VfB Stuttgart 3–1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- Demirovic 5'
- Mittelstädt 45+7' (pen.)
- Undav 58'
- García 1'
9 May 2026
The match in data
A 3–1 win for VfB Stuttgart against Bayer 04 Leverkusen on 9 May 2026, on matchday 33 of the 2025-26 Bundesliga.
VfB Stuttgart came from behind: they were trailing 0–1 at 1'.
Player of the match: Maximilian Mittelstädt (VfB Stuttgart), rated 81, thanks above all to 8 final-third passes and 39 passes. Mittelstädt produced 1.1 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.1 times the cost.
It was the highest rating of the matchday.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 3rd time as player of the match this season.
For Bayer 04 Leverkusen, the highest-rated player was Arthur, with 66.
Maximilian Mittelstädt
VfB Stuttgart · 78'
Produced 1.05× and cost 0.08× their position's average
- 8 final-third passes 1.5×
- 39 passes 0.9×
- 3 recoveries 0.9×
- 2 misplaced passes 0.3×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maximilian Mittelstädt ★ | Defender | 78 | 81 |
| Nikolas Nartey | Midfielder | 78 | 79 |
| Ermedin Demirovic | Forward | 90 | 64 |
| Jeff Chabot | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| Jamie Leweling | Forward | 87 | 63 |
| Deniz Undav | Forward | 68 | 63 |
| Angelo Stiller | Midfielder | 90 | 61 |
| Chema Andrés | Midfielder | 90 | 57 |
| Chris Führich | Forward | 87 | 52 |
| Ramon Hendriks | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Tiago Tomás | Forward | 22 | 32 |
| Alexander Nübel | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Bilal El Khannouss | Midfielder | 12 | no rating |
| Luca Jaquez | Defender | 12 | no rating |
| Josha Vagnoman | Defender | 3 | no rating |
| Lorenz Assignon | Defender | 3 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur | Defender | 25 | 66 |
| Robert Andrich | Midfielder | 90 | 60 |
| Christian Kofane | Forward | 78 | 60 |
| Aleix García | Midfielder | 65 | 59 |
| Montrell Culbreath | Forward | 65 | 56 |
| Exequiel Palacios | Midfielder | 90 | 52 |
| Malik Tillman | Midfielder | 25 | 52 |
| Patrik Schick | Forward | 90 | 50 |
| Jarell Quansah | Defender | 86 | 35 |
| Edmond Tapsoba | Defender | 90 | 34 |
| Alejandro Grimaldo | Defender | 90 | 32 |
| Ibrahim Maza | Midfielder | 90 | 30 |
| Mark Flekken | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Ernest Poku | Forward | 12 | no rating |
| Eliesse Ben Seghir | Forward | 4 | 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.