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Opta Franz @optafranz.optajoe.com · 4h

10 - Vincenzo Grifo is only the fifth player to have scored 10+ direct free kicks in the Bundesliga since data collection in 2004-05, after Diego (13), Hakan Calhanoglu (11), Maximilian Arnold (11) and Sejad Salihovic (10). Artist.

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Opta Franz @optafranz.optajoe.com · 1d

11 - Harry Kane played 11 successful long passes against Borussia Dortmund, the most he has ever managed in a single game in Europe's big five leagues. Quarterback.

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Opta Franz @optafranz.optajoe.com · 1d

12 – Harry Kane has scored 12 goals in the Bundesliga this season. Apart from Bayern Munich, Eintracht Frankfurt (17) and Bayer 04 Leverkusen (16) are the only sides to have scored more goals as a team, than Kane did on his own. Cheatcode. @optajoe.com @optaanalyst.optajoe.com

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Opta Franz @optafranz.optajoe.com · 1d

38 - Robert Andrich has gone 38 away games unbeaten in the Bundesliga, setting a new record in the competition. Andrich surpassed the previous record held by Dante and Philipp Lahm (37 each). Wanderlust.

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Opta Franz @optafranz.optajoe.com · 1d

2 - Saïd El Mala scored in consecutive Bundesliga matches, at the age of 19 years and 53 days - the second youngest Cologne player to do so this millennium after Lukas Podolski (18 years, 195 days). Impressive.

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Opta Franz @optafranz.optajoe.com · 2d

9 - Union Berlin's Danilho Doekhi has scored nine headed goals in the Bundesliga since making his league debut in August 2022. No other defender in Europe's five big leagues has scored more headed goals since then (Arsenal's Gabriel Magalhães also 9). Set-piece.

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Opta Franz @optafranz.optajoe.com · 4d

3.9 - Die 17-jährige Lotta Wrede vom Hamburger SV ist die Spielerin mit den meisten erfolgreichen Dribblings (3.9) pro 90 Minuten in Europas fünf großen Ligen 2025/26 (mind. 200 Einsatzminuten). Wirbelwind.

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Opta Franz @optafranz.optajoe.com · 14d

0 - Der VfB Stuttgart startete mit drei Heimsiegen ohne Gegentor in diese BL-Saison - das gelang dem VfB zum Auftakt zuletzt 1991/92 unter Christoph Daum. In Europas fünf großen Ligen kassierten sonst nur der FC Bayern und Paris Saint-Germain zu Hause noch kein Gegentor. Festung.

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Opta Franz @optafranz.optajoe.com · 15d

11 – Bayern München’s Harry Kane is the first player in Bundesliga history to score 11 goals on the first six matchdays of a season. Historic. #SGEFCB @optajoe.com @optaanalyst.optajoe.com

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Opta Franz @optafranz.optajoe.com · 17d

19y 67d - At 19 years and 67 days, Christian Kofane is Bayer 04 Leverkusen's youngest-ever goalscorer in the UEFA Champions League. Diamond. #UCL #B04PSV

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Opta Franz @optafranz.optajoe.com · 18d

1 - Nick Woltemade is the first Newcastle United player to score on both his first Premier League start and first UEFA Champions League start for the Magpies. BigNick. #UCL

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Opta Franz @optafranz.optajoe.com · 18d

2 - Michael Olise (G1 A2) has contributed three goals in a UEFA Champions League match for the second time (G2 A1 in December 2024 v Shakhtar). Since joining FCB in the summer of 2024, only Raphinha (3 times) and Kylian Mbappe (2 times) have done so as often. World-class.

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Opta Franz @optafranz.optajoe.com · 19d

21 - Harry Kane scored 21 goals in 26 Champions League games for Bayern Munich, already as many as he scored in 32 games for Tottenham. Hungry.

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Opta Franz @optafranz.optajoe.com · 20d

18 - Austrian coach Oliver Glasner is unbeaten in 18 competitive matches with Crystal Palace (W8 D10), the longest active streak of any side in Europe's five major leagues. ExportHit.

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Opta Franz @optafranz.optajoe.com · 22d

10 - Borussia Dortmund were in the lead at half-time for the 10th Bundesliga match in a row, setting a new Bundesliga record for a side. Break.

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Opta Franz @optafranz.optajoe.com · 23d

Appearances in all competitions in the 21st century to reach 100 goals:

Bundesliga – Harry Kane – FCB – 104
LaLiga – Cristiano Ronaldo – RM – 105
Premier League – Erling Haaland – MC – 105
Ligue 1 – Zlatan Ibrahimovic – PSG – 124
Serie A – Cristiano Ronaldo – JT – 131

King.

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Opta Franz @optafranz.optajoe.com · 23d

1 - VfB Stuttgart's Alexander #Nübel is the first German goalkeeper to register an assist in the UEFA Europa League. Smooth. #UEL

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Opta Franz @optafranz.optajoe.com · 28d

4 - Can Uzun is the first teenager in Bundesliga history to score in each of the first four Bundesliga matches of a season. Novelty.

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Opta Franz @optafranz.optajoe.com · 29d

17 – Harry Kane is the first player in Bundesliga history to convert all of his first 17 penalties. Fridge.

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Opta Franz @optafranz.optajoe.com · 29d

5 – Noah Atubolu has saved his fifth penalty in a row, setting a new record for a goalkeeper in Bundesliga history. Wall.

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Opta Franz @optafranz.optajoe.com · 29d

18 – FC Bayern Munich have scored 18 goals in the first four games of this Bundesliga season, a new BL record in the first four games of a season. Avalanche.

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Opta Franz @optafranz.optajoe.com · Sep 19

1 & 1 - Jonathan Burkardt is only the second German after Rudi Völler (in 1992 with Marseille) to both score and assist a goal each on his UEFA Champions League debut. Arrival. #SGEGS #UCL

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Opta Franz @optafranz.optajoe.com · Sep 18

4 - Leroy Sané has now scored (2) or assisted (2) on his UEFA Champions League debut for all four of his clubs. He is the only player in Champions League history to play for 4+ clubs and score or assist on his debut for all of them. Impact.

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Opta Franz @optafranz.optajoe.com · Sep 16

8 - Only once before have as many goals been scored in the second half of a UEFA Champions League match as in Borussia Dortmund v Juventus tonight (8): Also eight in Bayern Munich's 9-2 win against Dinamo Zagreb last season. Spectacular.

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Opta Franz @optafranz.optajoe.com · Sep 13

3 – Luis Díaz has scored in his first three Bundesliga matches for FC Bayern, equalling the club record previously achieved only by Ruggiero Rizzitelli in 1996, Luca Toni in 2007 and Mario Mandzukic in 2012. Dreamstart.

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