2018-19 Champions League: head-to-head Liverpool - Bayern Munich (Round of 16, 1^st leg, 19/02/2019)

With nearly 72 million fans on social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram), FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) has 1.2 times more fans than Liverpool FC (Premier League), which totals just over 58 million, as the two teams prepare to face each other in the first-leg of the Round of 16 of the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League at Anfield (Liverpool, ENG), on Tuesday 19/02/2019 at 21:00 CET.

In terms of turnover, Bayern Munich were ranked fourth in the Deloitte Money League 2019, which lists the 20 clubs that generated the most revenue in 2017-18. With €629.2m in revenue, the German club are ahead of Liverpool, who were ranked 7^th with €513.7m in revenue.

In 2018-19, the Bavarian club has an average attendance of 75,000 spectators per game at the Allianz Arena (100% fill rate) after 22 Bundesliga matchdays, while Liverpool FC has an average of 52,835 spectators at Anfield (98% fill rate) after 26 Premier League matchdays.

The English club spent €705m composing its current squad (excluding the 2019 winter transfer market), according to a study by the CIES Football Observatory on…