German giants, with Olivier Giroud’s volley proving to be the smallest of consolations.

Hurrah! Lastly, a gathering that did not finish 5-1!

October 2015 was the final time Arsenal have crushed Bayern Munich and their group stage had gone horribly within the build-up, shedding their opening two video games to Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiacos.

The Gunners needed to dig in for big elements of the competition and received their rewards late within the second half, first by Giroud after which Mesut Ozil within the 94th minute.

Arsenal could not handle to keep away from defeat within the first leg of their last-16 tie with Bayern in 2014, shedding after Wojciech Szczesny’s crimson card was compounded by strikes from Toni Kroos and Muller.

That made the journey to Germany a frightening one they usually could not collect sufficient momentum to make a primary of reaching the quarter-finals. Bastian Schweinsteiger’s effort was shortly cancelled out on the night time by Lukas Podolski, with Bayern too robust to permit any late drama.

They’d defeat Manchester United within the final eight earlier than eventual winners Actual Madrid eradicated them within the semi-finals.

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