| German Supercup | |||||||
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| Event | DFL-Supercup | ||||||
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| Date | 12 August 2018 | ||||||
| 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] | ||||||
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. [5]
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.
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 Munich TH | 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 manager Niko 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)