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Match Info
Location: Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
Date: Tuesday, January 6th, 2026
Time: 3:00pm local time (9:00am EST)
TV/streaming: FC Bayern TV, Find Your Country
Bayern Munich will travel to Austria for the club’s only friendly ahead of a very promising Rückrunde campaign. Jamal Musiala had hoped to make an appearance but has been ruled out as a safety precaution. Vincent Kompany will want his starters to put in a solid shift before yielding playing time to the reserve and academy players.
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The “other” Bundesliga leaders, RB Salzburg, have struggled mightily in Europa League competition and will focus on their own performance rather than the end result.
Bayern Munich
Here is the predicted lineup, courtesy of BFW:
Lineup changes
IN: Serge Gnabry, Aleksandar Pavlović, Tom Bischof, Konrad Laimer
OUT: Michael Olise, Leon Goretzka, Raphaël Guerreiro, Josip Stanišić
Player status updates
Alphonso Davies, illness (questionable)
Manuel Neuer, hamstring (doubtful)
Joshua Kimmich, ankle (doubtful)
Jamal Musiala, knee (out)
Nicolas Jackson, AFCON (out)
Three things to know
Several academy players trained with the first team this week and could get a crack at playing time in the second half (check out the list here!)
RB Salzburg’s only win over Bayern 3-0 occurred in a January 2014 friendly
Bayern posted a team scrimmage (via FC Bayern TV)
Opponent
Leading Scorer: Petar Ratkov, 9 goals
Player to watch: Mads Bidstrup, CM
Form: LDWLW
Table position: 1st place (Austrian Bundesliga), 31st place (UEFA Europa League)
Odds
Bayern (-550)
Draw (+550)
Salzburg (+900)
Prediction
Bayern wins 4-2. Bayern will race out to a 3-0 halftime lead behind goals from Harry Kane, Serge Gnabry, and Luis Díaz. Vincent Kompany will rotate the champagne XI, conceding a couple goals around the 65th minute. Kim Min-jae will put the game away with a late header.
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