Overview
- Serge Gnabry, Min‑Jae Kim and substitute Lennart Karl scored after Linton Maina’s opener for Köln, with play paused for roughly ten minutes due to heavy pyro smoke.
- Bayern finish the Hinrunde on 47 points with a 66:13 goal tally, surpassing their 2013/14 benchmark and matching the league mark for an eleven‑point halftime lead.
- Köln’s winless run reached eight league matches, intensifying scrutiny on coach Lukas Kwasniok, who urged optimism ahead of Saturday’s home game against Mainz.
- Werder Bremen sporting director Clemens Fritz acknowledged an internal misunderstanding of domestic loan limits after an external tip and then added a seventh loan, signing Jovan Milosevic from VfB Stuttgart.
- Transfer reports indicate Bayern have de‑prioritized Nico Schlotterbeck for the summer while monitoring Feyenoord full‑back Givairo Read as a potential target.