Arsenal 1-5 FC Bayern München: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 7 March 2017

Result

Arsenal 1-5 FC Bayern München

Champions League · Tuesday 7 March 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal 1-5 FC Bayern München: match report

Arsenal lost to FC Bayern München 1-5 in the Champions League on Tuesday 7 March 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

T. Walcott opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Arsenal's goal came from T. Walcott (20'). FC Bayern München scored through Robert Lewandowski (55', penalty), Arjen Robben (68'), Douglas Costa (78'), A. Vidal (80') and A. Vidal (85').

Discipline: Arsenal received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; FC Bayern München received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 13th on 14 points from 7 and FC Bayern München 8th on 15 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and FC Bayern München in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Douglas Costa of FC Bayern München (9.2), ahead of Arturo Vidal (9.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 6 for FC Bayern München.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · T. WalcottArsenal · 1-0
  • 39'Yellow card · David AlabaFC Bayern München
  • 39'Yellow card · T. WalcottArsenal
  • 44'Yellow card · Javi MartínezFC Bayern München
  • 53'Red card · Laurent KoscielnyArsenal
  • 55'Penalty goal · Robert LewandowskiFC Bayern München · 1-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainArsenal
  • 68'Goal · Arjen RobbenFC Bayern München · 1-2
  • 78'Goal · Douglas CostaFC Bayern München · 1-3
  • 78'Yellow card · Granit XhakaArsenal
  • 80'Goal · A. VidalFC Bayern München · 1-4
  • 85'Goal · A. VidalFC Bayern München · 1-5

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 3, draws 1, FC Bayern München 6.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

David Ospina, Héctor Bellerín, Shkodran Mustafi, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Granit Xhaka, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Aaron Ramsey, Theo Walcott, Olivier Giroud, Alexis Sánchez

FC Bayern München line-up (4-2-3-1)

Manuel Neuer, Tore André Flo, Javi Martínez, Mats Hummels, David Alaba, Xabi Alonso, Arturo Vidal, Arjen Robben, Thiago Alcântara, Franck Ribéry, Robert Lewandowski