Joao Cancelo marked his Bayern Munich debut with an assist as the record champions booked their place in the DFB Cup quarter-finals with a comfortable win in Mainz.

Mainz 0-4 Bayern Munich
Goals: 0-1 Choupo-Moting (assist: Cancelo), 0-2 Musiala (assist: Müller), 0-3 Sane (assist: Choupo-Moting), 0-4 Davies 84’ (assist: de Ligt)
Sent off: Hack 87’

An early Aymane Barkok shot that whistled wide was as close as Mainz came to laying a glove on Bayern in a one-sided first half. Finn Dahmen had already been called on to deny Leroy Sane, when Cancelo took centre stage with an inch-perfect cross for Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting to volley home at the back post. Jamal Musiala curled in a sublime second, before Joshua Kimmich sent a free-kick against the woodwork. Sane added a close-range third on the stroke of half time, after smart play from Choupo-Moting.

Bayern went close to extending their lead as the contest ticked towards the hour mark, with Alexander Hack thwarting Thomas Müller twice in quick succession. Anthony Caci fizzed an effort narrowly past the upright in response, but that was pretty much all the partisan home crowd had to get excited about. After Ryan Gravenberch warmed the palms of Dahmen, fellow substitute Alphonso Davies rubbed salt into the wound with a late header. Alexander Hack collected a second bookable offence as Bayern cruised through and to their first win of 2023.

Match stats

• Bayern are through to the quarter-finals for the first time since winning their record-extending 20th DFB Cup in 2019/20.
• The win ends a run of three straight 1-1 draws, and marks Yann Sommer’s first clean sheet for the club.
• Davies has more goals against Mainz (three) than any team he's faced.
• Musiala scored his first goal of 2023, and 13th in all competitions this season.
  Choupo-Moting has 13 goals for Bayern in 2022/23: seven in the Bundesliga, three in the Champions League and three in the DFB Cup.
• Müller made his 63rd DFB Cup appearance, equalling Sepp Maier’s club record in the competition. His 53 wins is an outright DFB Cup record.

Teams

Mainz: Dahmen – Caci, Fernandes, Hanche-Olsen – Widmer (c) (Da Costa 40'), Stach (Ingvartsen 66'), Kohr, Barreiro (Lee 46'), Martin (Hack 46') – Barkok – Ajorque (Onisiwo 66')
Unused subs: Riess, Leitsch, Bell, Gruda
Out: Burgzorg (ankle), Burkardt (knee), Mustapha (operation), Zentner (back)
Coach: Bo Svensson

Bayern: Sommer – Pavard, Upamecano (Blind 64'), de Ligt, Cancelo (Davies 71') – Kimmich – Sane (Goretzka 71'), Müller (c) (Gravenberch 64'), Musiala, Coman – Choupo-Moting (Gnabry 79')
Unused subs: Ulreich, Wanner, Tel, Stanisic
Out: Hernandez (knee), Mane (leg), Mazraoui (heart), Neuer (leg), Sarr (knee)
Coach: Julian Nagelsmann

As it happened

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