Bayern Munich was quick off the mark to start the 2026/27 season. The Bavarians first beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup, thrashed VfB Stuttgart 5-1 in the Allianz Arena, and dispatched VfL Osnabrück in the DFB-Pokal. The Rekordmeister will head up to the Ruhr district to visit old foes Schalke 04.
Die Knappen won promotion to the Bundesliga as champions of the 2. Bundesliga, however they lost their first match back in Germany’s top flight after a 3-0 defeat to Augsburg.
Location: Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Date: September 5, 2026
Kickoff: 6:30 PM Local time | 12:30 PM EST | 9:30 AM PST
TV/streaming: Peacock (en español), USA/Fandango (United States — check listings), Find Your Country
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Team news
Here’s what we think the team will look like against Schalke:
Lineup changes:
- IN: Alphonso Davies, Hiroki Itō, Dayot Upamecano, Konrad Laimer, Aleksandar Pavlović, Lennart Karl
- OUT: Nathaniel Brown, Jonathan Tah, Kim Min-jae, Josip Stanisić, Tom Bischof, Ismael Saibari
Player status updates:
- Jamal Musiala, illness (out)
- Serge Gnabry, adductor (out)
Three things to know
- Bayern won their last 25 competitive meetings with Schalke.
- On March 3, 2011, Schalke beat Bayern in the semifinals of the 2010/11 DFB-Pokal. This is also their last win against the Bavarians in all competitions.
- Harry Kane can become the fastest player to reach 100 Bundesliga goals if he scores at least a brace in this match. He will have needed 96 games, which is a considerable gap to the current record holder Dieter Müller who needed 129 games. (via Bayern’s official website)
Prediction
Bayern wins 5-0 with goals from Kane (x2), Olise, Lennart Karl, and Saibari off the bench.
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