Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa made history with his 38th Bundesliga goal on Matchday 7. - © © gettyimages
Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa made history with his 38th Bundesliga goal on Matchday 7. - © © gettyimages

Shinji Kagawa, Leon Bailey, Jann-Fiete Arp and the Matchday 7 statistical breakdown

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There was a goal record for Shinji Kagawa, a no-goal record for Hamburg, an unwanted first for Bayern Munich, a welocme first for Leon Bailey and a landmark for Jann-Fiete Arp to make anyone feel old on Matchday 7. bundesliga.com rounds up the best of the numbers from the weekend's action...

1

A first for Bayern Munich following their 2-2 draw with Hertha Berlin, the Bavarian giants having never before given up two-goal leads in successive games, until now.

1

Hoffenheim scored with their first shot of the game against Freiburg, with debutant Robin Hack netting with his first strike in the Bundesliga.

2

In eleven games for Bayern in all competitions this season, striker Robert Lewandowski has failed to score in just two.

3

Within three first-half minutes, Freiburg scored as many goals [2] as in six previous Matchdays. Christian Streich's side finished with three against opponents Hoffenheim.

3

Borussia Dortmund and Augsburg are the only two teams to have scored three times in the opening quarter of an hour of matches this season.

4

Martin Harnik has scored in all four home games for Hannover this season.

5

Hamburg have failed to score in all five matches during September. 

6

Borussia Mönchengladbach have won their last six home matches against Hannover. It’s their longest winning run against a single opponent in front of their own fans.

6

In his sixth Bundesliga game against Bayern, Hertha Berlin forward Salomon Kalou scored his first top-flight goal. The Ivorian previously found the target against the Bavarian giants in the Champions League for Lille.

7

Sergio Cordova is the only player this season to come on as a substitute on all seven matchdays.

9

HSV boss Markus Gisdol is yet to beat Werder Bremen in nine attempts with both Hamburg and Hoffenheim (5 draws, 4 defeats). 

13

Leon Bailey scored his first Bundesliga goal with his 13th shot in his 13th league appearance.

Watch: Bailey on his maiden Bundesliga goal

17

Hannover suffered their first defeat under Andre Breitenreiter in his 17th game in charge. It was also their first loss of the season.

19

Dortmund’s total of 19 points and +19 goal difference is the best in their history from seven games. 

28

Çaglar Söyüncü’s first-half goal for Freiburg was the team's first from a header for 28 games. The last time Sunday’s hosts managed a headed goal came in November 2016.

37

Stuttgart's Simon Terodde failed to score in his first six appearances of the season - and missed a penalty - but scored 37 seconds after coming off the bench against Frankfurt.

38

Shinji Kagawa is now the highest scoring Japanese player in Bundesliga history with 38 goals. He overtakes former Mainz and Stuttgart forward Shinji Okazaki.

38

Matthias Ginter ended a run of 38 Bundesliga games without a goal when he scored his first for Gladbach.

50

Hoffenheim’s Austrian midfielder Florian Grillitsch came on to make his 50th Bundesliga appearance against Freiburg.

200

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang made his 200th competitive appearance for Borussia Dortmund at Augsburg.

234

Making his 234th appearance for Bayern, Franck Ribery became the club's joint-record appearance holder for a non German.

349

Breel Embolo made his first start for Schalke in 349 days after recovering from ankle ligament damage. 

400

Ebenezer Ofori became the 400th player to make an appearance for Stuttgart

522

Cologne scored their first goal in 522 minutes of Bundesliga football in Sunday's defeat to Leipzig.

2000

Hamburg’s Jann-Fiete Arp’s appearance in the Nordderby against Bremen made him the first player in Bundesliga history to be born after the year 2000.