Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid LIVE: Champions League result and reaction after entertaining draw in Munich

The German has four wins, two draws and three losses against Carlo Ancelotti so far in his career. He has also lost just one of his eight games against Madrid and is yet to lose a semi-final in management.

Will that record be improved upon tonight?

Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham is the player who has made the most high-intensity pressures in the Champions League this season (496).

In the second leg against Manchester City, Bellingham averaged 1.2 high-intensity pressures per minute on the pitch (146 overall); the highest average by a player to play 90 or more minutes in a game in the tournament this term.

Is the young Englishman set for another big-game display tonight?

Bayern Munich have only lost one of their last 24 home games in the Champions League (W20 D3), and are unbeaten in the last 15 (W12 D3) since losing to Paris Saint-Germain in April 2021 (2-3).

Can they keep that run going tonight?

It was a nine-year low, leaving Bayern Munich destined to plummet to depths they had not experienced at the end of a season for 12 years. When Thomas Tuchel’s departure was announced, they had just lost three consecutive games, for the first time since 2015. Bundesliga losses to Bayer Leverkusen and Heidenheim, one emphatic against the league leaders, the other embarrassing against relative minnows, rendered it a formality that, for the first time since 2012, Bayern would not be champions. Sandwiched by them the other setback in a disastrous eight days was 1-0 to Lazio. To compound a wretched season, Bayern risked missing out of the Champions League quarter-finals, something they had only done once since 2011.

Tuchel, Bayern said in February, would stay until the end of the season. The temptation was to wonder if he would make it that far. Now an alternative exit feels feasible. Instead of becoming another Jurgen Klinsmann, a big name to flounder amid the unique pressures of Sabener Strasse, Tuchel may yet emulate Jupp Heynckes, conquering Europe in his final act.

Richard Jolly takes a look at the confusing last season of Bayern head coach Thomas Tuchel:

As Harry Kane already knows, Jude Bellingham isn’t shy about telling people what he thinks. That isn’t necessarily to berate them, either. The 20-year-old has taken to paternalistically encouraging teammates as if he is a senior professional... like, for example, Harry Kane. In most cases, this would infuriate more established players. In Bellingham’s case, it is just part of the package. He ‘walks the walk’, as teammates put it. Kane has even recognised this with England, where his own approach is quieter and more about leadership by example.

The different paths now converge at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday and then the Bernabeu next Wednesday, to see which of England’s two most influential players will get to play at Wembley for the club season’s crowning game. The fact both are seen as potentially making Euro 2024 their tournament, given their own connections with Germany, only offers another layer. This is the highest goalscorer in England’s history, up against the national team’s future, both playing for the present.

Miguel Delaney takes a look at the two English stars of tonight’s semi-final:

Two giants of European football collide in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final clash as Bayern Munich host Real Madrid at Allianz Arena on Tuesday (8pm, TNT Sports 1).

What was forecast to be an all-English last-four encounter when the draw for the competition’s latter stages was made is instead a showdown between the two marquee clubs of Germany and Spain after Bayern overcame Arsenal, while Real defeated Man City in the quarter-finals.

It has been a disappointing season for Bayern, who have surrendered their Bundesliga crown to Bayer Leverkusen, ending 11 years of dominance in Germany.

Thomas Tuchel is set to leave the club at the end of the campaign with Ralf Rangnick the current favourite in the next Bayern Munich manager betting, although there’s been no official confirmation as to who will replace him in the dugout.

Carlo Ancelotti’s men are closing in on the LaLiga crown. The season is heading towards a very exciting climax for Los Blancos, although they’re underdogs with football betting sites to start the semi-final tie with a win on the road.

Take a look at tonight’s best bets and predictions:

Tuchel makes three changes from his side’s 2-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt at the weekend. Kim Min-Jae replaces De Ligt at centre-back, while the returning Musiala and Sane are preferred to Choupo-Moting and Guerreiro in the attacking three behind Kane.

Bayern Munich XI: Neuer, Kimmich, Dier, Min-Jae, Mazraoui, Goretzka, Laimer, Muller, Musiala, Sane, Kane

Subs: Peretz, Ulreich, Upamecano, Gnabry, Choupo-Moting, Bryan, Davies, Guerreiro, Tel, Pavlovic.

And the hosts have now confirmed their team news:

Just over an hour to go until kick-off in Munich:

Bayern’s injury concerns remain centred around their speedy attacking options, with Kingsley Coman set to miss out, while Leroy Sane and Serge Gnabry remain doubts having only just returned to training.

Centre-back Dayot Upamecano is also out, but Alphonso Davies will return after being suspended for the second leg against Man City.

Thomas Tuchel will have to wait on the availability of Jamal Musiala, who will have a fitness test ahead of the game, as will Konrad Laimer and Matthijs de Ligt.

Bayern predicted XI: Neuer, Kimmich, Dier, Min-jae, Davies, Goretzka, Pavlovic, Muller, Musiala, Guerreiro, Kane