Bayern's title-winning journey

With just two losses and seven draws from 32 games, there weren’t many hiccups on Bayern’s journey to becoming Bundesliga champions. In fact, it took until Matchday 14 for them to experience their first real slip, when they lost to Mainz at the MEWA Arena.

Their form in the 13 weeks prior had seen them win 10 and draw three, opening up a six-point gap ahead of Eintracht Frankfurt at the time. Eight of those 13 matches featured three or more Bayern goals, with their 6-1 win over Holstein Kiel the biggest margin of the lot.

Despite the Mainz defeat, Bayern retained top spot - a position they’d held since Matchday 4. Up until that game, the men from Munich had only dropped points in three games, drawing with Leverkusen, Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund. They went unbeaten in their next 10, scoring 30 times, before blowing a 2-0 lead and ending the match with 10 men in a shock 3-2 reverse to Bochum.

It was one of only three occasions that Bayern have dropped points at the Allianz Arena this season, with Borussia Mönchengladbach still to visit the Bavarian capital on the penultimate weekend. A draw at Union Berlin followed, meaning the leaders had gone two games without a win for only the second time since those consecutive draws with Leverkusen and Frankfurt on Matchdays 6 and 7.

It was more than just dropped points that Bayern had to contend with, though. Kompany lost Alphonso Davies, Dayot Upamecano, Hiroki Ito and Manuel Neuer to injury during the run-in, with only Neuer given the possibility of returning before the end of the season. Bayern also went out of the UEFA Champions League following a narrow quarter-final defeat to Inter Milan.

However, with the likes of young goalkeeper Jonas Urbig, Eric Dier and Konrad Laimer stepping up, Kompany's charges refused to relinquish their grip on top spot. Thirteen points from their next five league games, including a dramatic Klassiker draw with Dortmund, put them on the brink of the title.

Bayern knew a win in Leipzig would seal the deal, but Die Roten Bullen hadn't read the script. Goals from Benjamin Šeško and Lukas Klostermann put the home side 2-0 up, before Dier, Michael Olise and Leroy Sané struck to complete the turnaround - or so they thought.

Bayern could almost taste the champagne, when Yussuf Poulsen scored in the fifth minute of additional time to equalise, meaning the champions-elect would have to rely on Leverkusen stumbling in Freiburg the following day to confirm their title win. Failing that, there were still another two league fixtures to get the job done.

Against the odds, Maximilian Eggestein's thunderbolt and a Piero Hincapié own goal put Freiburg in front and Bayern on track for another Meisterschale. Late efforts from Florian Wirtz and Jonathan Tah set up a grandstand finale, but there were to be no more Laterkusen heroics. Bayern were champions with room to spare.

Heading into the final weekend of 2024/25, Bayern have scored 95 goals while conceding just 32, giving them, unsurprisingly, the best attack and defence in the league. Their goal tally is the highest total since they hit 97 in their 2021/22 league win, a total that could still be beaten should they score three or more goals in their final-day clash away to Hoffenheim!