Di mata happen for WWK Arena on Saturday for Bundesliga fifth matchday. Augsburg host Bayern Munich. Before anybody settle down, Augsburg don score. Na only six seconds of play. German football never see this kind thing before. E no good to arrive late for stadium at all.
How e take happen? Bayern kick off. Dem play pass back to Manuel Neuer. Neuer, Germany international goalkeeper, come out far from im goal line. E control ball but push am too far. Robin Fellhauer see the chance. The Augsburg winger just collect ball, waka pass Neuer, and put am inside empty net. Na serious blunder from Neuer.
Referee check time. Six seconds. Record don fall. The previous fastest Bundesliga goal na nine seconds. Two players share am. Kevin Volland, former Monaco man, score after nine seconds for Hoffenheim against Bayern in August 2015. Karim Bellarabi also score after nine seconds for Bayer Leverkusen against Borussia Dortmund on opening day of 2014-2015 season.
But before that match, Vincent Kompany talk say he dey wait for derby between Bayern Munich and Augsburg. He still expect difficult game. Augsburg start Bundesliga like fire. Kompany call am depart canon. Augsburg dey fourth place with seven points. Dem no lose first three matches: two wins, one draw. Before international break, Werder Bremen beat dem 3-2. Augsburg only three points behind Bayern. Bayern remain unbeaten after three wins and one draw, but champion no dey top after four matchdays. Borussia Dortmund do perfect run and play Friday. Dortmund fit get five points lead on Kompany side by the time dem kick off Saturday.
Kompany say this match na first of nine games across all competitions between two international breaks. He welcome the challenge. He talk say: This na very important match. We lose only one Bundesliga match last season, and na against Augsburg. E still be derby, and away too. Augsburg get compact block and dangerous with ball. This team get plenty individual quality, more than people think. Dem start season well. Na derby: fans dey wait, we too dey wait. We get squad to handle this busy calendar. We want play every match with full confidence. I prefer play every three days than long break. Players want play anyway. We must beat Magdebourg for Cup, e go be like final. But we want also perform well for other competitions.
Bayern no go get Jamal Musiala for Augsburg trip. The attacking midfielder still dey recover from small muscle tear. Na another setback for Musiala for season wey already chop up. But Kompany believe say he go come back stronger. Kompany talk say: I understand wetin he dey pass through with these stop-start, because I experience am plenty times for my career. To come back after that show great strength. I hope he go continue play and enjoy football for years. But to return to top level na experience wey mark you for life. The team always happy when he score. He go continue to score, no doubt.
Two players to watch. For Augsburg, Fabian Rieder. Rieder na one of only three players wey participate in goal for each of first four Bundesliga matchdays in 2026-2027. With three assists, he don equal im total for previous season. Only one Augsburg player don participate in goal for five consecutive Bundesliga matches in last ten years: Florian Niederlechner, for autumn 2019. For Bayern Munich, Harry Kane. For im 98th Bundesliga appearance, Kane score im 100th and 101st goals for German top flight. Na new record. No other player reach 100 Bundesliga goals for so few matches. With im next Bundesliga goal, he go equal Dieter Hoeness for sixth place among Bayern top scorers for competition, with 102 goals.
Prediction: Bayern Munich win. Bayern lose last Bundesliga home match against Augsburg 1-2 in January. But Bayern win 11 of 15 away trips to Augsburg in Bundesliga: one draw, three defeats. Among opponents dem face at least ten times for top flight, na im best away win percentage: 73 percent. Augsburg lose only one of last 14 home Bundesliga matches: seven wins, six draws. That defeat na 5-2 against Stuttgart in March. Outside promoted or relegated clubs, only Bayern get as few home defeats as Augsburg since start of November 2025 for competition: one. Bayern lose only one of last 47 league matches, against Augsburg in January. Away from home, Bayern dey 28 matches unbeaten: 21 wins, seven draws. Dem only do better once, with 33 matches between 2012 and 2014. Only Eintracht Francfort spend more time leading for Bundesliga this season (257 minutes) than Augsburg (227). Bayern no trail for one single minute. Opta probabilities: Augsburg 10.6 percent, draw 14.6 percent, Bayern Munich 74.8 percent.
