Following an early scare, when Mainz’s center-forward-Jonathan Burkardt fired over bar from inside the box, Bayern then went on to dominate the opposition and should have won by a wider margin. Let’s now take a look at some interesting takeaways from Saturday’s 3-0 victory.

Bayern Munich faced Mainz 05 at home with all the hopes of bagging the Meisterschale Dahoam. But, despite winning 3-0, the Bavarians have not won the Bundesliga yet, for Bayer Leverkusen won 2-0 against FC Augsburg. History tends to repeat itself. In this case, history says that Bayern has rarely ever bagged the ‘Schale from a home game.

Bayern Munich can wrap up the Bundesliga title next weekend, with their 3-0 victory over Mainz putting them on the brink of winning it.