Bayern 6-1 Mainz: Perisic & Pavard shine with goals & assists in dominant win

The Bavarians smash the struggling rivals with a huge victory for 6-1. Perisic and Pavard both get their first goals for Bayern and they send each other assists. Red-hot Lewandowski hits his 6th goal in recent 3 games.

Match Events

6' GOAL! Bayern 0-1 Mainz (Boetius)

Mainz take a surprise lead here at the Allianz Arena! It's a fantastic goal and the move is all started by Pierre-Gabriel, who paces down the right-hand flank and whips a cross into the box.

36' GOAL! Bayern 1-1 Mainz (Pavard)

Perisic finds himself in space down the left again and he lofts a cross over a bunch of players into the box. Pavard does not rise like the others do, meaning he is there when those nearby misses it to let it bounce and hit it on the half volley from about 10 yards out.

45' GOAL! Bayern 2-1 Mainz (Alaba)

Alaba takes the free-kick and it is a fantastic effort, curling perfectly into the bottom corner! The ball rises over the wall and dips again, with Muller unable to get anywhere near it.

54' GOAL! Bayern 3-1 Mainz (Perisic)

Coman finds Pavard on the right flank and the full-back teases a deep cross towards the back post. Perisic is there and he leaps high to get his head on it, with his effort being palmed onto the bar by Muller. The shot hits the underside of the bar, though, and goes in.

64' GOAL! Bayern 4-1 Mainz (Coman)

Coman scores Bayern's fourth of the afternoon! Kimmich sends a corner into the box and Coman - who beats Martin and Onisiwo to the ball - meets it just after it bounces, meaning his shot is low and Muller has no chance to save it from only a few yards out. 

78' GOAL! Bayern 5-1 Mainz (Lewandowski)

Lewandowski has his say on the match and Bayern make it 5-1! Muller finds space down the right flank and crosses into the Polish international, who controls well and turns his body to the left before firing a shot past the keeper into the bottom corner.

80' GOAL! Bayern 6-1 Mainz (Davies)

Davies adds Bayern's sixth of the afternoon! Kimmich plays it over the top to Muller, who controls and turns his body to the left before sending it across goal to Davies, who taps home into an empty net.

Match Report

Bayern Munich secured their first home win of the campaign with a comfortable 6-1 victory over Mainz at the Allianz Arena on Saturday as the reigning Bundesliga champions put the pressure on rivals Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig.

Mainz shockingly opened the scoring with a great header from Jean-Paul Boetius, who capitalised on poor defending from Benjamin Pavard. 

However, the French defender made up for it with a great half volley to give Die Roten a much-needed equaliser. Bayern then took the lead with a brilliant free-kick from David Alaba in stoppage time of the first half. 

The Bavarians continued as they left off as Ivan Perisic, who made his first start for the club, scored a great header to put Bayern comfortably ahead. 

Kingsley Coman, Robert Lewandowski and Canadian teenager Alphonso Davies all scored late on to give Bayern a huge victory and put down a marker ahead of their crunch tie against Leipzig.

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