Matchday

Bundesliga 25/26 · 5 Oct 2025

VfB Stuttgart 1–0 1. FC Heidenheim

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Sep 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
2.6 – 0.9
Actual xG
1.0 – 0.4
Goals
1 – 0

Footybot made VfB Stuttgart favourites at 75%.

VfB Stuttgart won and made the better chances: 1.0 xG to 0.4.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Diant Ramaj, 66.2 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Diant Ramaj +14.2, Jonas Föhrenbach +9.3, Jan Schöppner +8.7.

Well below it: Badredine Bouanani −21.0, Maximilian Mittelstädt −19.5, Ermedin Demirović −10.3.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

VfB Stuttgart

2 Oct 2025L 0–2at Basel Europa League
28 Sep 2025W 2–1at 1. FC Köln Bundesliga
25 Sep 2025W 2–1v Celta Vigo Europa League
19 Sep 2025W 2–0v FC St. Pauli Bundesliga
13 Sep 2025L 1–3at SC Freiburg Bundesliga

1. FC Heidenheim

27 Sep 2025W 2–1v FC Augsburg Bundesliga
20 Sep 2025L 1–2at Hamburger SV Bundesliga
13 Sep 2025L 0–2v Borussia Dortmund Bundesliga
30 Aug 2025L 0–2at RB Leipzig Bundesliga
23 Aug 2025L 1–3v VfL Wolfsburg Bundesliga

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

VfB Stuttgart

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Nikolas Nartey Midfielder100–77.7–
Ameen Al-Dakhil Defender3400–67.8–
Jeff Chabot Defender90000.0465.0−0.8
Chema Andrés Midfielder9000–55.9+1.8
Bilal El Khannouss Midfielder89100.0854.4+5.6
Alexander Nübel Goalkeeper9000–53.3+2.6
Jamie Leweling Midfielder89000.1951.5−4.0
Luca Jaquez Defender56000.0147.5−8.2
Tiago Tomás Forward33000.1047.5–
Maximilian Mittelstädt Defender90010.0747.2−19.5
Lorenz Assignon Defender90000.0345.7−5.6
Angelo Stiller Midfielder3300–43.3–
Atakan Karazor Midfielder5700–40.5−8.4
Ermedin Demirović Forward90000.2040.1−10.3
Badredine Bouanani Midfielder57000.2830.0−21.0
Ramon Hendriks Defender100–0.0–

1. FC Heidenheim

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Marnon Busch Defender1000–100.0–
Adam Kölle Defender100–100.0–
Yannik Wagner Forward1000–88.8–
Tobias Weigel Forward100–71.4–
Diant Ramaj Goalkeeper9000–66.2+14.2
Patrick Mainka Defender90000.0555.6+6.0
Jonas Föhrenbach Defender9000–50.5+9.3
Stefan Schimmer Forward16000.1646.9–
Niklas Dorsch Midfielder7400–46.8+1.7
Jan Schöppner Midfielder9000–46.7+8.7
Mikkel Kaufmann Forward89000.1645.1−3.8
Julian Niehues Midfielder8000–43.6–
Arijon Ibrahimović Midfielder8900–41.4−1.6
Omar Haktab Traore Defender9000–38.1+0.2
Luca Kerber Midfielder8000–37.3−6.1
Tim Siersleben Defender9000–34.7–