# 2018 DFL-Supercup

The 2018 DFL-Supercup was the ninth edition of the German super cup under the name DFL-Supercup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal competitions. The match was played on 12 August 2018.
The DFL-Supercup featured Eintracht Frankfurt, the winners of the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal, and Bayern Munich, the winners of the 2017–18 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.

## Teams

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) |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2017–18 DFB-Pokal winners | 1 (1988) |
| Bayern Munich | 2017–18 Bundesliga champions | 11 (1987, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) |
* ↑ Runners-up in the unofficial 2008 German Supercup. Six-time winners and one-time runners-up in the DFL-Ligapokal.

## Background

This was the first competitive match for incoming Bayern manager Niko Kovač, who left Eintracht Frankfurt the previous season after leading them to the DFB-Pokal title over future employers Bayern Munich.

## Match
### Details

| Eintracht Frankfurt | Bayern Munich |
| GK | 1 | Frederik Rønnow |
| CB | 19 | David Abraham (c) | 70' |
| CB | 20 | Makoto Hasebe |
| CB | 13 | Carlos Salcedo |
| RM | 24 | Danny da Costa |
| CM | 16 | Lucas Torró |
| CM | 6 | Jonathan de Guzmán | | 64' |
| LM | 15 | Jetro Willems |
| RW | 11 | Mijat Gaćinović |
| LW | 10 | Marco Fabián | | 64' |
| CF | 9 | Sébastien Haller | | 76' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 29 | Felix Wiedwald |
| DF | 23 | Marco Russ |
| DF | 33 | Taleb Tawatha |
| MF | 5 | Gelson Fernandes |
| MF | 7 | Danny Blum | | 64' |
| FW | 4 | Ante Rebić | | 64' |
| FW | 8 | Luka Jović | | 76' |
| Manager: ||
| Adi Hütter ||
| GK | 1 | Manuel Neuer (c) |
| RB | 32 | Joshua Kimmich |
| CB | 4 | Niklas Süle |
| CB | 5 | Mats Hummels | 45+1' |
| LB | 27 | David Alaba |
| DM | 8 | Javi Martínez |
| CM | 25 | Thomas Müller | | 64' |
| CM | 6 | Thiago |
| RW | 10 | Arjen Robben | | 58' |
| LW | 7 | Franck Ribéry |
| CF | 9 | Robert Lewandowski | | 72' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 26 | Sven Ulreich |
| DF | 13 | Rafinha |
| DF | 14 | Juan Bernat |
| MF | 18 | Leon Goretzka | | 64' |
| MF | 19 | Sebastian Rudy |
| MF | 29 | Kingsley Coman | | 58' |
| FW | 2 | Sandro Wagner | | 72' |
| Manager: ||
| Niko Kovač ||
| Man of the Match: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) Assistant referees: Dominik Schaal (Tübingen) Marcel Pelgrim (Hamminkeln-Loikum) Fourth official: Martin Petersen (Stuttgart) Video assistant referee: Bastian Dankert (Rostock) Assistant video assistant referee: René Rohde (Rostock) | Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used. |

### Statistics

| Statistic | Eintracht Frankfurt | Bayern Munich |
| 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 |