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Harry Kane scored doubly successful the archetypal fractional arsenic Bayern Munich cruised to a 3-0 triumph astatine Werder Bremen connected Saturday (February 14, 2026), restoring their six-point pb atop the Bundesliga table.
Borussia Dortmund’s 4-0 triumph implicit Mainz connected Friday (February 13, 2026) drew them wrong 3 points of the league leaders but Bayern sent a wide response.
They were successful power from commencement to decorativeness successful Bremen, with Leon Goretzka joining the England skipper connected the scoresheet successful the 70th minute.
Kane has 26 goals successful 22 Bundesliga games this play and 41 successful each competitions, 13 of those from the punishment spot.
Kane’s 2nd onslaught brought up 500 goals successful his vocation for nine and state and the striker told reporters: “500 is simply a large fig -- a batch of hard enactment and dedication has gone into it.
“All I tin accidental is acknowledgment to each of my teammates and managers implicit the years -- and I look guardant to the adjacent 50, the adjacent 100.”
Bayern lined up without the suspended Michael Olise for the archetypal clip successful 89 matches successful each competitions since the France winger arrived from Crystal Palace successful 2024.
Bremen kept the league leaders astatine bay successful the opening stages but Kane gave Bayern the pb with 22 minutes played, converting a punishment aft VAR recovered Lennart Karl was felled successful the box.
It was the 3rd consecutive lucifer Kane had fixed Bayern the pb from the punishment spot.
Bayern doubled their pb 3 minutes aboriginal erstwhile Kane snuck a debased changeable successful disconnected the close station from the borderline of the box.
Bayern skipper Manuel Neuer was subbed disconnected astatine half-time with a recurrence of a calf injury, but sporting manager Max Eberl said it was “nothing dramatic” and “a precautionary measure.”
Bremen’s Marco Gruell deed the station soon aft the interruption but Bayern enactment the crippled to furniture erstwhile Goretzka swept location with 20 minutes remaining.
Hoffenheim continued their turnaround this season, beating Freiburg 3-0 astatine location with goals from Fisnik Asllani, Ozan Kabak and Valentin Gendrey arsenic they tightened their grip connected 3rd spot.
Finishing conscionable 1 spot supra the relegation playoff spot past season, Hoffenheim, located successful a colony of astir 3,500 people, are connected people for Champions League football.
In their past 16 league matches, Hoffenheim person lone mislaid doubly — to Bayern and Dortmund.
Stuttgart spell fourth
An Ermedin Demirovic treble took Stuttgart to a 3-1 location triumph implicit Cologne successful Saturday’s (February 14, 2026) precocious lucifer to assistance the German Cup holders into 4th spot.
Demirovic gave Stuttgart the pb aft a 4th hour, but Ragnar Ache pulled 1 backmost with 11 minutes remaining.
Just 5 minutes later, Demirovic knocked successful a volley to reconstruct Stuttgart’s lead. Germany guardant Deniz Undav wrapped up the 3 points with a stoppage-time goal.
“I’m the striker. I people the goals,” Demirovic said.
Stuttgart question to Celtic successful the archetypal limb of their Europa League knockout necktie connected Thursday (February 12, 2026) and centre-back Jeff Chabot said “we expect a large crippled and fantabulous atmosphere.”
Bayer Leverkusen bushed St Pauli 4-0 astatine home, their 5th triumph successful their past six games taking the 2024 rubric winners past RB Leipzig into fifth.
Former Liverpool centre-back Jarell Quansah headed Leverkusen successful beforehand with 13 minutes gone and Patrik Schick struck conscionable a infinitesimal aboriginal to enactment the hosts successful front.
Edmond Tapsoba and Ernest Poku added 2nd fractional goals for Leverkusen, who play astatine Olympiacos successful the Champions League knockouts connected Wednesday (February 11, 2026).
Eintracht Frankfurt cruised to a 3-0 location triumph implicit Borussia Moenchengladbach to manus manager Albert Riera a archetypal triumph successful charge.
Nathaniel Brown, Ayoube Amaimouni and Ansgar Knauff scored for Frankfurt, who overtook Freiburg into seventh.
Elsewhere, Hamburg came from a extremity down to bushed Union Berlin 3-2 astatine location and leapfrog their opponents into ninth.
