Arsenal facing elimination as Bayern return

Arsenal FC have not been past the round of 16 since 2009/10 and their hopes of ending that run are slim as they welcome familiar opponents FC Bayern München, who have beaten the Gunners at this stage twice in recent years.

• In the first leg, for the second season in a row, the Gunners lost 5-1 in Munich having gone down by the same scoreline in the 2015/16 group stage. Thiago Alcántara scored twice and Arjen Robben, Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Müller all found the net as Bayern inflicted the Gunners' joint heaviest European defeat.

• Only three clubs have managed to recover a four-goal first-leg deficit in UEFA competition. VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach beat Real Madrid CF 5-1 at home in the 1985/86 UEFA Cup third round, only to lose the return 4-0. Leixões SC (against FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, 1961/62 European Cup Winners' Cup first round) and FK Partizan (Queens Park Rangers FC, 1984/85 UEFA Cup second round) overturned 6-2 away losses with 5-0 and 4-0 home victories respectively.

• RC Deportivo La Coruña hold the record for the biggest first-leg deficit overturned in the UEFA Champions League era, recovering from a 4-1 away loss to AC Milan with a 4-0 home win in the 2003/04 quarter-finals.

Previous meetings
• Thet teams have met ten times, all since 2000/01. The German club have won five of those games and the English side three, Bayern eliminating Arsenal in the round of 16 in 2004/05, 2012/13 and 2013/14.

• In last term's group stage, Arsenal beat Bayern 2-0 in north London thanks to goals from Olivier Giroud and Mesut Özil.

• However, the German side triumphed 5-1 back in Munich with Müller (2), David Alaba and Robben on the scoresheet. Giroud again scored for Arsenal.

• The line-ups at Arsenal Stadium on 20 October 2015 were:
Arsenal: Čech, Bellerín, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Santi Cazorla, Coquelin, Ramsey (Oxlade-Chamberlain 57), Özil, Walcott (Giroud 74), Alexis Sánchez (Gibbs 82).
Bayern: Neuer, Lahm, Boateng, Bernat, Alaba, Xabi Alonso (Kimmich 71), Vidal (Rafinha 71), Müller, Thiago Alcántara, Lewandowski, Douglas Costa. 

• Arsenal drew 1-1 at Fußball Arena München in the 2013/14 round of 16 second leg when Lukas Podolski, returning to his former club, equalised within two minutes of Bastian Schweinsteiger putting the hosts ahead. Arsenal went out of the competition having lost 2-0 at home, with Müller on the scoresheet.

• The teams in north London on 19 February 2014 were:
Arsenal: Szczęsny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs (Monreal 31), Oxlade-Chamberlain (Rosický 74), Flamini, Wilshere, Santi Cazorla (Fabiański 39), Özil, Sanogo.
Bayern: Neuer, Lahm, Boateng (Rafinha 46), Dante, Alaba, Javi Martínez, Kroos, Thiago Alcántara (Pizarro 79), Götze, Robben, Mandžukić (T Müller 64).

• The previous season's contest at Arsenal Stadium was won 3-1 by Bayern, Müller again scoring.

• The line-ups on 19 February 2013 were:
Arsenal: Szczęsny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Arteta, Cazorla, Ramsey (Rosický 71), Podolski (Giroud 72), Wilshere, Walcott.
Bayern: Neuer, Alaba, Dante, Van Buyten, Lahm, T Müller, Javi Martínez, Schweinsteiger, Ribéry (Robben 63), Kroos (Luiz Gustavo 73), Mandžukić (Gomez 78).

• Giroud and Laurent Koscielny scored as the Gunners won 2-0 in Germany but Bayern advanced on away goals.

• The other two meetings in London ended in a 1-0 Arsenal win in the 2004/05 round of 16 second leg (aggregate 2-3) and a 2-2 draw in the 2000/01 second group stage.

Match background

Arsenal
• The Gunners finished top of Group A, two points ahead of Paris Saint-Germain, winning two and drawing one at home while remaining undefeated away. The last time they won their group unbeaten (2005/06), they went on to reach the final.

• In each of the last six seasons Arsenal have fallen in the round of 16, going down 5-1 on aggregate to FC Barcelona in 2015/16 (0-2 h, 1-3 a).

• Their record against German clubs at home is W11 D1 L5. They have won their last two home fixtures against German visitors having lost the previous four.

• The Gunners have lost seven and won nine of their last 18 home games in the competition proper.

• Arsenal have prevailed only twice in 11 UEFA competition ties after losing the away first leg, defeating HNK Hajduk Split (1978/79 UEFA Cup second round, 1-0 at home) and FC Porto at this stage of the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League (5-0 at home), both after 2-1 away losses.

• Arsenal's shoot-out record is W2 L2:
7-6 v AS Roma, 2008/09 UEFA Champions League round of 16
1-4 v Galatasaray AŞ, 1999/2000 UEFA Cup final
3-2 v UC Sampdoria, 1994/95 European Cup Winners' Cup semi-final
4-5 v Valencia CF, 1979/80 European Cup Winners' Cup final

Bayern
• Bayern have won only three of their last 13 UEFA Champions League away games, losing seven.

• Bayern have not won any of their last eight knockout games away from home (D4 L4) since the 2-0 success at Arsenal in 2014.

• A 3-2 defeat at FC Rostov on matchday five meant Bayern finished second in Group D, three points behind Club Atlético de Madrid. They last failed to qualify as group winners in 2009/10.

