FC Bayern München - Borussia Dortmund | Season 2024/2025

Highlights

Matchday 29

FINAL

Allianz Arena

Borussia Dortmund

75'

AntonWaldemar Anton

GnabrySerge Gnabry

69'

GuerreiroRaphaël Guerreiro

65'

48'

BeierMaximilian Beier

T. Welz

Allianz Arena

Müller named Klassiker Man of the Match

Bundesliga app users voted Bayern's Thomas Müller their Man of the Match following a superb solo display in another thrilling edition of Der Klassiker. Mr Bayern garnered 45 percent of the vote, ahead of the likes of Michael Olise and Gregor Kobel.

0:40

Watch: Matchday 29 Klassiker RefCam!

Relive the goals from the referee's perspective!

0:24

Watch: Müller: "I appreciate being named Man of the Match"

0:22

Watch: Kompany: “We’re still six points ahead of Leverkusen”

0:13

Watch: Kobel hails "a really good performance"

Full-time: Bayern 2-2 Dortmund

An enthralling Klassiker ends all square in Munich. Dortmund took the lead against the run of play through Beier, only for substitutes Guerreiro and Gnabry to put Bayern on course. BVB found a response, though, with Anton pouncing to ensure a deserved share of the spoils. The record champions go six points clear at the top; Dortmund stay on the fringes of the top six.

Full-time

90'

+ 3

Golden!

Olise hides his head in his jersey after side-footing Guerreiro's cross wide of the mark from an unmarked position in the BVB box. That was the chance!

90'

+ 2

Deflected!

Kobel can only stand and watch as a deflected Kimmich strike whistles past the upright. Corner to come, but it's punched to safety.

90'

Roof of the net!

Moments after Gnabry sends a rasping drive over the Dortmund goal, Groß finds himself with only Urbig to beat, but his attempted lob from a difficult angle sails just over! Four added minutes to play...

90'

Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 90 minutes

Through high-end camera technology and machine learning, the speed of each player is evaluated in real time. Top speed then means, the fastest measured single frame of a player/game.

Leroy Sané34.30km/h

Carney Chibueze Chukwuemeka33.92km/h

Konrad Laimer33.76km/h

0:14

Watch: Anton's equaliser

85'

Millimetres away!

Chukwuemeka pounces on another defensive error, before winding up a shot from 18 yards. The ball takes a wicked deflection off a defender and bobbles agonisingly wide of Urbig's right-hand post.

84'

Let-off!

Pavlović concedes possession in the Bayern area, but there are no takers for Chukwuemeka's cut-back. That was a real hearts in mouths moment!

82'

Ch-ch-ch-changes

Kingsley Coman replaces Müller, whose played his last Klassiker in Bayern colours. Dortmund make two changes, with Ramy Bensebaini on at the back for Süle and Karim Adeyemi replacing Beier in attack.

81'

Substitution

Ramy Bensebaini

Niklas Süle

81'

Substitution

Kingsley Coman

Thomas Müller

81'

Substitution

Karim Adeyemi

Maximilian Beier

0:20

Watch: Bayern's quick-fire double

79'

Eyes on Müller

Müller has a go from the edge of the D, but it's meat and drink for Kobel. He's played his part in a classic Klassiker, despite not getting on the scoresheet.

77'

Double chance!

Bayern respond with Guerreiro, but Kobel dives to his left to make the stop. The home side recycle possession as a ball's sent in to Kane, who tickles the side netting from a tight angle.

75'

All square in Munich!

Bayern are pegged back after failing to clear their lines following a corner. Urbig does really well to repel Guirassy's shot on the turn, but is powerless to stop Anton sweeping in the rebound. That is what Der Klassiker is all about!

75'

Waldemar Anton

GOAL!

2:2

Goal probability

Goal probability determines the likelihood that the ball will land in the goal from every position on the pitch. The value is based on large amounts of data from previous years; factors such as shot angle, distance to goal and opponent pressure - as well as mathematical models.

81 %

Distance to Goal

The distance to goal is measured at the time of the shot - from the position of the ball to the center of the goal.

6 m

73'

Win probability

What a difference a couple of goals make. Right now, it feels like there's only going to be one winner as Kane stings the palms of Kobel.

