Sandro Wagner and Thomas Muller scored early goals as Bayern Munich narrowly averted a slip-up in the DFB-Pokal.
2018/2019 DFB Pokal
1-2
Match Events
8'GOAL! Rödinghausen 0-1 Bayern (Wagner)
Goal! SV Rödinghausen 0, FC Bayern München 1. Sandro Wagner (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Renato Sanches following a corner.
13'Penalty Goal! Rodinghausen 0-2 Bayern (Muller)
Goal! SV Rödinghausen 0, FC Bayern München 2. Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
23'Penalty Missed! (Sanches)
36' CHANCE! Muller's shot saved
49'GOAL! Rödinghausen 1-2 Bayern (Meyer)
Goal! SV Rödinghausen 1, FC Bayern München 2. Linus Meyer (SV Rödinghausen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kelvin Lunga with a cross.
75' GREAT CHANCE! Ribery's shot wide out
Match Report
Early goals from Sandro Wagner, his first of the campaign, and Thomas Muller were enough for victory but Niko Kovac was left with more questions than answers after a disjointed display.
Bayern began brightly as two goals inside the opening 13 minutes set up what appeared certain to be a walkover, even accounting for Renato Sanches' failure to convert a 23rd-minute penalty.
Instead, their modest opposition presented an obdurate roadblock after Linus Meyer sensationally reduced the deficit after the restart, leaving the Bundesliga champions with a dissatisfying result akin to their narrow first-round victory over minnows Drochtersen/Assel.
Line-ups
Rödinghausen XI: D. Flottmann, A. Velagić, N. Heimann, S. Engelmann, J. Wolff, N. Knystock, L. Meyer, L. Von-Piechowski, F. Pfanne, F. Kunze, K. Lunga
Subs: I. Kalkan, B. Schlottke, N. Serra, J. Mickels, J. Schönwälder, E. Dacaj, L. Kunze
Bayern XI: Ribéry, M. Neuer, Rafinha, J.Martínez, Alaba, T. Müller, Wagner, Thiago Alcântara, N. Süle, L. Goretzka, R.Sanches
Subs: R. Lewandowski, Gnabry, J. Kimmich, M. Shabani, C.Früchtl, Jeong Woo-Yeong, P. Will