Werder vs Bayern LIVE! Harry Kane’s Bundesliga debut match stream, latest score and goal updates today
Harry Kane will make his first start for Bayern tonight in his Bundesliga debut following his £100million move from Tottenham. The England captain has not played for a club other than Spurs for over a decade yet saw his maiden outing in the German Super Cup go badly wrong, in a 3-0 defeat to RB Leipzig.
Bayern are big favourites to grab the win in this game however, as they begin their defence of the Bundesliga title. Kane has been named in the starting line-up, spearheading a star-studded line-up which includes Jamal Musiala and Leroy Sane.
Thomas Tuchel spoke of Kane’s “immediate impact” on the Bayern dressing room ahead of the game at Weserstadion. Fortunately for the star striker, his new team have a superb record in this fixture with 25 wins in their last 26 meetings. Follow Werder vs Bayern LIVE via Standard Sport’s matchday blog!
Live updates
Werder vs Bayern: Countdown to kick-off
We’re almost ready to go in northern Germany…
Werder paint the town green
A big atmosphere is building in the Weserstadion with the home team’s fans out in full force.
All smiles from Harry Kane in the warm-up
He’s hoping for a far better outing than last week’s 3-0 defeat to Leipzig.
Werder vs Bayern: Countdown to kick-off
We’re just 15 minutes away from the new Bundesliga season beginning!
Harry Kane lays out Ballon d’Or ambition
Harry Kane believes he can become a serious contender for the Ballon d’Or award at Bayern Munich.
The 30-year-old made the move to try and win his first senior trophy as a player, but personal accolades also motivate Tottenham and England’s all-time leading goalscorer.
Kane said: “If you are winning your league and the Champions League, and obviously we as England have the European Championship next summer as well — as we’ve seen with the Ballon d’Or, you have to be winning team trophies to achieve that.”
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The warm-ups are underway!
Thomas Tuchel hails Harry Kane impact
Harry Kane has had an “immediate impact” on Bayern Munich’s dressing room atmosphere and is expected to make his first start for the German champions against Werder Bremen this Friday.
Hours after being announced as a Bayern player, the England captain came on as a 64th-minute substitute in Bayern’s 3-0 loss to RB Leipzig in the German Super Cup on Saturday and Kane later indicated that he might need time to adapt to his new team’s style after 19 years at Tottenham.
Coach Thomas Tuchel has nonetheless stated that Kane will start Friday’s game “if nothing happens today, nothing extraordinary,” and said he was fitting in well with the rest of the Bayern team.
“My first impressions of Harry are fantastic,” said the German. “He is a top professional, the quality is outstanding and he’s a fantastic human being, he is very open, he’s first on the training pitch, he is open in the dressing room.”
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Werder Bremen make two changes
Oli Burke, formerly of West Brom fame, is dropped to the bench for today’s game after the cup upset against Vitoria Koln.
Romano Schmid also drops out as Mitchell Weiser and Senne Lynen get the nod.
Harry Kane starts for Bayern Munich!
Thomas Tuchel has dropped Harry Kane right into his starting line-up with a few changes from the Super Cup defeat to Leipzig.
Kim Min-jae also makes his Bundesliga debut for Die Roten, replacing Matthijs de Ligt, and Noussair Mazrouai starts at right-back for Benjamin Pavard.
How Werder line up
Werder XI: Pavlenka, Jung, Pieper, Stage, Ducksch, Weiser, Bittencourt, Fullkrug, Veljkovic, Lynen, Friedl
Subs: Zetterer, Kownacki, Njinmah, Schmid, Rapp, Burke, Gruev, Optiz, Gross
