Overview
- Serge Gnabry, Min-Jae Kim and substitute Lennart Karl scored after Linton Maina’s opener in a match paused for roughly ten minutes because of heavy pyro smoke.
- Bayern closed the Hinrunde on 47 points with a +53 goal difference (66:13), surpassing their 2013/14 benchmark and remaining unbeaten at 15 wins and 2 draws.
- The result puts Munich 11 points ahead of Borussia Dortmund at the halfway stage, equalling the league’s record midseason margin.
- Köln’s league winless run reached eight, increasing pressure on coach Lukas Kwasniok ahead of Saturday’s home game against Mainz.
- Hoffenheim thrashed Gladbach 5:1 as Andrej Kramarić netted a hat-trick in his 302nd Bundesliga match, while RB Leipzig beat Freiburg 2:0 to consolidate third place.