Bayern Munich vs Inter prediction: EUROPE: Champions League – Play Offs betting tips on match 2025-04-07 19:00.
[p]Just eight sides remain in the UEFA Champions League (UCL), as 2020 winners Bayern Munich welcome 2010 champions Inter Milan in this first-leg encounter. One of two German sides left in the competition, Bayern edged ever closer to the Bundesliga title over the weekend, securing a 3-1 win away to Augsburg which maintained their six-point cushion at the summit.[/p]
[p]Boosting confidence for Vincent Kompany’s men in this match may be the fact that Bayern are unbeaten in their last 22 UCL home games (W17, D5), although their last such defeat in the competition was a quarter-final first leg back in 2021. Bayern’s overall record in European Cup/UCL quarter-finals now stands at W21, L13, although they had lost three successive ties at this stage before eliminating Arsenal in the quarter-finals last season. [/p]
[p]Inter Milan are Italy’s only remaining representative at Europe’s top table and arrive here with the possibility of a treble-winning season still alive, as they maintain the edge in the Serie A title race and have a Coppa Italia semi-final second leg on the horizon. This is Inter’s third game against Bundesliga opposition this season – the last two both ended 1-0 (W1, L1), with their defeat at Leverkusen adding to a mixed away record against German sides (W6, D8, L9).[/p]
[p]Adding to the win column ahead of the second leg may be paramount for Inter, who have been eliminated from four of their seven quarter-final appearances in the UCL era. Anything other than a defeat would be a bonus for visiting boss Simone Inzaghi, who has lost all four of his managerial meetings against Bayern, with his side on the day conceding at least twice in every encounter. [/p]
[p]Key battle: Leroy Sané has made four goal contributions across his last three Bayern appearances (G3, A1) and also scored in a 2-0 win in his only prior meeting against Inter. Trying to stop him will be Inter’s Denzel Dumfries, but only two players have committed more fouls than the full-back’s 17 in UCL action this season, making for over two per match on average (2.2). [/p]
[p]Hot stat: 12 of the last 15 goals scored in Bayern’s UCL matches were scored in the second half. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Matthew Billon[/i][/p]