17.
8:18 p.m
Again the Stuttgart team finishes and once again it is Maximilian Mittelstädt who, this time from 23 meters in a central position, shoots with his left hand to the bottom right corner. The ball comes really well, but Jonas Urbig gets down in time and just steers the ball around the post. The subsequent corner kick achieves nothing.
15.
8:16 p.m
Upamecano joins in at the front and sends Olise over to the right, whose pass is a bit too sharp for Musiala, who no longer reaches the ball before the baseline. Goal kick VfB.
14.
8:15 p.m
Stuttgart’s pressure is incredibly toxic and high. FCB has a very difficult time breaking away from the game. Instead of calmly building up, Upamecano has to hit the ball forward under pressure, which means that possession changes back in the direction of the Swabians, who have been doing really well so far.
12.
20:13
Dayot Upamecano simply tries an opening pass into the depths, which Harry Kane naturally picks up immediately. Ultimately the ball is too steep. Alexander Nübel is there first. The Reds are still having a hard time in the early stages.
9.
8:10 p.m
M. Mittelstädt hits the side net
9.
8:10 p.m
After winning the ball in the center, things happen again at lightning speed. Undav lays off for Mittelstädt, who cleverly ran behind. However, his left-footed shot from an acute angle only hits the side netting. However, Urbig would also have been there in the short corner.
7.
8:08 p.m
After a tentative advance by Munich, the next Stuttgart attack rolls out after Tah’s bad pass. When a Leweling cross comes from the right, Tah is back in time and clears the ball into touch. The record cup winner’s back line has a lot to do in the early stages.
4.
8:05 p.m
The Swabians are really good in the game and win the ball with poisonous pressing in the opponent’s third. But then the Stuttgart team takes a little too much time. Ultimately, it is Stiller who shoots from the backcourt, but hits the left-footed shot while lying on his back into the stands.
2.
8:03 p.m
The first shot of the game belongs to VfB, who earns a corner kick. The ball reaches Undav at the second post, but he lacks pressure and precision when heading the ball from six meters. The harmless ball comes straight to Urbig, who grabs it safely.
1.
8:00 p.m
The ball is rolling in the 83rd German Cup final. The Munich team wears all red. The people of Stuttgart are dressed in white. Let’s go.
1.
8:00 p.m
Game start
19:32
The biggest challenge for VfB Stuttgart is of course to somehow pull the plug on Munich’s powerful offensive. The Reds scored an incredible 122 goals in the 34 Bundesliga matchdays of the 2025/26 season, setting a new record. Vincent Kompany’s team won 28 of the 34 games and prevailed with a difference of at least two goals in 21 of the 28 cases. But: The Swabians also have a lot of power, with 71 goals they represented the second strongest attack in the upper house of German football and have not remained goalless in any of their last seven competitive games.
19:23
On the way to the final, FC Bayern only managed relatively narrow 3-2 wins away from SV Wehen Wiesbaden and 1. FC Union Berlin. Overall, despite the tight program, not much has been burning lately. In the quarter-finals there was a smooth 2-0 win against RB Leipzig, the 2022 and 2023 cup winners, before the 2024 cup winners Leverkusen were also dispatched 2-0 in the semi-finals. Now the Reds face the 2025 cup winners.
19:11
As champions of the 2024/25 season and cup winners in 2025, both teams also faced each other in the 2025 DFB Supercup. Last August, FC Bayern won 2-1, and then went on to score the full six points against VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga. Overall, the Swabians have only been able to defeat FCB once in the last 15 meetings (two draws, twelve defeats). The last five games all went to the German record champions with 18:4 goals.
7:00 p.m
VfB Stuttgart qualified for the UEFA Champions League and, after extra time, eliminated Europa League finalists Freiburg in the semi-finals of the DFB Cup. The in-form Swabians have only lost one of their last seven competitive games (three wins, three draws). That defeat happened on the 30th matchday of the Bundesliga with today’s opponent von der Isar, to whom the white-red had to admit defeat 2-4 on April 19, 2026.
18:51
Stuttgart lost a 2-0 half-time lead away to Eintracht Frankfurt last weekend (final score: 2-2). Coach Sebastian Hoeneß then changes in one position: Luca Jaquez starts for Nikolas Nartey (bench).
6:50 p.m
Let’s take a look at how both coaches approach today’s task in terms of personnel. Compared to the Bundesliga season finale, which was won 5-1 against Cologne, Munich has made four changes to the starting eleven: Jonas Urbig is guarding the goal today for the newly crowned number one of the DFB team, Manuel Neuer (muscular problems). Michael Olise, Aleksandar Pavlović and Josip Stanišić also start for Leon Goretzka, Lennart Karl and Tom Bischof (all three bench).
6:49 p.m
For the first time in six years, Munich made it to the big final again. Now the double should be made perfect. It would be the 21st cup win for FCB. The Swabians, on the other hand, were in the final just a year ago and secured their fourth title. Overall, it is the eighth final appearance for Stuttgart, who had to bow to Bayern in the finals in 1986 and 2013.
6:47 p.m
Good evening and welcome from the Berlin Olympic Stadium. FC Bayern Munich will face defending champions VfB Stuttgart in the DFB Cup final today at 8:00 p.m.
