Three points in the bag, the lead at the top of the table extended to six points – those weren’t the only positive numbers to come out of the 3-1 win over Hannover. There were other records and runs extended by Bayern Munich. fcbayern.com have trawled through the post-match stats and picked out seven striking facts from the game.
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Arturo Vidal has scored in three consecutive Bundesliga games for the first time in his career.
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Robert Lewandowski is the first Bayern player in history to score in each of the first seven home league games of a season. He surpasses Gerd Müller’s record of six in a row from 1972.
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The Pole also leads the Bundesliga’s goalscoring chart for this season with 14 goals from 14 games. A remarkable haul, which also equals a personal record for Lewandowski. In 2015/16 he actually reached 14 from just 12 matches.
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FC Bayern have extended their unbeaten record at the Allianz Arena. The 3-1 win over Hannover was the 29th Bundesliga game in a row without defeat at the Allianz Arena (23 wins, 6 draws). The Bavarians have only gone on a longer run without a loss at home between 2001 and 2003 when they went 33 unbeaten at the Olympiastadion.
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The champions managed 29 shots on goal against Hannover, which is a new record for the Bundesliga this season (previously 28 from Leipzig vs. Freiburg).
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FCB have won their last 30 league games against promoted teams. The last time they dropped a point against Bundesliga newcomers was on 24 August 2010 (2-0 loss at Kaiserslautern).
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Franck Ribery now holds the outright record for Bundesliga appearances by a non-German with FC Bayern. The Frenchman made came on for his 235th game against Hannover to overtake Hasan Salihamidzic (234) at the top. With Ribery now back from a serious knee injury, he could even overtake the current sporting director for appearances in all competitions before Christmas (Salihamidzic 365, Ribery 363).
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