German football royalty will be on full display this weekend when Borussia Dortmund host arch nemesis Bayern Munich at the Signal Iduna Park for the 2026 Franz Beckenbauer Supercup.
The game officially kicks off the new campaign for both teams, who are looking to mark it with a silverware in this crunch single-legged cup affair.
For the first time since 2021, the BVB have qualified for the German Supercup on account of finishing in second place of the 2025-26 Bundesliga season with Bayern completing a domestic swoop.
The Bundesliga champions retained their top-flight crown before seeing off VfB Stuttgart in the DFB-Pokal finals, allowing the league runners-up to secure a passage here.
It also sees the Der Klassiker rivals lock horns in the Supercup for the 10th time in history as we have a real cracker on our hands here.
Dortmund are coming off a long preseason campaign that saw them indulge in six friendly games while off the field, the club made six new signings in a massive squad rejig.
Konstantinos Karetsas, Joey Veerman, Giannis Konstantelias, Joane Gadou, Justin Lerma and Kaua Prates are all in line to make their official debuts for the BVB here.
As for Bayern, the side picked up from an opening day 2-1 loss to Wehen Wiesbaden to win their next five preseason games in a row and build momentum coming into Saturday's fixture.
In terms of transfers, the Bavarians only added Moroccan World Cup star Ismael Saibari from PSV Eindhoven and Nathaniel Brown from Eintracht Frankfurt in a combined €105million transfer.
Dortmund vs Bayern Team News
Long-term casualties Emre Can and Nico Schlotterbeck will be sidelined although questions also remain over Giannis Konstantelias, for whom the match may arrive a tad too soon since his transfer.
Bayern are still fretting over Konrad Laimer, who came off in their RB Leipzig friendly with a knock while Jamal Musiala and Kim Min-jae also face fitness issues.
Dortmund vs Bayern Probable XIs
Borussia Dortmund: Gregor Kobel; Joane Gadou, Filippo Mane, Ramy Bensebaini; Julian Ryerson, Jobe Bellingham, Felix Nmecha, Daniel Svensson; Konstantinos Karetsas, Samuele Inacio; Serhou Guirassy.
Bayern Munich: Manuel Neuer, Konrad Laimer, Jonathan Tah, Kim Min-jae, Alphonso Davies, Joshua Kimmich, Ismael Saibari, Aleksandar Pavlovic, Jamal Musiala, Luis Diaz, Harry Kane.
Dortmund vs Bayern Prediction
Expect a tense affair between the eternal rivals with a few goals expected at both ends. But we're going to be biased and go with a win for Dortmund.
Prediction: Borussia Dortmund 3-2 Bayern Munich
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