Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich decimated Hoffenheim 5-0 on the Matchday 17 of the ongoing season to cement its position at the top of the standings.
The German Giant now has a four-point advantage on the top.
Bayern Munich scored three times in 19 minutes in the first half with Leroy Sane opening the account from a Thomas Muller assist in the seventh minute.
Raphael Guerreiro doubled it after a one-two with Harry Kane five minutes later, and they killed off the game with a 26th-minute penalty by the league’s top scorer, Kane, who bagged his 16th goal in the competition.
The England star has now converted all 12 penalties he has taken in his Bundesliga career, the league’s third-best record.
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The Bavarians entered the second half and picked up where they had left off, with Sane scoring his second goal of the match three minutes after the restart before substitute Serge Gnabry tapped in their fifth in the 66th.
Hoffenheim pulled off no single effort on target for 70 minutes before Bayern keeper Manuel Neuer pulled off a stunning save to deny Finn Becker.
Vincent Kompany’s side is on 42 points, four ahead of champion Bayer Leverkusen, which beat Mainz 1-0 on Tuesday.
Bayern welcome VfL Wolfsburg next Saturday before travelling to Feyenoord for the Champions League.
Hoffenheim, which has won none of its last six league games and has now lost three on the trot, is 16th in the relegation playoff spot.
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Bundesliga 2024-25: Standings after Matchday 17
| Rank | Club | Matches played | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals scored | Goals against | Goal difference | Points | ||
| 1 | Bayern | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 53 | 13 | 40 | 42 | ||
| 2 | Leverkusen | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 23 | 18 | 38 | ||
| 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 24 | 16 | 33 | ||
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 30 | ||
| 5 | VfB Stuttgart | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 29 | ||
| 6 | Mainz | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 28 | ||
| 7 | Wolfsburg | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 29 | 9 | 27 | ||
| 8 | SC Freiburg | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 30 | -5 | 27 | ||
| 9 | Werder | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 32 | -1 | 26 | ||
| 10 | Dortmund | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 25 | ||
| 11 | Mönchengladbach | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 24 | ||
| 12 | Augsburg | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 33 | -14 | 19 | ||
| 13 | Union Berlin | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -9 | 17 | ||
| 14 | FC St. Pauli | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 14 | ||
| 15 | Heidenheim | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 36 | -13 | 14 | ||
| 16 | Hoffenheim | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 34 | -14 | 14 | ||
| 17 | Holstein Kiel | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 43 | -18 | 11 | ||
| 18 | VfL Bochum | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 37 | -23 | 9 |
