Bayern Munich vs VfB Stuttgart
DFB-Pokal reigning champions VfB Stuttgart have a chance to make it back-to-back titles on Saturday when they take on Bayern Munich at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.
League champions Bayern are seeking a domestic double after falling short in the Champions League, and they will face a side ready to join the top table in Europe once again. Sebastian Hoeness’ Stuttgart confirmed their place in the 2026/27 Champions League thanks to a fourth-place finish in the Bundesliga table, and a DFB-Pokal win would put the cap on an impressive campaign.
Bayern boss Vincent Kompany has joined two greats, Pep Guardiola and Hansi Flick, as a debut double Bundesliga-winning coach, and as a former Manchester City star under Guardiola, he has an insatiable thirst for silverware. But this is not a David versus Goliath match, and Stuttgart will give its men a run for their money.
Talking Points
King Kane is sure to shine
The DFB-Pokal 2026 betting odds back a Bayern Munich win, and when you look at the stars at Kompany’s disposal, there is no wonder. There is quality running right through the team. Veteran keeper Manuel Neuer sits behind a formidable centre-back pairing of Dayot Upamecano and Jonathan Tah, with Konrad Laimer and young wing-back Tom Bischof on the flanks. The midfield duo of Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka are Bayern stalwarts, but it is up front where the Bavarians have added world-class talent over the past couple of years, with Michael Olise and Luis Diaz joining the ranks.
But it is England captain Harry Kane who has broken record after record to prove, if he needed to, that he is still one of the best in the business. Inter Milan captain Lautaro Martinez has recently said Kane is the finest striker on the planet right now, and he should know. The former Spurs man scored a hat-trick in Bayern’s destruction of Cologne on Matchday 34 to take his tally to 36 for the campaign and win the Golden Boot for the third season in succession.
If the 32-year-old hitman scores in the final against Stuttgart, he will have bagged in every round of the competition, and it would take a brave soul to bet against that.
League success is so sweet for Stuttgart
A 2-2 draw with Eintracht Frankfurt last week was enough to see VfB through to the Champions League again next year, and that was the perfect springboard to take Hoeness’ jubilant players into their DFB-Pokal defence this Saturday.
Goals from Chema Andres and Nikolas Nartey gave Stuttgart a 2-0 lead against the Eagles, and even if they couldn’t hold on, Leverkusen’s draw with Hamburg and Hoffenheim’s loss to Monchengladbach was enough to start the celebrations among VfB’s 6.000-strong following in Frankfurt.
When Stuttgart took on top four rivals Bayer Leverkusen recently, they put their stamp on the top four race with a 3-1 win and a goal from Deniz Undav, who finished the campaign with 19 goals to be the second top scorer in the league behind Kane. He has forced his way into Julian Nagelsmann’s World Cup plans, and Undav is a man sure to feature in Saturday’s DFB-Pokal 2026 highlights, and he’ll be up against Kane as the man most likely to net the winner.
Scoring 19 goals when he only started 25 matches in the Bundesliga is some return, and Undav has scored three goals in both the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Europa League to make it 25 from 42 games, which is the most by any German player across the top five leagues in Europe in 2025/26.
History
The Bavarians have dominated the DFB-Pokal with 20 titles and four runners-up medals, while VfB have won four and made the final in three. When the two clubs met in the 2013 final, Bayern ran out 3-2 winners, as Mario Gomez scored a double.
Bayern Munich have won 37 of the past 50 encounters with Stuttgart, who managed seven wins and six draws. When they met in Munich just a month ago, Die Bayern ran out 4-2 winners to clinch the Bundesliga title, and Kompany’s men come into the game on a run of three wins, two draws, and one defeat from the last six games in all competitions, while Stuttgart have won two, drawn three, and lost one.
Betting Tip
Bayern are the red-hot favourites at SBOTOP odds of 1.35 to win the final in 90 minutes, with Stuttgart at 7.95 and the draw at 5.50. The Double Chance: Stuttgart or Draw is priced at 3.30, and for a correct scoreline, a repeat of the 2013 final, 3-2 to the Bavarians, is available at 14.00.
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