DFB Cup

Quarter-finals

FCB Bayern Bayern Munich - RBL Leipzig RB Leipzig

Bayern Bayern Munich

Leipzig RB Leipzig

L. Díaz
67'
H. Kane
64'

Allianz Arena(Sold out)

Daniel Stanislaw Siebert

Full-time: Bayern 2-0 Leipzig

Bayern cruise through to the semis in the end, thanks to those quickfire goals from Kane and Díaz. Leipzig had given a good account of themselves up to that point, but after Bayern went in front, the game looked over.

End of second half

Full-time

90'

+ 4

Substitution

Hiroki Ito

Alphonso Davies

90'

+ 4

Substitution

El Chadaille Bitshiabu

Castello Lukeba

90'

+ 1

Added time

There will be six extra minutes to play.

89'

Baku misses the target

The full-back has a go from range and clears the bar by some margin.

89'

Substitution

Tidiam Gomis

Christoph Baumgartner

89'

Yellow card

Konrad Laimer

87'

Olise misses the target

Olise skips onto his left and shoots, but the effort misses the target.

86'

Almost

Kane almost gets through on goal, but Lukeba recovers superbly to make the tackle. Olise is then stopped too by a superb follow-up tackle.

85'

Neuer tries to set Olise through

The Bayern skipper tries to take a quick goal kick, and finds Olise, who would have been through on goal, but the referee blows his whistle as the ball was still moving when Neuer took the kick.

82'

Bayern cruising towards the semi-final

Under 10 minutes left to play now, and this game looks rather finished. Leipzig just look bereft of ideas.

82'

Yellow card

Christoph Baumgartner

80'

Substitution

Leon Goretzka

Aleksandar Pavlović

78'

Substitution

Ezechiel Banzuzi

Xaver Schlager

78'

Substitution

Brajan Gruda

Antonio Nusa

78'

Substitution

Conrad Harder

Rômulo

76'

Olise with the chance

Davies works himself free on the left and sends in a dangerous cross towards Olise, but the Frenchman can't make clean contact from a good position.

73'

Bayern deservedly lead

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).

It has been quite an even game for the most part, but those quickfire Bayern goals seem to have killed off Leipzig's hopes.

xGoals

2.23

0.64

Goals

70'

Yellow card

Aleksandar Pavlović

70'

Yellow card

Rômulo

69'

Yellow card

Nicolas Seiwald

69'

Substitution

Konrad Laimer

Josip Stanišić

69'

Substitution

Jamal Musiala

Serge Gnabry

Díaz makes it two!

It's a quickfire double from Bayern as Olise finds Díaz in far too much space in the middle. He beats Orbán to the ball and then pokes his shot past the outrushing Vandevoordt.

67'

Luis Díaz

GOAL!

2:0

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.

27 %

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.

16.2 m

66'

Olise nearly adds a second

Olise does superbly to pick a deflected ball in-behind out of the sky on the edge of the box. He then holds off Raum and tries to poke his shot into the corner, but narrowly misses the target.

Kane fires home

Kane steps up and places his penalty into the right-hand side of the goal to give Bayern the lead. Can Leipzig respond?

64'

Harry Kane

GOAL!

1:0

Penalty

Goal probability

77 %

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.

97.34 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.

11 m

62'

Stanišić wins the penalty

At the other end, Stanišić is suddenly through on goal. Vandevoordt comes out, but slips, allowing Stanišić to knock the ball around the goalkeeper and in his desperation to recover, Vandevoordt catches the Bayern man and gives away the penalty.

62'

Off the bar!

Rômulo meets a Raum free-kick, and his header hits the bar. It wouldn't have counted anyway, though, as the Leipzig man was offside.

62'

Yellow card

Maarten Vandevoordt

61'

Yellow card

Josip Stanišić

58'

Gnabry forces Vandevoordt into a stunning save

Stanišić finds space in the box and feeds Gnabry on the penalty spot. The Germany international hammers his shot towards the roof of the net, but Vandevoordt reacts superbly to tip the ball over the bar.

55'

Great play

Diomande skins Davies on the right and whips in the perfect cross, right across the face of goal, but there is nobody there from either side to poke the ball home.

51'

Lovely football

Olise dinks inside before finding Stanišić with a delightful backheel. Stanišić's cross finds Kane, but his shot is mishit and easily dealt with.

50'

Orbán's header blocked

The centre-back launches himself at Raum's corner, but his header immediately deflects clear off a Bayern body.

48'

Worrying moments for Leipzig

Stanišić gets in down the right and tries to cut the ball back to Pavlović. The pass is intercepted before pinballing off two or three players, before eventually going out for a goal kick, before Gnabry or Olise can get a shot away.

46'

Back underway

Can either side find a breakthrough in the second half?

Kick-off!

Half-time: Bayern 0-0 Leipzig

An entertaining half of football comes to a close with the scores level. Leipzig did have the ball in the net after four minutes, only for the goal to be ruled out for offside. Since then, both sides have had some great chances, especially Kane, but somehow we are yet to see a goal.