48'

21.4 %

72'

79 %

71'

Substitution

Felix Nmecha

Julian Brandt

71'

Spark needed

Kovač responds by sending on Chukwuemeka and Nmecha in a pair of like-for-like swaps for Özcan and Brandt. What have BVB got in the tank?

71'

Substitution

Carney Chukwuemeka

Salih Özcan

69'

WHAT. A. GOAL!

Gnabry's turned the game on its head. He drives at the Dortmund defence, slaloming past three players and slotting a tidy finish into the bottom corner to give Bayern a 2-1 lead.

69'

Serge Gnabry

GOAL!

2:1

Goal probability

30 %

Shot speed

Shot speed describes the maximum speed in km/h that a ball reaches in a shot on goal. The distance is measured from the location of the shot to the centre of the goal.

106.39 km/h

Distance to Goal

The distance to goal is measured at the time of the shot - from the position of the ball to the center of the goal.

14.51 m

66'

Guerreir-GOAL!

Parity in Munich and it's the former Dortmund man with the leveller. Guerreiro starts the move by teeing up a probing run from Gnabry. Müller expertly touches the substitute's low pass back to Guerreiro, who sends a cool first-time finish past Kobel. Inspired changes by Kompany!

65'

Raphaël Guerreiro

GOAL!

1:1

Goal probability

10 %

Shot speed

Shot speed describes the maximum speed in km/h that a ball reaches in a shot on goal. The distance is measured from the location of the shot to the centre of the goal.

85.5 km/h

Distance to Goal

The distance to goal is measured at the time of the shot - from the position of the ball to the center of the goal.

14.83 m

65'

Win Probability

This Match Fact documents significant changes in the probability of victory for both teams during the course of the match. The value is based on actual match play and incorporates existing Match Facts such as Expected Goals, Skill and Set-Piece Dange

47'

23.3 %

Now

60.6 %

64'

Double change

Kompany rolls the dice, with Gnabry and Pavlović the fresh legs replacing Sané - who's barely had a sniff in the second half - and Goretzka.

63'

Substitution

Serge Gnabry

Leroy Sané

63'

Substitution

Aleksandar Pavlović

Leon Goretzka

61'

Script flipped

This has been a fabulous spell for Dortmund. Their left-flank combo of Svensson and Beier are causing Bayern real problems.

58'

BVB probing

Bayern are having some defending to do, with a succession of last-ditch challenges blocking goal-bound shots from Özcan and Beier. What a start to the second half it's been!

0:17

Watch: Maxi Beier's opener

Beier's eighth Bundesliga goal of the season is the difference in Der Klassiker.

56'

Off the bar!

Müller pulls the trigger inside the Dortmund penalty area, but a deflection off the back-tracking Anton sends the ball spinning onto the crossbar. Kobel was unmoved.

55'

Here comes Guerreiro

The former Dortmund all-rounder is on. He's a left-back by trade, but can operate in midfield and even played as a No.10 in the Champions League in midweek. Kim makes way in a move that'll likely see Stanišić shift inside.

54'

Substitution

Raphaël Guerreiro

Minjae Kim

51'

Feathers ruffled

It's fair to say Kompany didn't see that coming. The Bayern head coach is preparing a change...

48'

Dortmund lead!

Well, well. Dortmund break brilliantly with Beier. He plays a pass inside to Brandt on halfway, before continuing his run. Ryerson pops up on the overlap and sends a cross towards the back post, where Kim completely switches off, allowing Beier to send a downward header past Urbig. Talk about smash and grab!

48'

Maximilian Beier

GOAL!

0:1

Goal probability

30 %

Distance to Goal

The distance to goal is measured at the time of the shot - from the position of the ball to the center of the goal.

6.69 m

46'

No changes at the break

Who will blink first in a gripping Klassiker?

Kick-off!

Half-time: Bayern 0-0 Dortmund

Dortmund had the first chance through Brandt, but Bayern have asked all the questions ever since. Kobel's been particularly busy for BVB, who will surely make changes before long. They just haven't clicked in an attacking sense and are being overawed defensively.

