Elversberg
Bayern Munich
Match summary
Bayern Munich took a 2-1 win at Elversberg. Bayern Munich led 1-0 at half-time.
Lennart Karl put Bayern Munich ahead in the 26th minute, set up by Harry Kane, Maurice Krattenmacher equalised in the 61st minute, set up by Noah Darvich, and Harry Kane won it in the 72nd minute, set up by Aleksandar Pavlovic.
The chances backed that up: Bayern Munich created 3.07 expected goals (xG) from 28 shots to Elversberg's 1.03 from 5.
Elversberg hosted Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga on Matchday 3, with the visitors dominating the territorial battle and overall statistics throughout the contest. Bayern Munich controlled seventy-two per cent of the possession and registered twenty-eight shots compared to just five for Elversberg, alongside ninety-three dangerous attacks and nine corners. Despite the heavy pressure, Elversberg limited their opponents to six shots on target and finished with an expected goals figure of 1.03 against Bayern Munich's 3.07. The hosts collected two yellow cards over the course of the fixture, while Bayern Munich received none.
The match saw an early change when Elversberg replaced Noah Darvich with Francis Onyeka due to injury in the eleventh minute, shortly after Onyeka received a yellow card. Bayern Munich broke the deadlock in the twenty-sixth minute through Lennart Karl, who scored with a left-footed shot to give his side a half-time lead. Following a VAR review for offside shortly before the interval, Elversberg drew level in the sixty-first minute when Maurice Krattenmacher converted a right-footed shot. Felix Keidel received a yellow card for Elversberg before Harry Kane secured the victory for Bayern Munich with a right-footed shot in the seventy-second minute.
