Bayern Break Bundesliga Goal Record in St. Pauli Rout
Quick Reads
- Bayern Munich routed St. Pauli 5-0 on the road to break the Bundesliga record for goals in a single season.
- Jamal Musiala’s ninth-minute header drew level with the previous record of 101 goals, set by Bayern’s legendary 1971-72 side.
- Leon Goretzka’s second-half volley became the record-breaking 102nd goal of the campaign.
- Michael Olise, Nicolas Jackson, and Raphaël Guerreiro all scored to take Bayern’s season tally to 105 goals with five games still remaining.
- Vincent Kompany’s side now lead second-placed Borussia Dortmund by 12 points as they close in on the Bundesliga title.
Bayern Munich broke the Bundesliga’s all-time goals-in-a-season record on Saturday, dismantling relegation-threatened St. Pauli 5-0 in Hamburg to move to 105 league goals with five matches left to play. The victory extended their lead over Borussia Dortmund to 12 points and effectively closed the door on any title challenge.
It was a performance built for history. Jamal Musiala got Bayern moving in the ninth minute, powering home a header from Konrad Laimer’s precise corner to draw level with the 101-goal mark that had stood since Bayern’s famous 1971-72 team, the side of Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Müller. The record had survived 54 years. It did not survive the second half.
Leon Goretzka ended it in the 53rd minute, driving a clinical far-post volley into the net to make it 102 and move Bayern into territory no Bundesliga club had ever reached. Just one minute later, Olise cut inside and finished into the far corner for 103, and the tally kept climbing from there. Jackson added a fourth, finishing from close range after Musiala’s clever ball through the press, before Guerreiro wrapped up the afternoon with a fifth deep in stoppage time.
Kompany had arrived at the Volksparkstadion with his squad rotated, resting Harry Kane and several key players ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League quarterfinal second leg against Real Madrid. Bayern already holds a 2-1 lead from the first leg. That a weakened side still produced a performance of this scale speaks clearly to the depth and consistency this team has built across the season. Bara Ndiaye, an 18-year-old Senegalese midfielder on loan from Gambinos Stars Africa, also came off the bench to make his first-team debut, adding a note of optimism about what lies ahead.
By the Numbers
105 — Bayern’s Bundesliga goal total through 29 games, a new single-season record for the competition.
101 — The previous Bundesliga record, set by Bayern’s 1971-72 squad, which had stood for over five decades.
12 — Points separating Bayern from Borussia Dortmund with five rounds remaining.
5 — Games still to play, meaning Bayern could threaten Manchester City’s 2017-18 Premier League record of 106 goals in a season, and are not entirely beyond the reach of Cristiano Ronaldo’s Real Madrid, who scored 121 in La Liga in 2011-12 across 38 games.
31 — Harry Kane’s Bundesliga goals this season, as he chases Robert Lewandowski’s single-season record of 41.
12 — Michael Olise’s league goals. Luis DÃaz has contributed 15.
