Luis Díaz | Aleksandar Pavlović | Josip Stanišić | Hiroki Itō | Raphaël Guerreiro
Thomas Müller | Leroy Sané | João Palhinha | Maximilian Mittelstädt | Alexander Nübel
Hinrunde | Rückrunde
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Match Info
Location: Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany
Date: Saturday, September 13th, 2025
Time: 6:30pm local time (12:30pm EST)
TV/streaming: ESPN DTC, ESPN Select, Find Your Country
Through two matchdays, Vincent Kompany has led a hungry Bayern Munich team to the top of the Bundesliga table with wins over RB
Leipzig and Augsburg. Following a busy international window for many of Bayern’s players, Bayern will need to quickly re-focus to defeat a struggling Hamburg squad. Bayern will also need to avoid looking ahead to a marquee midweek matchup with Chelsea to start the Champions League.
Back in the 1980s, Bayern and Hamburg ruled the Bundesliga. In the last 10 meetings, Bayern has won nine times by scoring 38 goals and only allowing three goals in return. Hamburg will have to look all the way back to 2009 to the last time they defeated the Rekordmeister. The last four meetings have been particularly embarrassing.
Hamburg has spent the last seven seasons barely missing out on promotion from the second division. Hamburg finished in the top four every season before finally finishing second in 2024/25.
Here is the predicted lineup, courtesy of BFW:
Vincent Kompany will want to put this game away in the first half. Nicolas Jackson, Lennart Karl, and Wisdom Mike should earn some quality minutes in the second half. Manuel Neuer was able to rest last week but he will need to be fresh for the Chelsea match on Wednesday, although Jonas Urbig won’t have much to do against Hamburg.
Konrad Laimer played 90 minutes in both of Austria’s wins over the international break, making Sacha Boey a better option. Leon Goretzka only played 25 minutes in Germany’s win over Northern Ireland and should be able to play 45-60 minutes before being placed by Aleksandar Pavlović. Kim Min-jae will be exhausted from two full matches against the United States and Mexico, otherwise this match would have been a perfect fit.
From an injury perspective, Bayern is still without the services of Jamal Musiala, Alphonso Davies, and Hiroki Itō. Tom Bischof is probably a healthy scratch as he recovers from his appendectomy.
Hamburg operates with a 3-4-3 formation that squeezes space in the defensive third. Against Borussia Mönchengladbach and St. Pauli, Hamburg failed to find the club’s first Bundesliga goal since 2018. Danish attacker Yussuf Poulsen joined Hamburg in July and has already been named the team’s captain, however he did not start in either game so far.
Bayern Munich is back in Bundesliga action after an international break and just before the Champions League kicks off.
Could Bayern Munich get caught looking ahead? Maybe, but Vincent Kompany will surely have his boys focused on the task at hand — facing Hamburger SV at the Allianz Arena. Let’s get into it all — this is what we have on tap for this edition of the Bavarian Podcast Works — Preview Show:
- What to watch for with Hamburger SV.
- A look at Bayern Munich’s injury situation.
- A guess at Bayern Munich’s starting XI — will Kompany go with his regulars or will he look ahead to facing Chelsea in the Champions League next week?
- A prediction on the match.
Also, be sure to stay tuned to Bavarian Podcast Works for all of your up to date coverage on Bayern Munich and Germany. Check us out on Patreon and follow us on Twitter @BavarianFBWorks, @BavarianPodcast @TheBarrelBlog, @BFWCyler, @2012nonexistent, @TommyAdams71 and more.
