Bundesliga 2025/26: Augsburg ends Bayern’s unbeaten run with comeback win

Strugglers Augsburg scored twice in six minutes late in the second half after trailing to stun hosts Bayern Munich 2-1 in the Bavarian derby on Saturday for the first Bundesliga defeat of the season for the Bundesliga leaders.

The hosts, fresh from securing a knockout spot in the Champions League with Wednesday’s 2-0 win over Union Saint-Gilloise, took a lead in the 23rd minute with Hiroki Ito’s header but lacked any spark up front as Augsburg struck in the 75th and 81st through Arthur Chaves and Han-Noah Massengo to earn Munich’s first victory in 11 years.

Vincent Kompany’s team still have an 11-point lead at the top, but second-placed Borussia Dortmund, at number 39, could close that gap with a win over Union Berlin later on Saturday. Augsburg climbed to 13th place.

Bayern, unbeaten in their previous 27 league matches, never reached top speed but still dominated the first half and took a lead in the 23rd minute through Ito’s header from a Michael Olise corner.

It was France international Olise’s 14th assist in the league and his 22nd in all competitions this season.

Bayern, who travel to PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday for their final Champions League match of the competition phase, missed a number of good chances through Harry Kane, Luis Diaz and Lennart Karl before the visitor created his own best chance with the final kick in the first half and Robin Fellhauer rattled the crossbar with a powerful shot.

Augsburg found more and more space after the break as Bayern’s pace dropped even further, testing Bayern keeper Jonas Urbig with a shot from Elvis Rexhbecaj and a fine free-kick from Alexis Claude-Maurice.

They got the deserved equalizer in the 75th when Brazilian Chaves scored with the back of his head from a corner.

It completed its sensational comeback six minutes later when Massengo tapped in from close range after a well-timed cutback from Dimitris Giannoulis. Bayern hit the post with Olise’s shot in injury time.

Published on January 24, 2026