Check out the best facts and Opta data from a dramatic Champions League play-off in Germany with our Bayern Munich vs Celtic stats page.
Celtic suffered the most heart-breaking of defeats as Alphonso Davies bundled home a 94th-minute winner to send Bayern Munich into the Champions League round of 16.
It had been a night of toiling in front of goal for the German giants, who had been huge favourites to progress after winning the first leg in Glasgow, but ultimately they got the draw that took them through to the knockouts.
They barely deserved to go through, though. Celtic were huge underdogs but created the better chances and came within seconds of taking the game to extra-time with what would have been the first ever win for a Scottish side against Bayern.
Although the game quickly settled into a predictable pattern of Bayern monopolising possession, it was Celtic who created the better openings. Inside the first 18 minutes, Callum McGregor blazed over when through on goal, Nicolas Kühn had a huge chance cleared off the line by Raphaël Guerreiro, Arne Engels put a ball agonisingly across the face of the Bayern goal, and Daizen Maeda wasted a huge opportunity.
It quickly became apparent that Celtic could be made to regret wasting those early chances. Bayern grew into the game, and Harry Kane very nearly made the visitors pay, beating Kasper Schmeichel in the Celtic goal only to be denied by the woodwork.
Celtic were handed a boost when Bayern lost Kane to a knock at half-time, but Bayern remained the more dominant side. However, they struggled to create many clear openings, and after a break of 45 minutes without a shot, Celtic finally created another opportunity, and it was a telling one.
Maeda played a ball forward, and after Kim min-yes made a horrible mess of what looked a simple clearance, Kühn was allowed in on goal to give Celtic an unlikely lead on the night.
He became the first German to score against Bayern in the Champions League since Mërgim Berisha for FC Red Bull Salzburg in November 2020 and the first to do so in the knockout stages since Lukas Podolski for Arsenal in March 2014 (last 16).
From then on it was almost all Bayern, but they looked a little lost without a focal point up front after Kane’s withdrawal. Most of their shots came from distance and were blocked by a committed Celtic rearguard.
At the death, though, Schmeichel could only parry a Leon Goretzka header from point-black range and Davies piled in to nudge the ball into the net. Clocked at 93.12, it was the latest equalising goal in normal time in a Champions League game on record (since 2003-04).
That was the to be the last of the action, meaning Celtic crash out of Europe, and Bayern stumble through to the knockouts, where they’ll face either Bayer Leverkusen or Atlético Madrid.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Bayern Munich vs Celtic stats from their Champions League meeting in Germany.
The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own post-match analysis.
Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.
Bayern Munich vs Celtic: Post-Match Facts
- Bayern Munich have reached the Champions League round of 16 in each of the last 17 seasons (since and including 2008-09) and in each of their last 21 appearances in the competition.
- Alphonso Davies’ equaliser (93:12) was Bayern Munich’s latest equalising goal in a Champions League game (excluding extra time) on record (since 2003-04).
- Bayern Munich have made more errors leading to opposition shots than any other team in the Champions League this season (13 – 5 in the build up to goals conceded).
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