41′ — Brown slips Díaz in, but he couldn’t get the shot away.
39′ — Upamecano prevents a Schalke player from having a shot. Bayern goal kick.
38′ — Schalke’s counterattack fizzles out.
36′ — The ensuing free kick from Schalke is parried away by Manuel Neuer.
35′ — Upamecano lost possession and had to commit a tactical foul; the Frenchman is booked.
31′ — Upamecano is tackled by Junior Dina Ebimbe who gets a yellow card.
30′ — Saibari shoots a loose ball over the Schalke goal.
29′ — Gosens turns Ismael Saibari’s cross behind for a corner.
26′ — Brown’s corner is collected by Karius.
24′ — A handball is called against Dayot Upamecano but the referee says it’s not a handball.
21′ — Karl is dispossessed which earn Schalke a goal kick.
19′ — Schalke’s free kick comes to nothing after Bayern cleared the ball.
18′ — Konrad Laimer goes into Robin Gosens which earns Schalke a free kick.
16′ — Karius safely collects the corner from Joshua Kimmich.
13′ — Lorius Karius denies Nathaniel Brown inside the box. Bayern corner.
8′ — Alphonso Davies receives the ball on the left wing, and his intended cross nearly ended up in the net.
7′ — Jonathan Tah collides with a Schalke player. Play is waved on.
5′ — Luis Díaz beats three players inside the Schalke box but the hosts clear the ball.
Kickoff! — LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Lineups are out! The starting XI welcomes back familiar faces like Alphonso Davies, Lennart Karl and Dayot Upamecano. Manuel Neuer trots out on his return to his boyhood club, while Ismael Saibari is handed a first ever Bundesliga start. Harry Kane and Michael Olise are both benched, while Jamal Musiala starts alongside them.
Bayern bench:
Schalke starting XI:
Bayern Munich went three for three to start the 2026/27 season, beating Borussia Dortmund (2-1 in the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup), VfB Stuttgart (5-1, Bundesliga Matchday 1), and VfL Osnabrück (DFB-Pokal, round 2). Today, they travel to North Rhine-Westphalia to visit old foes Schalke 04.
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Die Königsblauen is back better than ever, though their return to the Bundesliga got off to a rocky start with a 3-0 defeat to Augsburg. Schalke did win against Hallescher in the Pokal, requiring extra time to seal progression to the next round.
Schalke hasn’t beaten Bayern in 15 years; Bayern themselves have only lost thrice in nearly 70 Bundesliga games under Vincent Kompany. The odds are stacked against Schalke, but if there’s one thing about football, it’s that you shouldn’t rule anyone out.
Match Info
Location: Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Date: September 5, 2026
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Kickoff: 6:30 PM Local time | 12:30 PM EST | 9:30 AM PST
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Prediction
Bayern wins 5-0 with goals from Kane (x2), Olise, Lennart Karl, and Saibari off the bench.
It’s Bayern time.
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