German team Bayern Munich will be a tough guest for Cypriot Pafos at 10 PM on Tuesday at the “Alphamega” stadium, as part of the second round of the group stage in the 2025-2026 UEFA Champions League season.

Led by coach Vincent Kompany, Bayern Munich aims to continue its impressive results this season, both domestically and continentally, as the Bavarian team seeks to return to the Champions League podium in the current edition.

Bayern Munich started their Champions League group stage campaign with a valuable victory over English side Chelsea, winning 3-1 at the Allianz Arena in the first round, placing the team fifth in the group standings, just behind the top four on goal difference.

Kompany relies on a star-studded Bayern squad, led by English striker Harry Kane, who has been performing excellently and achieved a historic milestone by becoming, according to Opta, the fastest player in the current century to score 100 goals for a single club in the top five European leagues, surpassing Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and Norwegian Erling Haaland.

Bayern Munich currently leads the German Bundesliga table with 15 points after winning all five matches, scoring 22 goals and conceding only 3, indicating a powerful attack and solid defense.

On the other hand, Pafos tops the Cypriot league with 12 points after five matches, winning four and losing one, scoring 8 goals and conceding just 2.

Bayern Munich has an impressive Champions League history, having won the title six times, most recently in the 2019-2020 season when they defeated French side Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in the final held at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal.

Real Madrid holds the record for the most Champions League titles with 15, far ahead of their closest rival AC Milan with 7 titles, followed by Liverpool and Bayern Munich tied for third with 6 titles each, and Barcelona in fourth with 5.

The top eight teams qualify directly to the second round of the Champions League among 36 teams, while those ranked ninth to twenty-fourth play a two-legged playoff to determine eight more teams to advance, culminating in the final to lift the “big ears” trophy on May 30, 2026, in Budapest, Hungary.