45'

+ 3

Stunning combination

And almost a dream goal for Bayern as Müller back-heels a chipped pass from deep into the path of Kane, whose rising drive is pushed over by Kobel. Müller then heads into the arms of the Dortmund stopper from the ensuing corner.

Half-time

45'

Uncertain goalkeeping

Urbig opts to punch clear a Ryerson free-kick, when he had time and space to make the catch. That perhaps highlights the young German's relative inexperience married with the pressure-cooker of Der Klassiker.

42'

Off the training ground

Dortmund survive a couple of corners, before winning a set-piece of their own in the Bayern half. Groß hoodwinks the waiting red shirts by spinning a pass out to the left-hand side of the area for Süle, whose ambitious volley is blocked.

39'

One-v-one!

Kim makes a quite brilliant recovery challenge to stop Ryerson playing in Guirassy. Kane helps it on to send Olise racing clear at the other end, but Kobel makes himself big and pushes the Frenchman's shot wide.

37'

Off target

Brandt breaks and wins a corner in a welcome bit of respite for the visitors. The resultant delivery is only half cleared, before Svensson sends a daisy-cutter bobbling wide of the far post.

35'

Free header!

Stanišić is unmarked as he rises between two Dortmund defenders to meet Kimmich's cross form the right. The Croatian gets right under it, though, heading miles over the crossbar. Best chance of the game, that!

32'

Not working

Kovač is deep in conversation with his coaching team as Kobel claims a cross from Stanišić. It would be a huge surprise if he doesn't make a change at the break.

30'

Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 30 minutes

Through high-end camera technology and machine learning, the speed of each player is evaluated in real time. Top speed then means, the fastest measured single frame of a player/game.

Leroy Sané34.29km/h

Julian Ryerson33.13km/h

Niklas Süle32.96km/h

29'

Shovelled clear

Kobel gets down really well to turn away Müller's cross and prevent Olise applying the finishing touch from close range. It's all Bayern...

Sané on song

Kompany waxed lyrical about Sané in his pre-match press conference. It's easy to see why on this showing - the Bayern attacker has been making a real nuisance of himself in the final third.

26'

Right idea

Dortmund lose possession, allowing Bayern to break with Müller. He bides his time as Sané makes a burst through the middle, the Bayern veteran instead looping a cross towards Olise, who miscues his volley wide. The Frenchman just didn't catch it right.

24'

Still no clear-cut chances

xGoals

The xGoals value of a club is calculated from the sum of all goal probabilities (goals and shots on goal) of that team. During a match, it’s easy to see whether the club is performing better than expected (goals > xGoals) - or maybe even higher (xGoals > goals).

Kane's header is the closest either side has come to a goal, but it wasn't an easy one to take - even for a striker of his calibre.

xGoals

0.34

0.06

Goals

24'

Goal attempts

3off target

2on target

1off target

0on target

20'

Kane!

Kane connects with Müller's hanging cross, the Bayern striker's downward header just about prevented from crossing the line by a combination of Kobel and the near post.

19'

Sané foiled!

Bayern with another eye-catching passing move as Olise feeds Sané, whose deflected strike forces Kobel into a reasonably comfortable diving save.

18'

Ball Recovery Time

Ball Recovery Time gives the time in seconds in which it takes a team to win back the ball following a loss of possession. It also allows conclusions to be drawn about a team's style of play. Only time when the ball is in play is counted (i.e. no breaks in play such as for goal-kicks, throw-ins etc).

FCB

BVB

14 s

18.8 s

Space invader

Müller's trademark guile and stealth in the No.10 role are keeping Can & Co. on their toes. What a story it'd be if he decides his final Klassiker.

14'

Bayern with more of the ball

Kompany's side are beginning to find their stride. Dortmund need to nip this in the bud.

Possession (%)

5842

11'

Wide from Müller!

Not an easy one by any stretch as Mr. Bayern takes aim on his weaker left foot from 18 yards, dragging wide. That's a warning for BVB. They were prised open by some lovely one-touch passing.

Right-wing threat

Olise plays Laimer in behind the BVB defence, but he's off balance and his attempted cross doesn't trouble Kobel.

Half chance!