• Under Josep Guardiola, Bayern were losing UEFA Champions League semi-finalists in each of the last three seasons, beaten on away goals by Atlético last term.

• At this stage a year ago, Bayern progressed against Juventus (2-2 a, 4-2aet h). They last lost in the round of 16 in 2010/11 when FC Internazionale Milano won on away goals (0-1 h, 3-2 a).

• This is Bayern's 18th meeting with English opponents in the last six seasons.

• They have lost on their last two visits to England; before that they were unbeaten in four, winning three and drawing one. Their record away to English teams is W5 D8 L8.

• Their biggest recent fixture was the 2012 final defeat on penalties by Chelsea FC staged on their own ground.

• Bayern have recorded home first-leg victories 50 times in UEFA competition and have triumphed in all but eight ties, including the last ten. When winning 4-0 at home first they have won all four ties on aggregate; their record in those second-leg matches is W3 D1.

• Bayern's penalty shoot-out record in UEFA competition is W5 L1:
5-4 v Chelsea FC, 2013 UEFA Super Cup
3-4 v Chelsea FC, 2011/12 UEFA Champions League final
3-1 v Real Madrid CF, 2011/12 UEFA Champions League semi-final
5-4 v Valencia CF, 2000/01 UEFA Champions League final
9-8 v PAOK FC, 1983/84 UEFA Cup second round
4-3 v Åtvidabergs FF, 1973/74 European Cup first round

Coach and player links
• With AC Sparta Praha, Chelsea and Arsenal, Petr Čech has faced Bayern on eight occasions (W3 D1 L4). His most notable success came in Chelsea's 2012 UEFA Champions League triumph in the Fußball Arena München. In extra time Čech saved Robben's penalty. Thomas Müller had put Bayern ahead with seven minutes remaining of normal time.

• Carlo Ancelotti coached Čech at Chelsea from 2009 to 2011. Together they won the Premier League and FA Cup in 2009/10.

• Mesut Özil scored four goals in his 15 appearances against Bayern.

• Robben has faced Arsenal 13 times for PSV, Chelsea and Bayern (W8 D4 L1); his first-leg goal was his third against the Gunners.

• With Liverpool FC, Xabi Alonso faced Arsenal 13 times (W4 D4 L5).

• Jérôme Boateng spent 2010/11 with Manchester City FC.

• Granit Xhaka was part of the Basel squad who lost 7-0 at Bayern in the 2011/12 last 16 second leg, Robben scoring twice.

• Xhaka faced Bayern eight times while playing for Mönchengladbach (W2 D3 L3).

• Francis Coquelin spent 2013/14 on loan at SC Freiburg.

• In the first leg of the 2012/13 semi-final, Lewandowski scored all four against Özil's Real Madrid in a 4-1 Borussia Dortmund win.

• Müller got three goals and Robben two against Alexis Sánchez's Barcelona in a 7-0 aggregate win (4-0 h, 3-0 a) in the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League semi-finals.

• Theo Walcott scored in Arsenal's 2-1 defeat against Douglas Costa's FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the 2010/11 group stage.

• Müller scored in Germany's 2-1 win in a Paris friendly on 6 February 2013 against a France team who included Franck Ribéry, Laurent Koscielny and Giroud. Philipp Lahm and Özil played for the visitors.

• Giroud scored in France's 2-1 friendly win in Bremen on 29 February 2012 against a Germany team who included Jérôme Boateng, Özil, Müller and Manuel Neuer. Ribéry also played for the visitors.

• Alexis Sánchez was on target in Chile's 2-0 win over Costa's Brazil in a FIFA World Cup qualifier on 8 October 2015.

• Have played together:
Mesut Özil, Shkodran Mustafi & Manuel Neuer, Boateng, Thomas Müller, Mats Hummels, Joshua Kimmich and Lahm (Germany)
Santi Cazorla, Nacho Monreal & Javi Martínez, Juan Bernat, Thiago Alcántara and Alonso (Spain)
Mathieu Debuchy, Giroud, Koscielny & Kingsley Coman and Ribéry (France)
Sánchez & Arturo Vidal (Chile)
Özil & Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid 2010–13)
Sánchez and Thiago Alcántara (Barcelona 2011–13)
Čech and Robben (Chelsea 2004–07)

Match facts

Arsenal
• Xhaka is a booking away from a ban.

• Walcott scored his 100th goal for the club as Arsenal triumphed 2-0 at Sutton United FC in the FA Cup fifth round on 20 February.

• The Gunners face another fifth-tier side, Lincoln City FC, in the quarter-finals on 11 March.

• Aaron Ramsey (calf) has not played since 31 January but was on the bench for Saturday's 3-1 defeat at Liverpool FC.

• Santi Cazorla, who has not featured since 19 October because of an ankle injury, was ruled out for the rest of the season on 23 February.

Bayern
• Lahm serves a one-game ban, while Boateng will incur a suspension with his next booking.

• Bayern are 16 games unbeaten, winning 14 of them, since the loss to Rostov on matchday five.

• Ribéry (out since 31 January, hamstring) marked his return with two assists in Bayern's 3-0 victory against FC Schalke 04 in the German Cup quarter-finals on 1 March.

• Ancelotti's men will play VfL Sportfreunde Lotte or Borussia Dortmund in the semi-finals in late April.

• Boateng has not played since undergoing pectoral muscle surgery on 20 December.

• Lewandowski has scored 37 goals in 38 outings for club and country this term.

• The 8-0 home win against Hamburger SV, in which Lewandowski registered a hat-trick, on 25 February was Ancelotti's 1,000th fixture as a head coach.