2024-09-18 08:10:03
Bayern Munich became the first team in UEFA Champions League history to score nine goals in a single match, as Harry Kane scored four times in a 9-2 win over Dinamo Zagreb. Check out the best facts and live Opta data with our Bayern Munich vs Dinamo Zagreb stats page.
Bayern Munich hammered Dinamo Zagreb to set a new UEFA Champions League record of scoring nine goals in a single match.
They became the first team to score nine goals in a Champions League game, with the last team to do it in the European Cup era being Real Madrid in their 9-1 win over FC Wacker Innsbruck in October 1990.
Harry Kane scored four goals in this heavy win and also became the first player in European Cup/Champions League history to score three penalties (excluding shootouts) in a single match. His four goals also helped him overtake Wayne Rooney to become the highest-scoring English player in the history of the competition.
Other Bayern goalscorers on the night were Raphaël Guerreiro, Michael Olise (2) and substitutes Leroy Sané and Leon Goretzka. Another sub, Thomas Müller made his 152nd appearance in the UCL, becoming the player with the most appearances for a single team in the competition.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Bayern Munich vs Dinamo Zagreb stats from their UEFA Champions League Matchday 1 meeting at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany.
The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own post-match analysis.
Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.
Bayern Munich vs Dinamo Zagreb: Post-Match Facts
- Bayern Munich are the first side in UEFA Champions League history to score 9+ goals in a single game, while the last team to do so in a European Cup match was Real Madrid in October 1990 (9-1 vs FC Wacker Innsbruck).
- Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane became the first player to score a hat-trick of penalties in a single European Cup/UEFA Champions League match, and the first Englishman to score four goals in a game in the competition since Alan Smith for Arsenal against FK Austria Wien in 1991.
- Harry Kane tonight netted the 24th hat-trick of his professional career for club and country, scoring a hat-trick in back-to-back appearances for the fifth time of his career. Indeed, Kane this evening became the all-time highest scoring Englishman in the UEFA Champions League (33 goals), equalling and then surpassing Wayne Rooney (30).
- Bayern Munich have begun each of their last 21 UEFA Champions League campaigns with a victory, with their last defeat on MD1 coming against Deportivo de La Coruña back in 2002-03.
- Dinamo Zagreb have lost 18 of their last 19 away games in the UEFA Champions League (D1), losing twice at Bayern Munich during this run by an aggregate scoreline of 14-2.
- Bayern Munich’s Michael Olise became just the third Frenchman to score 2+ goals on his UEFA Champions League debut after Thomas Deniaud in September 1996 (Auxerre vs Rangers) and Thierry Henry in October 1997 (Monaco v Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- Bayern Munich goalkeeper Sven Ulreich conceded twice within the opening five minutes of the second half, having come on to replace captain Manuel Neuer as a half time substitute. Indeed, there were just 101 seconds between Dinamo Zagreb’s two goals scored by Bruno Petkovic (making it 3-1) and Takuya Ogiwara (making it 3-2).
- Thomas Müller came off the bench to make his 152nd UEFA Champions League appearance for Bayern Munich, the most games a player has played for a single club in the competition’s history, overtaking Xavi’s 151 appearances for Barcelona.
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