45'

+ 6

Bayern can't quite break through

Pavlović has a pop that forces Vandevoordt to tip the ball behind. The resulting corner is then met by the head of Kane, but Vandevoordt is there once again to make a stunning reaction save. The ball is then partially cleared, resulting in a bit of a scramble in the box before Leipzig finally hammer the ball clear properly.

Half-time

45'

+ 1

Added time

There will be five minutes of added time.

40'

Clever

Raum chips the free-kick into the box instead of shooting, and Orbán is there, but he can't connect cleanly on the volley, and Bayern scramble the ball clear.

38'

Pavlović catches Diomande

The Bayern midfielder slides in on Diomande, winning the ball, but catching the Leipzig man high on the leg with his studs. The referee gives a free-kick.

37'

Raum tests Neuer

Raum is found inside the box, and the full-back hammers a shot towards the top corner from the angle, but Neuer reacts quickly to beat the ball away for a corner.

36'

Great pass

Olise finds Stanišić with a stunning pass, but the full-back can't take the ball under his spell inside the box.

33'

An entertaining game of football

It may still be 0-0, but this game certainly hasn't lacked chances and drama. Both sides are not afraid to get men forward.

29'

Yellow card

Ole Werner

27'

Nusa wants a penalty

The Norwegian goes to ground under a poor challenge from Stanišić, but the referee doesn't spot it. VAR takes a look, but because the foul actually took place a few centimetres outside the box, VAR can't get involved, and Bayern and Stanišić survive the check.

Kane looking as threatening as ever

He may not have scored yet, but Kane has been finding all of the right positions in the opening 25 minutes. If he keeps on getting these chances, then he will punish Leipzig at some point.

23'

Bayern looking increasingly dangerous

xGoals

It may have been Leipzig that had the ball in the net early on, but it is Bayern that are now putting on all the pressure. The hosts have had some great chances in the last few minutes.

xGoals

0.89

0.08

Goals

21'

Kane volleys over

Olise suddenly pops up on the left and whips in a delightful ball to the backpost and Kane. The Englishman launches himself towards the ball and meets it on the volley, but he can't connect cleanly, and the ball bounces over from just in front of the goal.

18'

Good chance

Kane gets up well to challenge from Kimmich's corner, and the ball flies across the face of goal and bounces clear off the head of Pavlović. The ball then falls to Luis Díaz on the half-volley, but he fires over.

14'

Schlager can't react in time

Raum's corner from the left is met by the towering Orbán. His header goes through a crowd of bodies before reaching Schlager in front of the goal, but the midfielder can't sort himself out in time, and the ball rolls out of danger.

12'

Off the line!

A ball from the left by Díaz bounces all the way through to Kane at the backpost. He then fakes a shot and cuts inside gloriously before forcing a great stop from Vandevoordt. The ball then rebounds off Orbán and rolls goalwards, but Lukeba is there to clear at the death.

Positive from Leipzig

The visitors have started superbly and can count themselves unlucky not to be ahead. Nusa just decided to try his luck, but the Norwegian missed the target by some margin.

Baumgartner's goal disallowed

Diomande picks up the ball and drives at the Bayern defence. He skips through a couple of challenges before the ball pops through to Baumgartner inside the box. He slams home on the spin, and the Leipzig players celebrate. However, after a check, the goal is disallowed for an offside against the Austrian.

SituationGoal

ReviewOffside?

DecisionNo goal

A couple of nearly moments

Both sides have exchanged possession in the opening few minutes, with both sides almost getting into dangerous areas. Both Davies and Rômulo almost found space in-behind.

We're underway

The ball is moving in Munich.

Kick-off!

Players on the pitch

Not long now until the ball is rolling in Munich.

The trophy everyone wants

Will Bayern or Leipzig be lifting the prize come May?

Players going through their paces

We're just over 15 minutes from kick-off now, and the players are coming towards the end of their warm-ups on the pitch.

More on that Bayern team

Kompany decides not to mess with a winning formula and elects the same starting XI that thrashed Hoffenheim 5-1 at the weekend. In fact, the only change in the entire squad is Kim taking the place of Jackson on the bench.

More on that Leipzig team

Ole Werner opts for three changes from the Leipzig side that beat Cologne 2-1 at the weekend, with the big news being that Lukeba is straight back in the team after recovering from a knee injury. Vandevoordt also comes into the starting XI as the team's designated cup goalkeeper, and at right-back, Baku is back in place of Henrichs.

Starting line-up: FC Bayern München

Bayern subs

Urbig, Guerreiro, Ito, Kim, Laimer, Bischof, Goretzka, Karl, Musiala

Starting line-up: RB Leipzig

Christoph Baumgartner

Leipzig subs

Gulácsi, Bitshiabu, Finkgräfe, Henrichs, Banzuzi, Gruda, Bakayoko, Gomis, Harder

Kompany inspects the pitch

The players are at the venue, and we should be hearing team news in the next few minutes.

