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FCB Bayern FC Bayern München - M05 Mainz 1. FSV Mainz 05

Sun, 14.12.202516:30 PM

Allianz Arena

1:46

Watch: All of Kane's Bundesliga penalties

The Bayern forward was on target from the spot against VfB Stuttgart last week, taking his penalty record in the Bundesliga to 19 taken, 19 scored. Recap every single one of them right here...

Predicted line-up: FC Bayern München

Predicted line-up: 1. FSV Mainz 05

Early Mainz team news

Fischer will be without Anthony Caci, Maxim Dal, Phillipp Mwene and Robin Zentner through injury. Silvan Widmer, meanwhile, is a doubt, and Paul Nebel and Dominik Kohr are suspended.

Early Bayern team news

Sacha Boey remains a doubt after two games out, but Alphonso Davies is an option after making his long-awaited return in midweek. Jamal Musiala (leg/ ankle) and Luiz Díaz (suspended) are unavailable.

Mainz draw in Poland in Conference League

Despite being down to 10 men for the final 20 minutes, Mainz were able to battle to a 1-1 draw against Lech Poznań as Daniel Batz made a series of good saves and Sota Kawasaki scored his first goal for the club on Thursday.

Lucho's libre

Given his suspension for Tuesday's Champions League game and now also for this fixture against Mainz, Vincent Kompany confirmed earlier in the week that Luis Díaz had been given a few days off and time to get away to switch off after a busy start to the season. But the coach insisted that the Colombian won't be given next week off as Bayern prepare to face Heidenheim in their final game of the calendar year.

Blistering Bayern

Bayern have the best Bundesliga record ever after 13 matches of a season with 12 wins, a draw and a +40 goal difference.

Bad time of year for Bayern

Bayern's first defeat of the season came on Matchday 14 in both of the past two seasons (2-1 at Mainz in 2024/25 and a 5-1 loss at Frankfurt in 2023/24)

Another Kane record

Kane's three-goal salvo against Stuttgart saw him become the fastest player to 10 Bundesliga hat-tricks (in 76 matches, smashing Gerd Müller's previous record of 161).

Miserable reading for Mainz

Eleven goals scored across the opening 13 matches is Mainz's second-poorest figure at this stage of a Bundesliga season after 10 in 2006/07.

Fischer in

Mainz appointed Urs Firscher as Bo Henriksen's successor as head coach last Sunday. The 59-year-old was in charge of Union Berlin between 2018 and 2023, taking them from Bundesliga 2 to the Champions League.

Bayern turn tables on Sporting

Seventeen-year-old Lennart Karl made history as the youngest player to score in three successive UEFA Champions League games as Bayern recovered from a goal down to beat Sporting Lisbon 3-1 on Tuesday. The win - Bayern's fourth in five league-phase fixtures - keeps the six-time European champions firmly on course to qualify directly for the knockout rounds.

0:21

Watch: Kane's identical Stuttgart goals

The Bayern striker's first goal at the weekend was scored from an almost identical position that he struck from against Stuttgart last season.

2:03

Watch: Bayern 3-0 Mainz - highlights

Mainz inflicted a first Bundesliga defeat on Vincent Kompany's Bayern last December (2-1), but were comfortably beaten at the Allianz Arena in April. They also lost 4-0 to the record champions in the 2024/25 DFB Cup second round.

2:03

Watch: VfB Stuttgart 0-5 Bayern - highlights

Harry Kane came off the bench to score a hat-trick as Bayern hammered Stuttgart to continue their unbeaten start to the Bundesliga campaign. The record champions have won 12 and drawn one of 13 league games and already have a sizeable lead over the chasing pack (eight points ahead of Matchday 14's fixtures).

2:03

Watch: Mainz 0-1 Gladbach - highlights

Mainz's struggles continued following Bo Henriksen's dismissal with a 1-0 home defeat to resurgent Borussia Mönchengladbach. Bottom of the table with only one league win all season, the 05ers have five points to make up on Heidenheim in the relegation play-off spot, though the gap could be even bigger by the time they kick off in Munich.

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