Overview
- The Bundesliga top match is set for Saturday, 31 October 2026 at 18:30 at the Allianz Arena with both teams unbeaten on 17 points.
- Bayern coach Vincent Kompany remains sidelined after a collapse in training and a diagnosed Hirnhautreizung, leaving Aaron Danks as the acting lead on the touchline under a club-enforced football ban for Kompany.
- Joshua Kimmich returns from a short bereavement leave to start for Bayern and Ballon d’Or winner Harry Kane is named in the opening XI.
- The game is available live only on pay TV via Sky and its stream, not on free‑to‑air channels.
- Pre-match media coverage and a Sky Sport fan poll show strong pro‑Bayern sentiment but the fixture’s result will directly affect the early title race and momentum for both clubs.