Behind after eight seconds and again at 64': Bayern take 30 shots, have four goals ruled out for offside and come away with a 2–2.
The numbers
| FC Bayern München | FC Augsburg | |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 70% | 30% |
| Shots | 30 | 12 |
| xG | 4.96 | 2.37 |
| Touches in opp. box | 62 | 23 |
| Goals ruled out (offside) | 4 | 0 |
Result the chances deserved: FC Bayern München 78% / 10% / FC Augsburg 12% (Poisson).
Starting line-ups
FC Bayern München (4-2-3-1): Neuer, Stanišić, Upamecano, Tah, Davies, Kimmich, Pavlović, Olise, Saibari, Luis Díaz, Kane.
FC Augsburg (3-4-2-1): Dahmen, Bah, Matsima, Brackelmann, Seol, Massengo, Rieder, Behrens, Fellhauer, Ibrahimović, Ribeiro.
Augsburg subs: Kade (62', Seol), Kömür (75', Ribeiro), Gregoritsch (81', Ibrahimović), Gouweleeuw (82', Bah). Augsburg manager: Manuel Baum. Shapes as FotMob lists them; FC Bayern's report gives Gregoritsch's change as 82'.
Cards: Matsima (42'), Ribeiro (43'), Behrens (62'), all Augsburg. Bayern had four more goals ruled out for offside (51', 73', 75', 90+6').
Key moments, move by move
- Bayern kick off and play the ball back to Neuer.
- Fellhauer has sprinted straight at him, and Neuer's first touch is heavy.
- Neuer tries to lift it over Fellhauer, who blocks it and takes the ball.
- Fellhauer fires it into the empty net from about ten metres. The old record was nine seconds.
- Kimmich chips the ball forward to Kane, who has dropped towards the left.
- Kane controls it and turns.
- Saibari runs past him into the box and Kane slips him in.
- Saibari finishes first time from about ten metres.
- Augsburg break forward down their left.
- Brackelmann, a centre-back, carries the ball into the box from the left.
- His shot from a tight angle is hard, and Neuer can only parry it in front of goal.
- Ribeiro taps in the rebound. VAR confirms he was onside.
- Kane and Pavlović combine on the left.
- Kane goes past the defenders closing him and looks across the box.
- His low cross finds Brown, unmarked at the back post.
- Brown finishes from six metres.
Kane drops to the left, runners go past him
- Kane as the creator. Both Bayern goals came from Kane receiving on the left and finding a runner: Saibari after Kimmich's chip (55'), then Brown with a low cross to the back post (80'). FotMob credits Kane with both assists.
- Runners beyond a line that stepped up. Bayern had 62 touches in Augsburg's box and 30 shots (FotMob). Four more goals were ruled out for offside: Stanišić in the build-up (51'), Kane's run (73'), Davies going too early (75') and Gnabry (90+6').
- Augsburg's 3-4-2-1. Baum's side defended with five across the back and kept Fellhauer and Ribeiro high to break. Their best chances apart from the goals came from corners (17', 35'), and Dahmen was FotMob's player of the match (rating 9.0).
- Two goals given away. The opener came from Neuer's heavy touch after the kick-off; the second from a tight-angle shot he parried to Ribeiro. Neuer took the blame for the first; Eberl said "other players were involved" in the second.
Tactical scenes
Augsburg's back line kept stepping up together as Bayern's runners set off. Four times the ball ended in the net and VAR found a runner a stride beyond the line: Stanišić in the build-up, Kane, Davies, then Gnabry.
Evidence: Bayern had the ball in the net 6 times; 4 of those goals were ruled out for offside (FC Bayern; Bundesliga.com ticker). FC Bayern: reaction · Bundesliga.com live ticker
With 30% of the ball, Augsburg's chances apart from the goals came from dead balls. Fellhauer volleyed over after one corner, and Bah fired over from close range after Matsima headed another back across goal.
