The two sides first met at the same stage as this year's competition and, if history is anything to go by, it definitely favours the Bavarians. A masterclass in finishing from Gerd Müller over both legs saw Bayern past Real and into the final. With Franz Beckenbauer orchestrating play from deep Bayern dominated the second leg at the Olympiastadion with Müller adding two more goals to the one he scored at the Bernabéu. Bayern won their third European title with a 1-0 win over St Etienne in the final at Hampden Park Photograph: Wilfried Witters/Witters/Offside
Another semi-final and another defeat for the Spaniards. This time it was another of Bayern's inspirational Germany captains, Lothar Matthäus, who pulled the strings in midfield, chipping in with two penalties in the first-leg win to effectively seal the tie. Matthäus did not play in the second leg but the damage was already done. Bayern reached the final at Madrid's expense again, but they were beaten by two late Porto goals in a surprise victory for the Portuguese champions Photograph: Bob Thomas/Getty Images
Leo Beenhakker's Real Madrid tasted revenge against Bayern at last, largely thanks to two late strikes by Emilio Butragueño (85th minute) and Hugo Sánchez (90th minute) to pull the score back to a 3-2 defeat in the first leg in Munich. These goals proved crucial as Real won comfortably at the Bernabéu, holding on to their two-goal lead for most of the game to win 4-3 on aggregate and send the German champions toppling Photograph: Bongarts/Getty Images
This was the first of four meetings between the two sides in two and a half months and signalled just how gung-ho Ottmar Hitzfeld's Bayern could be. Real were top of the group after winning the first two matches but Bayern tore them to pieces at the Bernabéu, racing into a 3-1 lead before half-time and sealing the game in the 67th minute when Paulo Sérgio struck to ensure Raúl's 48th-minute strike would not matter a jot Photograph: Martin Rose/Bongarts/Getty Images
Eight days later Real Madrid travelled to Munich hoping to make amends for their humbling in front of their home fans by getting their qualification campaign back on track. What happened probably felt very depressing and very familiar. Mehmet Scholl opened the scoring – as he had done in Madrid – and from then on Bayern dominated, with Elber Giovane adding to the tally before Alexander Zickler's brace in the final 11 minutes left the Spaniards red-faced again and on the verge of crashing out. A win at Rosenborg salvaged the tournament for Real, who would meet Bayern again in the semi-finals Photograph: Ralf Stockhoff/AP
Having handed Madrid their backsides (twice) just over a month ago, Bayern were hotly tipped to make it into another final. But after Raúl's masterly display had seen off Manchester United in the quarter-final, Real's hero was the unlikely figure of Nicolas Anelka. A goal in each leg for the Frenchman, allied with a costly Jens Jeremies own goal at the Bernabéu, proved decisive for Real, whose defence had learned to cope with the considerable threat of Bayern's attack, who needed four goals in Munich after Madrid's away goal. Lightning would not strike thrice. Madrid went on to win their eighth European Cup with a 3-0 win over Valencia in which occasional ESPN pundit Steve McManaman was man of the match Photograph: Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images
European ding-dongs between the two clubs in the early noughties were as regular as a fig-addict's bowel-movements. The European champions were expected to defend their title having splashed out heavily on Luis Figo as Florentino Perez embarked upon his ill-fated Galáctico experiment. But it was Hittzfeld's well-drilled Bayern Munich who prevailed, with Elber Giovane scoring in each leg, along with a goal from Jens Jeremies to send Bayern into a final against Valencia, which they won on penalties Photograph: Thomas Kienzle/AP
Stung by their semi-final defeat in the previous season Real exacted revenge in the last eight, sucking up the disappointment of conceding two goals in the last 10 minutes at the Olympiastadion to win comfortably at the Bernabéu with a controlled display in which Iván Helguera and Guti's second-half goals propelled Real towards their ninth European title, won at Hampden Park against Bayer Leverkusen, thanks to a stunning volley from their second Galáctico signing, Zinedine Zidane Photograph: Reuters
Real with Zinedine Zidane at the hub were a much stronger team for Bayern to beat than in previous years. The Germans were struggling to attract players to the Bundesliga and finding life tougher in Europe. Still, the tie was a close one, with Roberto Carlos's late equaliser in Munich and Zidane's sole goal in Madrid just tipping the balance in favour of the Spaniards Photograph: Reuters
The last meeting between the two sides took Bayern's win tally to 10 against Real Madrid, who raced into a 3-1 first-half lead against the Bavarians in the first leg, only for Mark van Bommel to score a late goal to give Bayern a real chance at home. A dominant display in the return leg gave them more than a chance as they took a two-goal lead, with a late Ruud van Nistelrooy goal for Real proving nothing more than a consolation. Bayern progressed on away goals Photograph: Martin Rose/Bongarts/Getty Images
