| German Supercup | |||||||
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 Match programme cover | |||||||
| Event | DFL-Supercup | ||||||
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| Date | 12 August 2018 (2018-08-12) | ||||||
| Venue | Commerzbank-Arena,Frankfurt | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Robert Lewandowski(Bayern Munich)[1] | ||||||
| Referee | Marco Fritz (Korb)[2] | ||||||
| Attendance | 51,500[3] | ||||||
| Weather | Partly cloudy 24 °C (75 °F) 36%humidity[4] | ||||||
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The2018 DFL-Supercup was the ninth edition of the Germansuper cup under the nameDFL-Supercup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season'sBundesliga andDFB-Pokal competitions. The match was played on 12 August 2018.[5]
The DFL-Supercup featuredEintracht Frankfurt, the winners of the2017–18 DFB-Pokal, andBayern Munich, the winners of the2017–18 Bundesliga and two-time defending champions of the DFL-Supercup.
Bayern Munich won the match 5–0 for their third consecutive and seventh overall title.
In the following table, matches until 1996 were in the DFB-Supercup era, since 2010 were in the DFL-Supercup era.
| Team | Qualification | Previous appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2017–18 DFB-Pokal winners | 1 (1988) |
| Bayern MunichTH | 2017–18 Bundesliga champions | 11 (1987,1989,1990,1994,2010,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017)[a] |
This was the first competitive match for incoming Bayern managerNiko Kovač, who left Eintracht Frankfurt the previous season after leading them to the DFB-Pokal title over future employers Bayern Munich.
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–5 | Bayern Munich |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[2] | Match rules[6]
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| Statistic[7] | Eintracht Frankfurt | Bayern Munich |
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| Goals scored | 0 | 5 |
| Total shots | 8 | 13 |
| Shots on target | 1 | 7 |
| Saves | 2 | 1 |
| Ball possession | 32% | 68% |
| Corner kicks | 3 | 5 |
| Fouls committed | 8 | 9 |
| Offsides | 0 | 2 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 1 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
Besonders Robert Lewandowski avancierte mit drei Treffern zum überragenden Spieler des Spiels (transl. Notably Robert Lewandowski advanced with three goals as the outstanding player of the match)
