Broadcast info
Who's playing: The 2016/2017 Bundesliga season finally kicks off with an exciting clash between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund in the 2016 DFL-Supercup. It's also the first official game for new coach Carlo Ancelotti since his arrival, and will be an interesting match for several of the players on both sides of the pitch.
What time: Sunday, August 14th at 11:30 PST/14:30 EST/19:30 BST/20:30 CET
What stadium: This season opener will be contested at Signal Iduna Park, which also is Borussia Dortmund's home stadium. Located in Dortmund, this famous venue seats up to 81,359 for league games and 65,829 for international fixtures.
Which channel:
- In the USA: Fox Sports 1, Fox Soccer 2GO USA Fox Deportes
- In Germany: ZDF, TeleClub Sport Live
- In Canada: Sportsnet World, Sportsnet World Now
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Match facts and other historical stats
- Borussia Dortmund are the most successful club in this competition - they've won 5 titles so far
- However, die Schwarzgelben have not won since 2014
- Bayern Munich have lost the last three editions of this competition
- Die Roten last won back in 2012
- This will be the fifth DFL-Supercup featuring Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund
- This is the third time this match is played at Dortmund's home ground (2013, 2014)...
- ...and the hosts were the winners on both occasions
Team news
Bayern Munich
Since their last meeting with Dortmund, which took place on May 21st in the DFB-Pokal final, Bayern Munich have made a number of changes. First, of course, is the man on the tactician's bench, with Carlo Ancelotti replacing the outgoing Pep Guardiola. In addition, die Roten brought in two notable signings: promising Portuguese youngster Renato Sanches from Benfica as well as highly-regarded defender Mats Hummels from Borussia Dortmund.
Both signings, of course, generated a lot of buzz. In Sanches's case, it was his massive price-tag (a total of €80 million including bonuses and other incentives) as well as the fact that he's the first ever Portuguese player to feature for the Bavarian titants. As for Hummels, he earned the ire of already frustrated die Schwarzgelben fans, who have seen several players swap the Signal Iduna Park for the Allianz Arena in over the past couple of seasons. So, given that this match will be at his former team's home ground, the ex-captain will obviously receive less than a warm welcome in Sunday's game.
Sanches, however, will be unable to make his debut due to a thigh injury. Others unavailable for Ancelotti's side include Douglas Costa and likely Jerome Boateng as well as Franck Ribery. In addition, both Holger Badstuber and Arjen Robben, who have repeatedly struggled with fitness problems, are out yet again after suffering another unfortunate injury set-back during pre-season.
Borussia Dortmund
Last season saw Borussia Dortmund rack up an impressive 78 points, but unfortunately it was only enough to secure second place. This summer, Thomas Tuchel's side have been very active in the transfer market as they have had a lot of faces depart and come in. Some of the outgoing players include the aforementioned Hummels, plus İlkay Gündoğan, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, and the versatile Jakub Błaszczykowski to Manchester City, Manchester United, and Wolfsburg respectively.
After three seasons, Mario Götze makes his return following a frustrating spell at the Allianz Arena, and could feature against his former club. Like Hummels, Götze will likely be in for some harsh treatment by some sections of the Dortmund faithful, as some of them still haven't moved on following his departure to Bayern back in 2013 - although he has apparently been welcomed back warmly by his colleagues. Additional new players for Dortmund this season include André Schürrle, Ousmane Dembélé, Marc Bartra, and Sebastian Rode, who have arrived from Wolfsburg, Rennes, Barcelona, and Bayern Munich.
Unfortunately, Marco Reus will miss out this fixture due to an injury. The 27-year-old has not had the easiest time with fitness, and has had bad luck when it comes to major tournaments - including missing out on this summer's Euro and the 2014 World Cup with Germany due to injury problems.
For the fourth straight season, Bayern are featuring in the DFL-Supercup, and Dortmund will be relishing the chance to make it a fourth straight defeat for die Roten. Will die Schwarzgelben strike first blood in what will be an on-going duel between the two sides this season?
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