Bühl, Harder and Bayern’s belief of reaching the Champions League final | OneFootball

FC Bayern Women head to Barcelona with confidence as they look to make history in the semi-final second leg of the UEFA Women’s Champions League on Sunday (kick-off at 16:30 CEST). The Camp Nou is the stage as Bayern’s Frauen look to reach the final of a European competition for the first time ever. With Pernille Harder hunting yet another record and Klara Bühl producing numerous magical moments already this season, Bayern know they have what it takes with the tie finely poised at 1-1. Here’s some of the key pre-match stats and facts you need to know.

Harder close to next milestone

Harder already has her place in the Women’s Champions League history books, ranking fourth in the all-time scoring list with 48 goals alongside Conny Pohlers. Only Ada Hegerberg (69), Anja Mittag (51) and Eugénie Le Sommer (50) remain ahead of Bayern’s Dane as she looks to make her mark on the competition once more.

She has continued to add to that total with regularity this season thanks to her seven goals. It’s the second-highest tally by a Bayern player in the Women’s Champions League behind Vivianne Miedema’s eight in 2016/17. One more for the 33-year-old at the Camp Nou would see her equal that record, while she’s also chasing Barcelona’s Ewa Pajor and Arsenal’s Alessia Russo to be this season’s top scorer. They both have eight ahead of the weekend’s semi-finals.

A first European final in sight

Bayern have twice before come close to reaching the Champions League final, falling short in the semis both times with a 2-0 aggregate loss to Barcelona in 2018/19 and then a 5-3 defeat over two legs against Chelsea in 2020/21, in which Sarah Zadrazil scored a great goal in London but Harder also netted for the Blues.

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Bayern look a more mature and developed team this season, though. They have lost just one game across all competitions, which came in Barcelona in the opening fixture of the league phase. Apart from that, it’s been almost perfect. A 2-0 win away at Werder Bremen during the week made it 20 victories in a row in the Bundesliga for the newly crowned champions, while also taking the season’s goal tally to 122 across the league, DFB Cup and Champions League – a club record the team will look to build on in Sunday’s second leg.

Bühl to change the game again?

Bühl has long been a prominent Bayern figure on the continental stage. The 25-year-old boasts 17 assists in the Champions League as she’s quietly risen up the list of all-time providers to sit among such big names as Alexia Putellas, Alexandra Popp and Le Sommer.

Eight of those 17 assists have come this season and from only seven appearances as the Germany international sits top of the 2025/26 chart for provisions. She’s one ahead of Barcelona’s Putellas and has double the total of the best next duo of Beth Mead and Linda Caicedo (both four). Bühl’s domestic record this season reads seven goals and 14 assists in only 17 Bundesliga outings.

Can Bayern emulate Wolfsburg?

José Barcala’s side battled to a 1-1 draw at the Allianz Arena in the first leg, putting a small dent in Barcelona’s apparent untouchability in Europe. The Spaniards will be the favourite at home on Sunday, but Bayern proved they are not infallible.

Barcelona have reached the final every year since 2020/21, with very few teams able to eliminate the Catalans in knockout ties down the years. Paris Saint-Germain, Lyon and fellow Germans Wolfsburg are among the select few teams to halt Barcelona in the Champions League. Bayern now want to join that illustrious group with a famous win at the Camp Nou.