After celebrating qualification for the last 16 of the Champions League in midweek, Bayern Munich return to Bundesliga action to face Heidenheim at the Allianz Arena on Saturday.
This David vs. Goliath battle pairs up a Bayern side, who have played the most games in Bundesliga history (1,986), with a newly-promoted Heidenheim outfit who have played the fewest of all teams to have appeared in the German top flight (10).
The Bavarian giants were initially frustrated by their Turkish counterparts, but they eventually made the breakthrough courtesy of two goals in the final 10 minutes from goal machine Harry Kane, before Cedric Bakambu netted what proved to be a consolation strike for the visitors in the third minute of stoppage time.
Bayern have extended their record-breaking unbeaten run in the Champions League group stage to 38 games and have secured their place in the last 16 for the 20th time as they sit pretty at the top of Group A, eight points clear of Copenhagen and Galatasaray with two games to spare.
Thomas Tuchel's men are also unbeaten in the Bundesliga and have picked up 26 points from their opening 10 games, their best points return at this stage for eight seasons since a 30-point haul under former boss Pep Guardiola in 2015-16; the German giants thrashed Borussia Dortmund 4-0 in their last league match with Kane netting a hat-trick on his Der Klassiker debut.
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