DFL-Supercup 2026 final preview: Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munich – team news, lineups and prediction

Borussia Dortmund will host Bayern Munich at Signal Iduna Park in the 2026 Franz Beckenbauer Supercup on Saturday, August 22, with Bayern qualifying as Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal winners and Dortmund entering as Bundesliga runners-up.

The match is the 10th Supercup meeting between the two clubs; Bayern have won five of the previous nine encounters while Dortmund have four victories. Dortmund finished their pre-season schedule with a 2-2 draw against AS Roma in which Guirassy scored the second goal to complete a comeback after Roma had led 2-0. Bayern recorded a 3-1 win over RB Leipzig and then defeated Heidenheim 4-2 in an additional friendly on August 18.

Guirassy is expected to lead Dortmund’s attack after scoring in their final warm-up game, and Harry Kane remains Bayern’s principal attacking threat after scoring twice in the clubs’ most recent Bundesliga meeting, a 3-2 Bayern win in February; Kane is expected to start at Signal Iduna Park. Bayern have also welcomed Harry Kane, Michael Olise and Dayot Upamecano back into training following their World Cup involvement.

Borussia Dortmund will be without Carney Chukwuemeka, Maximilian Beier, Nico Schlotterbeck and Emre Can, all of whom are sidelined with injuries. Bayern Munich are missing Jamal Musiala, Konrad Laimer, Lennart Karl and Serge Gnabry through injury; Musiala and Laimer continue to miss training as they recover, while Gnabry and Karl have returned to training but remain unavailable.

Projected lineups are: Kobel; Gadou, Anton, Bensebaini; Ryerson, Bellingham, Nmecha, Svensson; Karetsas, Inácio; Guirassy for Borussia Dortmund; Neuer; Stanišić, Upamecano, Tah, Brown; Kimmich, Pavlović; Olise, Saibari, Luis Díaz; Kane for Bayern Munich.

Bayern’s stronger pre-season results and their recent Supercup record against Dortmund are noted as advantages, while Dortmund have home support and finished their warm-ups by recovering from a two-goal deficit to draw with Roma; the predicted scoreline is Borussia Dortmund 2-2 Bayern Munich. Broadcasters for the match include Amazon Prime Video UK App in the UK, Zee5 app and website in India, and SAT 1 and Sky Sport in Germany.

The Franz Beckenbauer Supercup will be played on Saturday, August 22, 2026, at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund; the preview prediction is a 2-2 draw between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich.