Bayern Munich faces a statistical challenge as they visit the Santiago Bernabéu stadium for the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals in the 2023-2024 season. They have not won away from home in a two-legged tie since 2013, when they defeated Barcelona at Camp Nou, with a record of two wins, two draws, and nine losses at Real Madrid's home ground.

The Bayern's record in European knockout ties against Spanish teams stands at eleven wins and twelve losses. Last season, they improved their record against Barcelona on Spanish soil. In their last eleven visits, they suffered defeat on six occasions.

At the Santiago Bernabéu, Bayern has only secured victory twice in thirteen visits to date. The first win came on February 29, 2000, in the second group stage of the Champions League format at that time. They secured a 2-4 victory with goals from Scholl, Effenberg from a free-kick, Fink from outside the box, and Paulo Sergio with a header after a corner, nullifying Real Madrid's attempts with goals from Fernando Morientes and Raúl González.

In the same edition, Real Madrid and Bayern met again in the semi-finals. Real Madrid's victory at the Bernabéu (2-0) propelled them to the final after enduring a defeat in Munich (2-1 with a crucial goal from Anelka), before defeating Valencia in the Spanish final.

The second and last victory for Bayern at the Bernabéu was 23 years ago, on May 1, 2001, with a 0-1 win courtesy of a goal from the Brazilian Élber in the first leg of a semi-final they secured in Germany. Since then, every visit to Real Madrid's home ground has resulted in defeat, with six consecutive losses and one draw in the last encounter in the semi-finals of 2018 when a brace from Karim Benzema secured passage to the final for Real Madrid's 14th conquest in Paris.

There are two precedents in the history of the European football classic where Bayern celebrated passage to the final despite not winning at the Bernabéu. The first was in 1987 when they had won 4-1 in Germany, and the 1-0 defeat at the Bernabéu was sufficient.

The second, more recent, was in 2012 when Portuguese coach José Mourinho rescued Real Madrid from their curse of the round of 16 but failed to overcome the semi-finals. Unfortunate luck struck in the penalty shootout at the Bernabéu after a 2-1 result for each team in their respective home games. Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaká, and Sergio Ramos' misses left 'Mou' kneeling on the devastated turf due to another elimination just before the final.