In the first leg SF,Real Madrid beat Bayern Munich 2-1 @ Alliance Arena ,Germany
Bayern are without winger Arjen Robben for the trip to the Bernabeu after he suffered a leg injury eight minutes into the first leg.
Left-back David Alaba (thigh) and midfielder Javi Martinez (head) are both expected to return from injury.
Real Madrid right-back Dani Carvajal is likely to miss out with a hamstring problem, but Isco trained on Monday despite a shoulder injury.
Goal Scorers
For Real Madrid - Karim Benzema 11 and 46th minute
For Bayern Munich - Joshua Kimmich (3rd minute) and James Rodríguez (63rd minute)
Defending champions Real Madrid reached their third successive Champions League final as they edged out Bayern Munich in a thrilling semi-final second leg.
Trailing 2-1 after the first leg in Germany, Bayern needed a win at the Bernabeu to reach the final but it finished 2-2 as Real clinched a 4-3 aggregate victory.
Bayern are without winger Arjen Robben for the trip to the Bernabeu after he suffered a leg injury eight minutes into the first leg.
Left-back David Alaba (thigh) and midfielder Javi Martinez (head) are both expected to return from injury.
Real Madrid right-back Dani Carvajal is likely to miss out with a hamstring problem, but Isco trained on Monday despite a shoulder injury.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- No team has overturned a 2-1 home first-leg defeat in the Champions League, in seven previous such occurrences.
- Bayern and Real will meet for the 26th time in European competition, more than any other fixture. Real have won 12 of these encounters to Bayern's 11 victories (two draws).
- Bayern have lost their past six games against Real (all in the knockout stages of the Champions League), their longest run of defeats against one opponent in European competition.
- Cristiano Ronaldo has scored nine goals against Bayern Munich in the Champions League - the only player to have netted more goals against a single opponent in the competition is Ronaldo himself, scoring 10 against Juventus.
Real Madrid
- Real Madrid have scored in each of their past 41 Champions League games at the Bernabeu, last failing to find the net in April 2011 against Barcelona (2-0).
- Under Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid have never been knocked out of the Champions League, progressing in all eight of their two-legged ties as well as winning the two finals they've appeared in. They've also won seven of their eight knockout games at home (L1).
Bayern Munich
- Bayern Munich are on a run of two Champions League games without a win (D1 L1). They have not gone three matches in a row without a victory in the competition since 2009 (September-November).
- They have failed to keep a clean sheet in their past 13 Champions League away games, their joint-longest such run in the competition (equalling the record set between April 1999 and December 2000).
- No player has been involved in more goals for Bayern in the Champions League this season than Joshua Kimmich (six - three goals and three assists).
- Robert Lewandowski has failed to score in his past four Champions League games with Bayern Munich, his longest drought with the club. He has never failed to find the net in five consecutive outings in the competition.
Goal Scorers
For Real Madrid - Karim Benzema 11 and 46th minute
For Bayern Munich - Joshua Kimmich (3rd minute) and James Rodríguez (63rd minute)
Defending champions Real Madrid reached their third successive Champions League final as they edged out Bayern Munich in a thrilling semi-final second leg.
Trailing 2-1 after the first leg in Germany, Bayern needed a win at the Bernabeu to reach the final but it finished 2-2 as Real clinched a 4-3 aggregate victory.
- Under Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid have never been knocked out in the Champions League, progressing in all nine of their two-legged Champions League ties as well as winning the two finals they have appeared in.
- Real Madrid's Keylor Navas made eight saves against Bayern Munich, his highest tally in a Champions League knockout game.
- Sergio Ramos made six clearances in the first half, more than all Bayern Munich players combined (five).
- Zidane is the first manager to reach three consecutive Champions League finals since Marcello Lippi between 1996 and 1998.
- Real Madrid have reached their 16th European Cup/Champions League final - more than any other side.
- James Rodriguez is the seventh player in Champions League history to score both for and against Real Madrid (also David Beckham, Alvaro Morata, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Fernando Morientes, Arjen Robben and Ivan Zamorano).
- Bayern Munich have failed to keep a clean sheet in their past 14 Champions League away games, their longest such run in the competition.
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