Bayern Munich will be without Ismael Saibari and Serge Gnabry after both players were injured in Saturday's 2-2 Bundesliga draw with Borussia Dortmund. The club confirmed in an official statement on Sunday, 1 November, that Saibari has already undergone surgery after tearing a ligament in his right ankle, and that Gnabry has sustained a muscular injury in his left hamstring. Bayern gave no return date for either player, saying only that both will be missing for the time being.
The injuries came early in a demanding Der Klassiker at the Allianz Arena on Saturday, 31 October. Saibari was forced off in the 29th minute with an ankle injury, and Gnabry followed him off in the 31st minute with a muscle problem. Bayern had to reorganise their attack long before the match was settled, and the game itself finished level: Konrad Laimer put Bayern ahead in the 38th minute, Serhou Guirassy levelled in the 60th, Dayot Upamecano restored Bayern's lead in the 66th, and Fábio Silva equalised for Dortmund in the 89th minute.
Michael Olise was also substituted late in the match, but Bayern's statement on Sunday addressed only Saibari and Gnabry. The club gave no update on Olise, so his condition should not be read into this story. What is confirmed is narrower, and more serious for Bayern's immediate plans: two attacking players were lost in the same first half, one of them to an injury that required surgery the same weekend.
Bayern's official statement, published on the club's website on 1 November, was short and specific. The club confirmed in an official statement that Saibari tore the syndesmotic ligament in his right ankle and has already had successful surgery, and that Gnabry sustained a muscular injury in his left hamstring. In the club's own summary, both players will be missing from Bayern for the time being. That wording matters: it confirms the injuries and the surgery, but it sets no timescale and names no match as a target for either player's return.
That absence of a date is the key point for supporters searching for one. Reports elsewhere have offered estimates for how long Saibari and Gnabry might be out, but those estimates did not come from Bayern, and this article does not repeat them. Until the club itself puts a timescale on either injury, any return date would be speculation. The confirmed facts are the diagnoses, the surgery, and the fact that both players are out for now.
The timing could hardly be worse for Bayern. Their next match is a Champions League trip to Atlético Madrid on Tuesday, 3 November 2026, kick-off 20:00 UTC, and they will travel without two of the attacking options they started Der Klassiker with. Saibari, who joined Bayern from PSV Eindhoven in the summer, had started the Dortmund game, while Gnabry is one of the squad's most experienced wide players. Losing both in the same match leaves Bayern thinner in attack for one of their toughest away fixtures of the league phase. Follow the team news, score and lineups on the Atlético Madrid vs Bayern Munich match page.
How Bayern cover the absences in Madrid is a question for the team sheet, not for guesswork here. The club has not confirmed who will replace either player, and no replacement should be assumed from the Dortmund match alone, when the substitutions were forced by injury rather than chosen for tactical reasons. What can be said plainly is that Bayern's attacking depth will be tested on Tuesday, and that the side that plays at Atlético will look different from the one that started against Dortmund.
For Saibari, the next step is recovery after surgery, and Bayern will provide further updates when the club is ready to do so. For Gnabry, the next step is assessment and rehabilitation of the hamstring injury, with the same caveat: the club has not said how long either process will take. Supporters should therefore treat any date circulating online as unconfirmed unless it is backed by a further official statement from Bayern.
That is also why this article gives no expected return for either player, and no update on Olise. The confirmed story is the double injury, the surgery, and the two absences for the Atlético trip and beyond. ScorePulse will update this story when Bayern give their next official assessment. The Dortmund draw itself is covered on the Bayern Munich vs Borussia Dortmund match page.
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