FC Union Berlin 2–1 VfB Stuttgart
- Ansah 18'
- Ansah 45+4'
- Tomás 86'
23 August 2025
The match in data
A 2–1 win for FC Union Berlin against VfB Stuttgart on 23 August 2025, on matchday 1 of the 2025-26 Bundesliga.
Player of the match: Maximilian Mittelstädt (VfB Stuttgart), rated 69, thanks above all to 18 final-third passes and 11 recoveries. Mittelstädt produced 1.9 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.6 times the cost.
For FC Union Berlin, the highest-rated player was Alex Král, with 80.
Ilyas Ansah scored twice.
Maximilian Mittelstädt
VfB Stuttgart · 90'
Produced 1.85× and cost 0.64× their position's average
- 18 final-third passes 2.9×
- 11 recoveries 2.8×
- 96 passes 2.0×
- 14 misplaced passes 1.9×
- 2 duels lost 0.6×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Král | Midfielder | 23 | 80 |
| Ilyas Ansah | Forward | 76 | 62 |
| Rani Khedira | Midfielder | 90 | 60 |
| Christopher Trimmel | Defender | 84 | 58 |
| András Schäfer | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Robert Skov | Midfielder | 67 | 43 |
| Tom Rothe | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Danilho Doekhi | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Leopold Querfeld | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Janik Haberer | Midfielder | 67 | 36 |
| Andrej Ilic | Forward | 90 | 31 |
| Derrick Köhn | Defender | 23 | 30 |
| Frederik Rönnow | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Oliver Burke | Forward | 14 | no rating |
| Josip Juranovic | Defender | 6 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maximilian Mittelstädt ★ | Defender | 90 | 69 |
| Angelo Stiller | Midfielder | 90 | 66 |
| Tiago Tomás | Forward | 25 | 62 |
| Jeff Chabot | Defender | 82 | 58 |
| Nick Woltemade | Forward | 90 | 57 |
| Atakan Karazor | Midfielder | 82 | 56 |
| Luca Jaquez | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Jamie Leweling | Forward | 90 | 45 |
| Ermedin Demirovic | Forward | 65 | 36 |
| Deniz Undav | Forward | 90 | 31 |
| Josha Vagnoman | Defender | 71 | 29 |
| Alexander Nübel | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Chris Führich | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Lazar Jovanovic | Forward | 8 | no rating |
| Ramon Hendriks | Defender | 8 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.