Bayern break records and close in on Bundesliga title | OneFootball

Bayern Munich thrashed St. Pauli 5-0 on Saturday, breaking a Bundesliga scoring record that had stood for 54 years and moving to within one step of its 35th title.

Leon Goretzka’s goal in the 53rd minute, Bayern’s second of the match, took the team’s league total this season to 102, surpassing the previous mark set by the Bavarian giants in 1971-72.

Top scorer Harry Kane started on the bench, but Jamal Musiala, Michael Olise, Nicolas Jackson and Raphael Guerreiro also found the net, and Bayern opened a 12-point lead over Borussia Dortmund, who lost to Bayer Leverkusen earlier on Saturday.

With five games remaining in the season, defending champions Bayern can wrap up the title as early as next week at home against Stuttgart.

With Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final second leg against Real Madrid in mind, Bayern left Kane, Luis Díaz, Dayot Upamecano and Jonathan Tah on the bench. The lack of firepower mattered little, as Musiala put the visitors ahead after nine minutes.

Early in the second half, Goretzka turned the ball into the net, breaking a record set by the Bavarians more than half a century ago, by a team featuring club legends such as Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Müller.

Olise made it 3-0 a minute later. Jackson, Kane’s replacement, also scored, and Guerreiro completed the rout late in the game, pushing the record to 105 goals.

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Andrich sinks Dortmund

Robert Andrich scored a stunning long-range goal late in the first half, and Leverkusen became only the second team to beat Dortmund in the league this season, with a 1-0 away win.

Dortmund, whose only two previous defeats this season had come against Bayern, remain eight points clear in second place despite seeing their four-game winning streak come to an end.

A day after extending his contract with the club until 2031, Nico Schlotterbeck was booed and jeered by the home fans amid rumors that a release clause for this summer had been included in his deal.

“We’re very happy that Schlotti renewed,” defender Waldemar Anton told DAZN. “He didn’t deserve the boos. It hurts the team, everyone in the stands needs to know that. It’s absurd and not something we can accept.”

Under coach Niko Kovac, Dortmund looked stoic and risk-averse, showing an unusually fluid attack in the opening half-hour, but Andrich put the visitors ahead with ease.

The German midfielder intercepted a pass from Ramy Bensebaini, controlled the ball and fired a low shot into the corner, leaving Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel with no chance.

Dortmund’s best chance came seven minutes from time, when Serhou Guirassy latched onto a pass from Carney Chukwuemeka and struck the underside of the crossbar.

RB Leipzig vs Borussia Mönchengladbach

Yan Diomande’s 81st-minute goal boosted RB Leipzig’s hopes of finishing in the top four, securing a 1-0 home win over Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Diomande’s late strike moved Leipzig up to third, three points ahead of Stuttgart, who host Hamburg on Sunday, with Leverkusen one point behind in fifth.

The goal continued the 19-year-old’s impressive debut Bundesliga season, in which he has already scored 11 times.

Leipzig captain David Raum praised the young winger, calling him “a player with world-class potential.”

Gladbach ultras displayed a banner aimed at academy product and captain Rocco Reitz, who will join Leipzig in the summer, reading: “Anyone who wants what is here can never be our captain.”

Wolfsburg vs Frankfurt

In another match, Wolfsburg lost 2-1 at home to Eintracht Frankfurt and moved even closer to relegation.

Goals from Oscar Hojlund and Arnaud Kalimuendo left second-bottom Wolfsburg, who have won just once in 14 matches in 2026, six points from safety.

Heidenheim vs Union Berlin

Bottom side Heidenheim kept their slim hopes of avoiding relegation alive with a 3-1 home win over Union Berlin. The victory, Heidenheim’s first since the start of December, left the team two points behind Wolfsburg and eight adrift of Cologne, who sit fourth in the relegation zone.

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