Good spell of passing for Dortmund, with Beier looking lively on the left-hand side. Bayern get a temporary reprieve, before Can bypasses the home defence with a long ball back up to Beier. He helps it into the box for Brandt, who drives a fierce effort into the side netting.

Blocked!

Olise doing Olise things as he cuts inside and tries to find the far corner, only for the shot to hit a BVB defender. Bayern have started with real purpose...

Talking tactics

With Schlotterbeck ruled out with a long-term knee injury, Kovač appears to have opted for a three-man defence with wing-backs. They have a bit of work to do here as Müller tries to wriggle free in the box, but the yellow shirts see off the threat.

Sprightly

Sané applies the pressure from the get-go, but a Dortmund defender steps in and steers the ball back to Kobel.

Under way in Der Klassiker!

High stakes for both sides. Hold on tight!

Kick-off!

Thousands of BVB fans

And they're really making themselves heard in the away end. Kick-off is moments away...

Stage set

Incredible atmosphere at the Allianz as the Bayern and BVB players take to the field. It looks and feels more like a major final, but it's Der Klassiker - modern German football's most prestigious fixture. There's nothing like it!

Pair of Klassiker newbies

In Bayern's Jonas Urbig and Dortmund's Daniel Svensson, we have one player per side getting their first taste of Der Klassiker today.

Warm-ups underway

The players are out, AC/DC are blaring over the PA system and the Allianz Arena is slowly filling to the rafters as we approach 15 minutes to kick-off!

One last hurrah?

Thomas Müller will equal Mats Hummels' record for most Klassiker appearances (29) upon kick-off. It is set to be his last Klassiker before he departs Bayern at the end of the season, and it would certainly befit his status as a club legend to make an impact on tonight's clash.

Friends will be friends

Munich is bathed in glorious spring sunshine today making for a happy occasion for all, at least before kick-off...

Crossing the Klassiker divide

Bayern's Guerreiro is ex-Dortmund, while Süle turned out for the record champions between 2017 and 2022. Born in Munich, Adeyemi spent two years in the club's youth ranks before eventually getting his big break in Austria with Salzburg.

More on those teams

Thomas Müller starts in place of Raphaël Guerreiro in the only change to the Bayern team beaten by Inter in midweek. Kovač goes for more of an overhaul, with five players that started the Barca loss dropping out. Niklas Süle, Daniel Svensson, Pascal Groß, Salih Özcan and Maximilian Beier come in.

Bayern starting line-up

Urbig - Laimer, Kim, Dier, Stanišić - Kimmich, Goretzka - Sané, Müller (c), Olise - Kane

Bayern subs

Peretz, Gnabry, Coman, Palhinha, Guerreiro, Boey, Vidović, Kusi-Asare, Pavlović

Dortmund starting line-up

Kobel - Ryerson, Süle, Anton, Svensson - Groß, Can (c), Özcan - Brandt - Beier, Guirassy

Dortmund subs

Meyer, Couto, Bensebaini, Reyna, Nmecha, Duranville, Chukwuemeka, Adeyemi, Gittens

Leverkusen stumble!

Union have held the reigning champions to a goalless draw, in a welcome bit of pre-Klassiker news for leaders Bayern. Kompany's charges could have the title sewn up by the end of the month, at this rate.

Kompany talks Klassiker prestige

"Der Klassiker hasn't lost any of its shine," Bayern's head coach said on Friday, noting the sizable gap between the two rivals in the current standings. "Obviously the games against Leverkusen this season were also special. But I grew up with Bayern against Dortmund or Bayern against Bremen being big games. That's still the case. You also look at the start of the season when these games are. I think it's good that there's some extra heat around these games, that they're made special. We need to take the importance into our play tomorrow."

Sun's shining

It's a gorgeous day in the Bavarian capital - sunny, with temperatures hovering around 20C. It's expected to rain goals later on, though. There's not been a 0-0 draw in Der Klassiker in almost a decade, while the last 12 in Munich have each witnessed at least two goals.

Vote for your Man of the Match!

For the first time in a Bundesliga fixture, fans will have the opportunity to vote for the official Man of the Match in this Saturday's Klassiker. Users who are logged into the Bundesliga app will have from the 86th minute until full-time to select the player they thought had the biggest impact on the game.