Evidence: 2 of the Augsburg chances the official ticker lists before half-time, apart from the goal, came from corners (17', 35'); FotMob gives Augsburg 2.37 xG from 12 shots. Bundesliga.com live ticker · FotMob match page
Recreate it in FM26
FC Bayern München · Kane drops left, runners attack the box · 4-2-3-1Show cardHide card
Kane drops left, runners attack the box
| Pos | Player | In Possession | Out of Possession |
|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Neuer | Sweeper Keeper | Sweeper Keeper |
| RB | Stanišić | Full-Back | Pressing Full-Back |
| RCB | Upamecano | Ball-Playing Centre-Back | Stopping Centre-Back |
| LCB | Tah | Centre-Back | Covering Centre-Back |
| LB | Davies | Wing-Back | Pressing Full-Back |
| RDM | Kimmich | Deep-Lying Playmaker | Defensive Midfielder |
| LDM | Pavlović | Box-to-Box Playmaker | Pressing Defensive Midfielder |
| RW | Olise | Inside Forward | Winger |
| AM | Saibari | Attacking Midfielder | Attacking Midfielder |
| LW | Luis Díaz | Inside Winger | Winger |
| ST | Kane | Deep-Lying Forward | Centre Forward |
Team instructions
In Possession
- Passing DirectnessShorter
- Progress ThroughLeft
- Attacking WidthWider
- Crossing StyleLow Crosses
Out of Possession
- Line of EngagementHigh Press
- Defensive LineMuch Higher
- Defensive TransitionCounter-Press
The idea: Kane as a Deep-Lying Forward drops towards the left to receive; Saibari, Davies and later Brown run past him into the space the marking centre-back leaves. Both goals came that way. You need a striker who can turn and pass, and runners who time their runs off the passer.
What FM26 can't copy: FM26 can't reproduce the two individual errors that gave Augsburg their goals, or four goals lost to offside by a stride.
Our reading of this match in FM26 terms, not an exported tactic file. Role names as in FM26.
What if? Replay it with a different plan
Our best alternative plan: Formation 4-4-2, Gnabry on at 55' not 67' (for Saibari), Karl on at 67' not 87' (for Luis Díaz). Two strikers so someone attacks the near post while Kane drops left, and Gnabry and Karl on earlier against a tiring back five. It adds chances without changing the press. Nothing here fixes the two errors that decided the score. It moves FC Bayern München's win chance from 78% to 81% (xG 4.96–2.37 becomes 5.41–2.42). Try your own changes to formation, pressing, approach and substitutions.
The game-changer FC Bayern München needed
Serge Gnabry
Augsburg's back five were tiring and stepping up late. Gnabry's runs from the right into the box brought a shot off the post at 83' and two efforts ruled out for offside in only 23 minutes. Bringing him on earlier for Saibari, who had scored and was struggling with an eye knock in the first half, adds a second penalty-box runner for longer.
Erling Haaland
Bayern made almost five goals' worth of chances and scored two: Kane hit the bar from close range, had a header saved by Dahmen, and Gnabry hit the post. With Kane dropping left to create, nobody was a full-time presence at the near post. Haaland's finishing in the six-yard box is the specific skill this game lacked.
What the analysts said
“It was an emotional rollercoaster. We had the ball in the net six times, but four didn't count.”Vincent Kompany (FC Bayern website)
“On another day, we'd win this game. We gifted them two simple chances and they punished us.”Harry Kane (FC Bayern website)
“The first goal we conceded was a silly mistake by me.”Manuel Neuer (FC Bayern website)
“You can't highlight one person today. We were strong as a collective.”Manuel Baum, Augsburg (FC Bayern website)
Bayern made enough chances to win twice and gave Augsburg both goals.
What's happening. Augsburg 2–2 Bayern. Fellhauer scored after eight seconds, the fastest goal in Bundesliga history, after Neuer's heavy touch. Bayern equalised twice, took 30 shots and had four more goals ruled out for offside. Augsburg's second goal also came from a Neuer parry.
How it works. Augsburg defended with five at the back and held their line together. Bayern's answer was Kane dropping towards the left, drawing a defender out, and runners going past him. Both goals came that way. The cost of runners against a line that steps up is timing: go a stride early and the goal does not count, which happened four times.
What the shots say. By FotMob's numbers Bayern's chances were worth almost five goals, their highest this season. One reading: finishing and an inspired Dahmen cost them two points. The other: Augsburg's 2.37 is also the most any league side has made against Bayern this season, and both goals were near-certain chances once the errors happened.