Heidenheim vs Bayern Munich: Lineups confirmed for August 18 pre-season friendly

Heidenheim will host Bayern Munich in a pre-season friendly at the Voith-Arena in Heidenheim on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, with both teams naming confirmed starting XIs.

Heidenheim were relegated after finishing 17th last season and remain under long-term head coach Frank Schmidt, who oversaw a 4-3 win over VfL Osnabrück in their 2026-27 league opener but then saw his side lose 4-1 to Hertha Berlin in their most recent outing. Bayern arrive on the back of three successive pre-season victories, most recently a 2-1 win over Aston Villa, and have had Harry Kane, Michael Olise and Dayot Upamecano return to training following their FIFA World Cup 2026 campaigns.

Heidenheim’s starting lineup is: Thomas Dähne; Marnon-Thomas Busch, Benedikt Gimer, Patrick Mainka, Jonas Föhrenbach; Paul Hennrich, Julian Niehues, Luca Kerber, Yannick Wagner; Maximilian Breunig, Mikkel Kaufmann. Their substitutes list reads: Frank Feller (gk), Adrian Beck, Adam Kolle, Oualid Mhamdi, Leart Paqarada, Marvin Pieringer, Jan Schoppner, Tim Siebersleben, Budu Zivzivadze, Marko Zrilić. The club posted the lineup on social media with the caption: So laufen wir beim heutigen Testspiel gegen die Bayern auf! 👇🔴🔵 #FCHFCB pic.twitter.com/dTsHRauEIB

Bayern’s starting XI is: Jonas Urbig; Sacha Boey, Dayot Upamecano, Hiroki Ito, Alphonso Davies; Bara Ndiaye, Felipe Chávez; Tim Binder, Arijon Ibrahimović, Wisdom Mike; Maycon Cardozo. Their bench includes: Jannis Bärtl (gk), Kim Min‑jae, Jonathan Tah, Harry Kane, Jamal Musiala, Nathaniel Brown, Luis Díaz, Michael Olise, Cassiano Kiala, Ismael Saibari, Filip Pavić, Josip Stanišić, Aleksandar Pavlović. The club tweeted the lineup as: Here’s how we line up this afternoon 🫡 pic.twitter.com/iT8WvTl0kT

The fixture takes place at the Voith‑Arena in Heidenheim, Germany, and will kick off at 9:30 PM IST for viewers in India. For further updates Khel Now directs readers to its Facebook, Twitter and Instagram channels, its Android and iOS apps, and its Telegram community.

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Bayern will take on Borussia Dortmund in the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup final on Saturday.