Before the match

Atleti: four wins and one draw over five games; seven goals scored, one conceded, keeping four clean sheets, unbeaten. Levante were their latest opponents, away on 31 October: a 2-0 win.

Playing away from home against Levante (La Liga), Atleti finished 2-0 on 31 October. Their score comprised two goals, against zero from the opposition. 24 October: Atleti won 1-0 against Deportivo at home in La Liga, scoring one goal and allowing zero. Against Stuttgart in Champions League, Atleti scored one and conceded one on 20 October; the away from home result was 1-1. Atleti's away from home game on 17 October (La Liga) ended 1-0 against Espanyol, with one goal for and zero against. On 13 October, Man United faced Atleti in Champions League: Atleti won 2-0 at home, having scored two and conceded zero.

Before kickoff, Champions League's results-based standings placed Atleti 17th after three matches and four points.

Bayern: three wins and two draws over five games; 19 goals scored, seven conceded, unbeaten. Latest: a 2-2 draw at home to Dortmund on 31 October; their biggest win in that spell was 6-1 at home to 1. FC Magdeburg on 28 October.

2-2 was Bayern's result against Dortmund on 31 October (Bundesliga), playing at home; Bayern drew, with two scored to two conceded. The 28 October fixture (DFB-Pokal) paired Bayern with 1. FC Magdeburg. Bayern won 6-1 at home, netting six goals while conceding one. Playing away from home against Freiburg (Bundesliga), Bayern finished 3-1 on 25 October. Their score comprised three goals, against one from the opposition. 21 October: Bayern drew 2-2 against Arsenal at home in Champions League, scoring two goals and allowing two. Against RB Leipzig in Bundesliga, Bayern scored six and conceded one on 17 October; the at home result was 6-1.

Before kickoff, Champions League's results-based standings placed Bayern 15th after three matches and five points.

The teams' recorded encounters ended in a 1-1 draw at Atleti on 1 December 2020 and a 4-0 home win for Bayern on 21 October 2020.

After the match

Lennart Karl opened the scoring 54 minutes into the game for Bayern to make it 1-0. Konrad Laimer added to the tally 74 minutes into the game for Bayern, set up by Harry Kane, to make it 2-0. Joshua Kimmich (56'), Giuliano Simeone (79') and Josip Stanišić (90') were booked. Bayern won; current ratings also favour them in this pairing, with a model probability of 59.1%. Bayern are unbeaten in the latest 10 matches of their recorded form in the 2026/27 Bundesliga, the 2026/27 Champions League and the 2026/27 DFB-Pokal. Atleti: one yellow card. five changes were recorded for Atleti. The card tally for Bayern was two yellow cards. Bayern made three changes. A clean sheet for Bayern.