All to play for

With Leverkusen currently being held at home to Union Berlin, a Klassiker win for Bundesliga leaders Bayern would open up an eight-point lead with five rounds of fixtures to go. Three points for Dortmund, meanwhile, could move them to within one point of the top six, depending on results elsewhere.

Hope for BVB

Bayern have also lost more Bundesliga home games (10) against Borussia than against any other club - including last season's corresponding fixture - and BVB's four league victories at the Allianz Arena is matched only by Gladbach.

Tale of the tape

While Dortmund have suffered more defeats (54) and conceded more goals (224) in the Bundesliga against Bayern than against any other team, the record champions have won just 48.6 percent of their top-flight matches against BVB. They only have a worse win rate against Gladbach (47.8 percent) among current Bundesliga clubs.

Olise the top creator

Nobody has more assists in the Bundesliga this season than Bayern's Michael Olise (ten). The second most productive creative forces involved in Der Klassiker are Dortmund's Pascal Groß and Harry Kane (both seven).

Guirassy's got form

While Kane's 23 goals this season put him well on course to take the top scorer's crown again, Dortmund's Serhou Guirassy has outscored the Bayern striker to be the highest scorer in the second half of the season (with eight goals to Kane's seven).

Seven in seven for Harry

Bundesliga top scorer Harry Kane has seven goals in seven career meetings against Borussia Dortmund for Tottenham and Bayern. After racing into Klassiker history with a hat-trick on his first appearance against Dortmund for Bayern, he will be eager to make an impact tonight having suffered an injury after 30 minutes of the first meeting in November.

First time in almost a decade

Since the summer of 2015, both sides have headed into each Klassiker inside the league's top five, however, with Dortmund currently in eighth place, the gulf between the sides hasn't been bigger in nearly 10 years. However, everyone knows anything can happen in the Klassiker...

Niko Kovač on facing Bayern

“Everyone knows that Bayern Munich are the team with the highest amount of ball possession in the Bundesliga. That means that we have to be ready to run a lot and make a lot of sprints to close down the passing channels. We have to make the most of the moments we get on the ball. It's about everyone being courageous, everyone demanding the ball in order to go forward. We have to work hard and ruthlessly take the opportunities Bayern Munich give us."

Kompany's thoughts on facing Dortmund

"Der Klassiker hasn't lost any of its gloss. Obviously the games against Leverkusen this season were also special. But I grew up with Bayern against Dortmund or Bayern against Bremen being big games. That's still the case. You also look at the start of the season when these games are. I think it's good that there's some extra heat around these games, that they're made special. We need to take the importance into our play tomorrow."

21:50

Watch: All 177 Müller assists in the Bundesliga

Watch: All 150 Müller goals in the Bundesliga

Probable line-ups

Who’s set to play this weekend? Who’s going to miss out? Keep up to date with all the latest team news right here!

Thomas Müller: "The pressure is on"

"We need to take every point on offer in the league, and Dortmund have a very good squad," said the Bayern legend who came off the bench to score his side's leveller against Inter. "It'll be a top Bundesliga game - the pressure is on."

Vincent Kompany's pre-Klassiker thoughts

"Results aren't always fair. The result is what it is. It's half-time. We still believe we have a chance in Milan," said the Bayern boss after the 2-1 home loss to Inter in the first leg of the Champions League quarters. "Now we're playing against Dortmund, and that has an importance all its own."

Niko Kovač's pre-Klassiker thoughts

"Well, defeats always hurt, especially big ones. But I saw some good things out there and now it's my job to communicate them to my players. We face Bayern next and they're at a similar level to Barcelona. All in all, over our next two games we need to position ourselves much better defensively. We need to defend together. If we don't do that with intensity against a team like this, who have more than one world-class player, then it's too difficult. I saw players of mine running hard, working hard and having some goal chances."

Dortmund beaten on Wednesday

Like Bayern, the Black-Yellows tasted defeat in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final tie, going down 4-0 to a rampant Barcelona side in Spain. Niko Kovac's men now have a mountain to climb in the return leg at Signal Iduna Park on Tuesday, but a result against Bayern in der Klassiker this weekend will surely give them the boost they need.