Overview
- The DFB-Pokal final between FC Bayern Munich and holders VfB Stuttgart is set for Saturday at Berlin’s Olympiastadion with Bayern installed as clear favourites.
- Bayern coach Vincent Kompany said he will postpone any season verdict until after the final and made winning the cup his immediate priority.
- Manuel Neuer’s availability is uncertain and Jonas Urbig is expected to start in goal if Neuer is ruled out.
- Stuttgart arrive with no injury concerns and Alexander Nübel is likely to play what could be his last match for the club while they seek back-to-back cup wins for the first time in their history.
- Bayern enter having smashed Bundesliga records with 122 goals and a 16-point title margin but saw treble hopes end after elimination by Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League semi-finals, making the cup final a key chance to salvage the season.