Harry Kane scored his ninth goal in eight Bundesliga games as Bayern Munich claimed a comfortable victory at Mainz.
England forward Kane nodded in to increase Bayern’s lead after Kingsley Coman’s superb driven effort had put the German champions ahead.
Anthony Caci replied for the hosts before the break but Leon Goretzka’s low shot sealed the visitors’ win.
Bayern are third in the table, two points adrift of Bayer Leverkusen and a point behind VfB Stuttgart.
Along with Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund, Thomas Tuchel’s side remain unbeaten in the league and are currently five points better off than in 2022-23 at the corresponding stage of the season.
Kane’s prolific form since arriving from Tottenham in the summer has also been key to Bayern making their best start to a domestic campaign since 2016-17.
Line-ups
Mainz
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 27Zentner
- 20FernandesSubstituted forKraußat 76′minutes
- 16BellBooked at 65minsSubstituted forOnisiwoat 84′minutes
- 3van den Berg
- 21da Costa
- 8Barreiro
- 31KohrBooked at 49minsSubstituted forRichterat 76′minutes
- 19CaciSubstituted forLeitschat 63′minutes
- 43Gruda
- 7Lee Jae-sungSubstituted forBarkokat 63′minutes
- 17AjorqueBooked at 45mins
Substitutes
- 1Rieß
- 4Barkok
- 5Leitsch
- 9Onisiwo
- 10Richter
- 14Krauß
- 23Guilavogui
- 24Papela
- 30Widmer
Bayern Munich
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 26Ulreich
- 27LaimerBooked at 90mins
- 4de LigtBooked at 27mins
- 3Kim Min-jae
- 19Davies
- 8GoretzkaSubstituted forSarrat 75′minutes
- 6Kimmich
- 11ComanSubstituted forMüllerat 88′minutes
- 42MusialaSubstituted forChoupo-Motingat 77′minutes
- 10SanéSubstituted forTelat 77′minutes
- 9Kane
Substitutes
- 13Choupo-Moting
- 18Peretz
- 20Sarr
- 25Müller
- 39Tel
- 41Krätzig
- 45Pavlovic
Live Text
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Match ends, 1. FSV Mainz 05 1, FC Bayern München 3.
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Second Half ends, 1. FSV Mainz 05 1, FC Bayern München 3.
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Attempt missed. Leandro Barreiro (1. FSV Mainz 05) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Danny da Costa with a cross.
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Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Danny da Costa.
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Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Leandro Barreiro (1. FSV Mainz 05).
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Konrad Laimer (FC Bayern München) is shown the yellow card.
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Foul by Konrad Laimer (FC Bayern München).
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Marco Richter (1. FSV Mainz 05) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Sepp van den Berg.
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Offside, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Karim Onisiwo tries a through ball, but Brajan Gruda is caught offside.
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Attempt missed. Aymen Barkok (1. FSV Mainz 05) header from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Marco Richter with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Conceded by Matthijs de Ligt.
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Brajan Gruda (1. FSV Mainz 05) hits the right post with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Karim Onisiwo following a fast break.
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Substitution, FC Bayern München. Thomas Müller replaces Kingsley Coman.
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Attempt missed. Marco Richter (1. FSV Mainz 05) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ludovic Ajorque with a headed pass.
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Foul by Alphonso Davies (FC Bayern München).
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Brajan Gruda (1. FSV Mainz 05) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Karim Onisiwo replaces Stefan Bell.
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Kingsley Coman (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
