FC Heidenheim — Bayern Munich: 2:4, Friendlies Clubs
Friendlies Clubs
FC HeidenheimL18 Aug · Home Bayern Munich · 2:4L23 Aug · Away SSV Jeddeloh · 2:5W29 Aug · Home Dynamo Dresden · 5:3W6 Sep · Away SpVgg Greuther Fürth · 1:0W13 Sep · Home Holstein Kiel · 1:0D20 Sep · Away Arminia Bielefeld · 2:2
2:4
Finished
Kick-off was
BST
Bayern MunichW28 Aug · Home VfB Stuttgart · 5:1W2 Sep · Away VfL Osnabrück · 4:1D5 Sep · Away FC Schalke 04 · 0:0W10 Sep · Home Bodø/Glimt · 5:0W13 Sep · Away SV Elversberg · 2:1W18 Sep · Home Union Berlin · 7:0
In the Friendlies Clubs game on 18 August 2026, Bayern Munich beat FC Heidenheim 2:4. Match numbers: shots on target 4:7, corners 3:4.
Match report
Bayern Munich defeated Heidenheim 4-2 in a Club Friendly on Monday evening at the Voith-Arena. The result ended a run of mixed form for the hosts, who had lost 4-1 to Hertha Berlin just three days prior. Bayern, meanwhile, picked up a win after their 2-1 victory over Aston Villa earlier in the week.
And here's the thing — the match opened with Heidenheim taking the lead. Y. Wagner scored in the fifth minute, but Bayern responded quickly through F. Chavez twenty-five minutes in. Niehues levelled for the hosts at forty-four minutes before Ibrahimovic restored Bayern's advantage from the penalty spot just after the interval. The visitors then took control.
By then the substitutions told the story. Bayern brought on six players at the break — Davies, Gimber, Saibari, Binder, Cardozo, and Kim Min-Jae — while Heidenheim made three changes. The home side did their best to keep pace, but Bayern's dominance was clear. Diaz found the net at seventy-eight minutes and Brown added another at eighty-three.
The statistics confirmed what the eye saw. Bayern held 77 per cent possession and registered 165 attacks compared to Heidenheim's 23. The visitors created five big chances and registered 2.81 expected goals, while the hosts managed just one big chance and 0.86 xG. Bayern's shot accuracy sat at 47 per cent against Heidenheim's 40.
We had backed Bayern to win with 79 per cent confidence before kick-off. The result proved that assessment correct — they showed enough control to see out a comfortable victory despite Heidenheim's attempts to stay competitive. The scoreline reflected the gap in quality on the night.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %23–77
Shots on target4–7
Shots off target6–3
Expected goals0.86–2.81
HT⚽5' Y. Wagner — Goal🟨21' L. Kerber — Yellow card⚽25' F. Chavez — Goal⇄33' D. Upamecano — Substitution⇄33' W. Mike — Substitution⇄34' W. Mike — Substitution🟨43' T. Binder — Yellow card⚽44' J. Niehues — Goal⇄46' A. Davies — Substitution⇄46' J. Fohrenbach — Substitution⇄46' B. Gimber — Substitution⚽47' A. Ibrahimovic — Penalty⇄58' Y. Wagner — Substitution⇄58' L. Kerber — Substitution⇄61' A. Ibrahimovic — Substitution⇄61' I. Saibari — Substitution⇄61' T. Binder — Substitution⇄61' M. Cardozo — Substitution⇄61' Kim Min-Jae — Substitution⇄61' S. Boey — Substitution⇄61' F. Chavez — Substitution⇄69' J. Musiala — Substitution⇄69' M. Busch — Substitution⇄69' M. Kaufmann — Substitution⇄69' M. Breunig — Substitution⇄71' M. Busch — Substitution⇄71' M. Kaufmann — Substitution⇄71' M. Breunig — Substitution⇄75' P. Hennrich — Substitution⇄76' P. Mainka — Substitution⇄76' J. Niehues — Substitution⚽78' L. Diaz — Goal🟨81' M. Olise — Yellow card⚽83' N. Brown — Goal⚽84' Goal⇄89' N. Brown — Substitution
