All eyes will be on Pep Guardiola as Manchester City face Bayern Munich in the 2022/23 Champions League quarterfinals on April 11 (1st leg) and April 19 (2nd leg).
Guardiola will face his former club, taking his City side to Bavaria for the second leg in what will be his first game back in front of his old fans, this time on a quest to win a first-ever Champions League title at City.
The defending Premier League champions ruthlessly knocked out Bayern's Bundesliga rivals RB Leipzig in the Round of 16 with Erling Haaland netting a record-equalling five Champions League goals in their 7-0 second leg win.
Bayern's path to the last eight was more demanding, as they won home and away against PSG, to block Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe & Co. from a route to the final, in another frustrating campaign for the Parisians
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Man City vs Bayern Munich history head to head
The history between these two sides is limited to six confrontations in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League.
Each team has three victories to its name, and there hasn't been a single draw in the all-time matchups. The six matches have averaged more than three goals a game (19 total).
| Season | Competition | Stage | Result | Scorers |
| 2011/12 | Champ. League | Group | BAY 2-0 MCI | Gomez 38, 45 |
| 2011/12 | Champ. League | Group | MCI 2-0 BAY | Silva 36, Toure 52 |
| 2013/14 | Champ. League | Group | MCI 1-3 BAY | Negredo 79; Ribery 7, Muller 56, Robben 59 |
| 2013/14 | Champ. League | Group | BAY 2-3 MCI | Muller 5, Gotze 12; Silva 28, Kolarov (P) 59, Milner 62 |
| 2014/15 | Champ. League | Group | BAY 1-0 MCI | Boateng 90 |
| 2014/15 | Champ. League | Group | MCI 3-2 BAY | Aguero 21 (P), 85, 89; Alonso 40, Lewandowski 45 |
Pre-Pep Bayern vs Roberto Mancini's City
City's first foray into the Champions League saw them paired with Bayern in the 2011/12 group stage as Roberto Mancini looked to make a splash on the European stage.
Jupp Heynckes' side brushed them off in their first meeting, with Mario Gomez scoring twice in a 2-0 home win at the Allianz Arena, to leave City's knockout stage hopes in jeopardy.
Despite rallying in the final four games, including a 2-0 win in Manchester against Bayern, it was not enough to haul the Citizens above Napoli into second place in Group A, as they bowed out at the first hurdle in their first Champions League.
Pep fails on Bayern Euro mission
Guardiola arrived at Bayern at the start of 2013/14, with big shoes to fill after Heynckes lifted the Champions League at the end of the previous campaign.
On the back of his dominance at Barcelona, Guardiola was tipped to carry on the Heynckes progress, but the process never really clicked for him in Germany.
City were drawn in the same group as Bayern again in 2013/14, with Guardiola guiding them to a 3-1 win on his first trip to Manchester, before an impressive showing from Manuel Pellegrini's team sealed a 3-2 fightback victory in the reverse fixture.
The familiarity stretched into the following 2014/15 campaign, as Sergio Aguero inspired City to a 3-2 home win to drag Pellegrini's team over the line to another Round of 16 spot.
1⃣ 2014: When Sergio Agüero became only the second player to score a Champions League hat-trick against Bayern ⚽️⚽️⚽️@aguerosergiokun | @ManCity | #UCL pic.twitter.com/RXmkfI6v7u
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) March 30, 2021
Man City vs Bayern Munich live stream, TV channel
The 2022/23 1st leg will be streamed and televised by the following outlets around the world:
| Date | Kickoff time | TV channel | Streaming | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Wed, Apr. 12 | 05:00 AEST | — | Stan Sport |
| Canada | Tue, Apr. 11 | 15:00 EDT | — | DAZN |
| Hong Kong | Wed, Apr. 12 | 03:00 HKT | beIN Sports 3 | beIN Sports Connect |
| India | Wed, Apr. 12 | 00:30 IST | Sony TEN 2 | JioTV, Sony LIV |
| Malaysia | Wed, Apr. 12 | 03:00 MYT | beIN Sports 3 | beIN Sports Connect, sooka |
| New Zealand | Wed, Apr. 12 | 07:00 NZST | — | Spark Sport |
| Singapore | Wed, Apr. 12 | 03:00 SGT | beIN Sports 3 | beIN Sports Connect, StarHubTV+ |
| UK | Tue, Apr. 11 | 20:00 BST | BT Sport 1 | BT Sport site/app |
| USA | Tue, Apr. 11 | 15:00 EDT | CBS, Univision, TUDN | Fubo, Paramount+, ViX+ |
UK: The match will be broadcast on BT Sport 1 and streamed on BT Sport platforms.
USA: This match will be televised on CBS (English) and on Univision and TUDN (Spanish), with each broadcast streamed on Fubo. Paramount+ will also carry the English-language stream for subscribers, as will ViX+ in Spanish.
Canada: Every Champions League game streams live on DAZN.
Australia: Every UEFA Champions League match streams ad-free on Stan Sport, live and on demand.
