Bayern Munich, Harry Kane and Michael Olise chasing even more records in remarkable season
Bayern Munich’s record-breaking season got back on track with their 5-1 Matchday 21 victory over Hoffenheim. With 13 matchdays remaining, numerous records could still be broken as the record champions, Harry Kane and Michael Olise aim for the stars…
Bayern returned to winning ways against Hoffenheim after two games without victory. Kane opened the scoring from the spot and, although Andrej Kramarić restored parity, another Kane penalty alongside Luis Díaz's first hat-trick for the record champions completed the rout.
The victory keeps Vincent Kompany's men at the top of the table, amassing 54 points and a +60 goal difference as they attempt to win the title in style. The current highest points tally in Bundesliga history was set in 2012/13, when Bayern finished with 91 points and a goal difference of +80.
Watch: Highlights of Bayern's 5-1 win over Hoffenheim
Defeat to Augsburg and a draw with Hamburg slowed the Bavarians' momentum, meaning they now have no room for manoeuvre if they want to beat that tally, but a 13-game winning streak to the end the campaign would see them surpass it - hardly impossible given they have already won 16 straight league games this term.
At this stage, though, breaking the record single-season goal tally as a team appears more likely. So far in their 21 fixtures, Bayern have found the back of the net on a remarkable 79 occasions. Unsurprisingly, that is also the best-ever haul at this point of a campaign, coming in at an average of 3.76 goals per game.
There have already been several huge wins, with RB Leipzig suffering the brunt of Bayern’s scoring wrath by shipping 11 times across their two meetings with Kompany’s men, while they even put eight past Wolfsburg on Matchday 16.
Watch: Bayern Munich 8-1 Wolfsburg - highlights
Additionally, the Munich-based outfit have also bagged four three times, five four times and six twice. To surpass the current record number of 101 goals (by Bayern in 1971/72), they will need 23 more in the remaining 13 fixtures. On this form, that could well be child’s play.
Several Bayern stars have displayed clinical finishing, but Kane once again leads the way. Having already been the Torjägerkönig in each of his first two Bundesliga seasons, the Englishman is on track to make it a hat-trick after plundering 24 goals thus far. As such, Robert Lewandowski’s single-season record of 41 goals and whether Kane can beat it is the topic of much conversation.
By the end of Matchday 21 during that unforgettable 2020/21 season, the legendary Pole had struck 25 times - only once more than Kane.
Watch: What makes Kane the best of the best?
After an electric start that saw the latter rack up two hat-tricks and two braces in the opening five matchdays, he has since scored at a slower yet consistent rate. Nevertheless, he has only failed to find the back of the net six times, suggesting that a plethora of goals are inevitably still to come.
While Kane is his side’s main goalscorer, Olise has been the leading provider of assists. The France international picked up an assist against Hoffenheim for the sixth Bundesliga match in succession to move to 16 for the campaign, already more than the league-leading 15 he managed during the entire 2024/25 season.
As such, Thomas Müller’s overall record of 21 goals created during 2019/20 is very much at risk. After 21 games of that campaign, the Raumdeuter had 12 assists, giving Olise a significant edge as it stands.
Bayern’s main goal will be to wrap up the defence of their Bundesliga title as quickly and convincingly as possible, before going in search of the DFB Cup and UEFA Champions League trophies to complete what would be another memorable treble.
On current form, Kane, Olise and the team as a whole have every chance of writing themselves into the history books in the process.
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Bayern Munich's 5-1 win over Hoffenheim on Matchday 21 made the rest of the Bundesliga sit up and take notice.