VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 FC Heidenheim
- Jenz 80'
- Beck 45+1'
17 January 2026
The match in data
VfL Wolfsburg and FC Heidenheim finished level at 1–1 on 17 January 2026, on matchday 18 of the 2025-26 Bundesliga.
Player of the match: Niklas Dorsch (FC Heidenheim), rated 74, thanks above all to 1 big chance created and 9 duels won. Dorsch produced 1.3 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 3rd time as player of the match this season.
For VfL Wolfsburg, the highest-rated player was Christian Eriksen, with 72.
Niklas Dorsch
FC Heidenheim · 86'
Produced 1.29× and cost 0.37× their position's average
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 9 duels won 2.0×
- 5 tackles 3.0×
- 1 ball lost 1.1×
- 3 misplaced passes 0.4×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Eriksen | Midfielder | 90 | 72 |
| Moritz Jenz | Defender | 90 | 67 |
| Maximilian Arnold | Midfielder | 90 | 64 |
| Konstantinos Koulierakis | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Patrick Wimmer | Forward | 90 | 57 |
| Yannick Gerhardt | Midfielder | 70 | 48 |
| Jesper Lindstrøm | Forward | 20 | 47 |
| Mohamed Amoura | Forward | 90 | 46 |
| Kevin Paredes | Midfielder | 44 | 42 |
| Lovro Majer | Midfielder | 59 | 41 |
| Aaron Zehnter | Defender | 46 | 38 |
| Saël Kumbedi | Defender | 31 | 32 |
| Jan Bürger | Defender | 59 | 29 |
| Adam Daghim | Forward | 31 | 24 |
| Kamil Grabara | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niklas Dorsch ★ | Midfielder | 86 | 74 |
| Marnon Busch | Defender | 90 | 62 |
| Patrick Mainka | Defender | 90 | 59 |
| Arijon Ibrahimovic | Midfielder | 90 | 56 |
| Adrian Beck | Midfielder | 77 | 46 |
| Mathias Honsak | Forward | 90 | 42 |
| Marvin Pieringer | Forward | 86 | 39 |
| Jonas Föhrenbach | Defender | 77 | 35 |
| Benedikt Gimber | Defender | 90 | 26 |
| Jan Schöppner | Midfielder | 90 | 22 |
| Diant Ramaj | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Leonidas Stergiou | Defender | 13 | no rating |
| Stefan Schimmer | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Luca Kerber | Midfielder | 4 | no rating |
| Mikkel Kaufmann | Forward | 4 | no rating |
| Omar Traoré | Defender | 1 | 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.