Bundesliga comprehensive: Bayern narrowly beat Augsburg

Xinhua News Agency, Berlin, August 30 The second round of the 2025-2026 Bundesliga continued on the 30th, with defending champion Bayern Munich narrowly defeating Augsburg 3:2 away.

Bayern took the initiative at the beginning of the game. In the 28th minute, Gnabrey received Kane's over-top and headed the ball to the first time; in the first half, Luis Dias, who had just transferred from Liverpool to Bayern in the new season, scored a goal, rewriting the score to 2:0.

Just two minutes into the second half, Bayern further expanded its lead, Kane gave another assist, Olisse broke into the penalty area and calmly shot a low shot. The 3:0 score seemed to have lost the suspense of the game.

But Augsburg did not give up. In the 53rd minute, Yakic volleyed in the middle of the penalty area and scored a goal; in the 76th minute, Kemir, who came on the bench, scored another goal, catching the score to 2:3. Subsequently, Augsburg continued to launch a fierce attack, and Bayern's Olise and Upamecano missed the opportunity to lock in the victory one after another. At the end of the day, Komir's header was slightly off, and Augsburg passed by the "Grade" opportunity, and Bayern narrowly won.

After the game, Bayern head coach Kompany said: "Today we created 9 excellent opportunities. If we could turn these opportunities into 5 goals, the game would have been decided long ago."

In the other games that day, Frankfurt beat Hoffenheim 3:1 away; Bremen drew 3:3 with Leverkusen at home; Leipzig defeated Heidenheim 2:0 at home; Stuttgart defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach 1:0 at home.