Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen are set to clash in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 first-leg encounter tonight. The highly anticipated all-German battle will see the reigning Bundesliga champions take on Xabi Alonso\u2019s high-flying Leverkusen side in a crucial knockout fixture. Both teams have been dominant in domestic competitions this season, making this matchup one of the most exciting ties of the round.<\/p>\n
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The two German giants have faced off 102 times in their history. Bayern Munich have dominated the<\/strong> fixture, winning 59 games, while Leverkusen have come out on top 22 times. The remaining 21 meetings have ended in draws. However, Leverkusen are unbeaten in their last six games against the Bavarians, including a goalless draw in their most recent encounter.<\/p>\n This is one of two Champions League Round of 16 fixtures this season featuring clubs from the same country, alongside the Real Madrid vs. Atletico Madrid clash. While Leverkusen are making their first appearance at this stage of the tournament since 2016-17, Bayern Munich have been a consistent presence, reaching the Round of 16 in each of the last 16 seasons.<\/p>\n With both teams eager to make a deep run in Europe, tonight\u2019s first-leg promises to be an intense battle between two of Germany\u2019s best sides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen to play against each other tonight in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 (1st leg). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":35794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[423,221,3796,3967,3916,2408,3608],"class_list":["post-14947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-bayer-leverkusen","tag-bayern-munich","tag-football","tag-ucl-round-of-16","tag-uefa-champions-league-2024-25","tag-vincent-kompany","tag-xabi-alonso"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}