Bayern 5-0 Hoffenheim: Sane nets brace in rout, Kane & Gnabry on target

Bayern Munich scored three times in 19 first-half minutes to crush Hoffenheim 5-0 on Wednesday and restore their four-point advantage at the top of the Bundesliga.

The Bavarians did not need long to open the scoring with Leroy Sane drilling in for the lead from a Thomas Muller assist in the seventh minute.

Raphael Guerreiro doubled their lead following a one-two with Harry Kane five minutes later and they killed off the contest with a 26th-minute penalty from Kane, who helped himself to his 16th league goal of the season.

Bayern picked up where they left off after the break with Sane helping himself to a brace, before substitute Serge Gnabry tapped in their fifth in the 66th minute.

Hoffenheim were nowhere to be seen for 70 minutes with no single effort on target before Manuel Neuer pulled off a stunning save to deny Finn Becker a consolation goal.

Despite cold and snowy conditions, the hosts kept up the pressure and had several clear chances to further extend their lead.

Vincent Kompany's team are up to 42 points, four ahead of defending champions Bayer Leverkusen, who beat Mainz 05 1-0 on Tuesday to temporarily narrow the gap.

Match Events

6' GOAL! Bayern 1-0 Hoffenheim (Leroy Sané)

12' GOAL! Bayern 2-0 Hoffenheim (Raphaël Guerreiro)

26' Penalty Goal! Bayern 3-0 Hoffenheim (Harry Kane)

48' GOAL! Bayern 4-0 Hoffenheim (Leroy Sané)

66' GOAL! Bayern 5-0 Hoffenheim (Serge Gnabry)

Line-ups

Bayern XI: Neuer, Muller, Kane, Guerreiro, Dier, Kimmich, Coman, Sane, Upamecano, Alphonso Davies, Pavlovic

Subs: Ulreich, Goretzka, Gnabry, Laimer, Min-jae Kim, Musiala, Olise, Tel, Aznou

Hoffenheim XI: Oliver Baumann, Kramaric, Akpoguma, Diadié Samassékou, Geiger, Stanley Nsoki, Valentin Gendrey, Yardımcı, Adam Hlozek, Arthur Chaves, Tom Bischof

Subs: Kaderábek, Haris Tabakovic, Luca Philipp, Robin Hranac, Alexander Prass, Finn Becker, Gift Orban, David Mokwa, Max Moerstedt