Tonight's Champions League quarter-final schedule for April 7th and early morning April 8th

Updated football schedule for tonight's Champions League quarter-finals on April 7th and early morning April 8th, featuring the matches between Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich and Sporting vs Arsenal.

2025/26 Champions League Quarter-Final Schedule

Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich

Real Madrid hosts Bayern Munich at the Santiago Bernabéu in the first leg of the quarter-final Champions League, a matchup that has become a "classic" of the tournament with their 29th encounter in history. The Spanish Royal club remains Europe's greatest force with 15 championship titles and continues to harbor ambitions of crowning glory, despite a somewhat turbulent season for them.

Los Blancos' journey in Europe has also been challenging, as they overcame Benfica in the play-off round before defeating Man City with a 5-1 aggregate score. The head-to-head record also slightly favors Real Madrid, with them winning 13 out of 28 matches and remaining unbeaten in their last 9 meetings. Notably, whenever Real eliminates Bayern in the knockout stages, they have proceeded to win the championship.

On the other side of the battle line, Bayern Munich has demonstrated impressive form throughout the season. Vincent Kompany's team has only lost two matches out of 43 appearances, while also leading the Bundesliga with a safe margin. Their 3-2 comeback victory against Freiburg extended their unbeaten streak and provided significant confidence ahead of their away trip. Bayern certainly aims to break their jinx against Real Madrid and gain an advantage before the home leg.

Sporting vs Arsenal

Arsenal marches to Lisbon to face Sporting in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals amidst signs of a slowdown in their form. The Gunners have just suffered two consecutive defeats against Man City in the EFL Cup final and Southampton in the FA Cup, impacting their ambition to win multiple trophies. Nevertheless, Mikel Arteta's team still leads the Premier League and maintains an unbeaten record in this season's Champions League, after topping the league phase and then overcoming Bayer Leverkusen to reach the quarter-finals for the third consecutive year.

Sporting enters the match with great excitement, having won three consecutive matches and possessing an extremely impressive home form. The Portuguese representative has won all of their last 17 matches before their home audience, while scoring at least four goals in their last three games. Their explosive attack and high morale give Sporting confidence to create an advantage, especially as Arsenal shows signs of faltering and their defense is not at its best state.