Eyes on the boots

New Leipzig signing Brajan Gruda is one of just 10 players in the world selected by Lionel Messi as the most talented youngsters in football. Those players get to wear special F50 Vis10n boots bearing the Argentine's name. "It [being chosen] isn't a burden but great motivation. It's a big honour for me to get to wear his boots," Gruda said upon arrival at Leipzig when asked about the footwear. Keep a close eye out for those boots tonight...

1:53

Watch: Every goal between Bayern & Leipzig this season

There were a whopping 12 goals scored across the two Bundesliga meetings between Bayern and RB in 2025/26.

Three down, one to go

Tonight's winners will join Leverkusen, holders VfB Stuttgart and Freiburg - who saw off Hertha Berlin last night on a penalty shootout - in the DFB Cup semi-finals.

Olise alert

The French winger scored and provided three assists in Bayern's recent league win in Leipzig - despite only coming onto the pitch as a 57th-minute substitute. He has an astonishing four goals and five assists in his four appearances against them since moving to Munich in summer 2024.

David Raum on facing Bayern

The Leipzig captain told his club's homepage: "The cup has its own rules. We want to make the impossible possible and beat Bayern at home in the cup. We’ve seen that they’re vulnerable, for example against Augsburg. They also dropped points in Hamburg."

0:37

Watch: Gnabry praises Bayern spirit in signing new deal

2:13

Watch: Kompany delighted with full squad

5:56

Watch: All of Díaz's Bundesliga goals & assists

The Colombian winger racked up an incredible five goal involvements in Bayern's latest Bundesliga win...

Team news - Bayern

Kompany is set to have the luxury of a full squad available. The Bayern coach said he will use the champions' squad depth to rotate players and confirmed Manuel Neuer will start the cup clash in goal.

Team news - Leipzig

Werner has close to a clean bill of health as he takes his side to Munich. Lukeba is a doubt after missing the win in Cologne with a knee problem, while Assan Ouédraogo and Suleman Sani are the only confirmed absentees for the Leipzig coach, who said Maarten Vandevoordt (pictured) will start in goal.

Vincent Kompany on facing Leipzig

“Both teams know each other very well. They're a team who are strong in attack. We want to deliver what we're capable of. We also have the wingers and incredibly strong players in the middle. If we get the balance right, it could be a very good match for us.”

Ole Werner on facing Bayern

"The last game showed us that we can find ways to hurt Bayern. I think we played very well for 80 minutes. But the fact is that we now need to play even better in Munich."

No stopping the DFB Cup train

Bayern confirmed on Monday that the clash will kick off as scheduled at 8.45pm on Wednesday evening despite a strike planned by a public transport union - with the local public transport service to operate a special service between the Allianz Arena and Munich city centre.

2:03

Watch: Cologne 1-2 Leipzig - highlights

After dropped points against St. Pauli and Mainz, Leipzig got back to winning ways on Matchday 21. Christoph Baumgartner scored a brace in a game that saw Brajan Gruda make his debut after completing a loan switch from Brighton & Hove Albion.

2:03

Watch: Bayern 5-1 Hoffenheim - highlights

Bayern thrashed high-flying Hoffenheim 5-1 on Bundesliga Matchday 21. A hat-trick from Luis Díaz and a brace from Harry Kane got the job done for the Bavarians, who recovered in style after setbacks against Augsburg and Hamburg in the weeks prior.

2:03

Watch: Leipzig 1-5 Bayern - previous meeting

Bayern hit back from a goal down to hammer Leipzig 5-1 at the Red Bull Arena in the Bundesliga in January, with all five of their goals falling in a blistering second-half display. The defending Bundesliga champions also ran roughshod in the reverse fixture - a 6-0 rout featuring a Kane hat-trick.

Bayern - the story so far

Five Harry Kane goals have helped Bayern overcome some tricky obstacles en route to the quarter-finals. The Englishman scored twice, including a stoppage-time winner, against 3. Liga's Wehen Wiesbaden in the opening round (3-2), before grabbing another brace in a 4-1 win over Bundesliga rivals Cologne in the second round. He was on target again away to top-flight contemporaries Union Berlin in the round of 16 as the record 20-time cup winners snuck through 3-2.

Leipzig - the story so far

Leipzig had to come from behind twice against fourth-tier Sandhausen in the first round, eventually prevailing 4-2. Third-tier side Energie Cottbus put up less of a fight in the second round as Die Roten Bullen marched through 4-1, before recovering from an early deficit to knock out Bundesliga 2's Magdeburg in the last 16.

Welcome!

Bayern Munich's pursuit of a first DFB Cup title since 2019/20 faces a huge hurdle in the form of two-time winners RB Leipzig on Wednesday (kick-off: 8.45pm CET). Stay tuned for build-up and live match coverage from the Allianz Arena!