Real Madrid vs FC Bayern Munich UEFA Champions League 2026 Quarter Final First Leg Live: Lineups announced
Catch the LIVE updates, scores, news and free commentary of the Real Madrid vs FC Bayern Munich, UEFA Champions League 2025-26 quarter-final, 1st leg match in Madrid.
Hello and welcome to our Real Madrid vs FC Bayern Munich UEFA Champions League Quarter Final First Leg live blog. This is Koushik Biswas, who will bring you the scores, updates, news, and free commentary of each magical moment from the most played fixture in the European club competition history.
Real Madrid, who defeated Manchester City in a one-sided Round of 16 fixture, will face a red-hot Bayern Munich, who are currently at the top of the Bundesliga points table and are unbeaten in the last 13 games. Most importantly, Real Madrid have faced a rare defeat at the hands of Mallorca in La Liga while Bayern Munich have lost only two games in 43 matches across competition this season.
With two of the most successful teams in the history of the European competition, we can only expect a thrilling encounter at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid tonight. Real Madrid will be without their star goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois while Bayern Munich are also missing a few star players in the line-up.
For as we get ready for the build up of the match, read the full preview of the fixture here. Stay tuned for all the updates. Enjoy the game.
Live Updates
Lineups | Real Madrid
XI: Lunin - Alexander-Arnold, Rüdiger, Huijsen, Carreras – Valverde, Pitarch, Tchouameni, Güler – Mbappe, Vinicius
Subs: Fran González, Carvajal, Militão, Alaba, Bellingham, Camavinga, Gonzalo, Asencio, D. Ceballos, Fran García, Brahim, Mastantuono.
Lineups | FC Bayern Munich
XI: Neuer – Stanisic, Upamecano, Tah, Laimer – Kimmich, Pavlovic – Olise, Gnabry, Diaz – Kane
Subs: Prescott, Urbig, Kim, Goretzka, Musiala, Jackson, Davies, Bischof, Ito, Guerreiro, Karl
HURRICANE!
Will the Bayern striker run riot in Madrid? Only time will tell.
— FC Bayern München (@FCBayern) April 7, 2026
Big game ahead!
🌟 Es ist angerichtet 🌟 pic.twitter.com/RT123jlFRa
— FC Bayern München (@FCBayern) April 7, 2026
Lunin to don the gloves
As we had already mentioned in our preview, Thibaut Courtois will be missing the match after getting injured in the second leg against Manchester City, Lunin will don the gloves for the 15-time Champions.
✅ @AndreyLunin13 pic.twitter.com/beMx9gdtxF
— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) April 7, 2026
They are HOME
🚌🚨🧣💜 pic.twitter.com/PKezIugvrY
— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) April 7, 2026
Recent form: FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich in last five matches across compettions -
Won 3-2 vs Freiburg (Bundesliga)
Won 4-0 vs Union Berlin (Bundesliga)
Won 4-1 vs Atalanta (UCL)
Draw 1-1 vs Leverkusen (Bundesliga)
Won 6-1 vs Atalanta (Bundesliga)
Recent form: Real Madrid
Real Madrid in last five matches across compettions -
Lost 1-2 vs Mallorca (La Liga)
Won 3-2 vs Atletico (La Liga)
Won 2-1 vs Manchester City (UCL)
Won 4-1 vs Elche (La Liga)
Won 3-0 vs Manchester City (UCL)
Real Madrid vs FC Bayern Munich: H2H stats
Total matches: 28
Real Madrid won: 13
Draw: 4
FC Bayern Munich won: 11
In knockoouts, Real Madrid won 8 times while Bayern Munich won 5 times.
How to watch the match?
In India, football fans can watch the Real Madrid vs FC Bayern Munich match LIVE on Sony TEN 2 Television channel. They can stream the match on Sony LIV app and website.