WOLFSBURG. VfL Wolfsburg conquers Heidenheim 2-0 after J. Wind scores 2 goals.

The match was played at the Volkswagen Arena stadium in Wolfsburg on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. In front of 22,620 spectators.​ The referee was Florian Badstübner with the support of Markus Schüller and Philipp Hüwe. The 4th official was Florian Lechner. The weather was light rain. The temperature was extremely hot at 31.08 degrees Celsius or 87.94 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. VfL Wolfsburg was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Heidenheim that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Heidenheim was putting more pressure with 53 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyhow, VfL Wolfsburg was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

VfL Wolfsburg shot 18 times, 8 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Heidenheim shot 14 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

VfL Wolfsburg received 3 yellow cards (Yannick Gerhardt, Patrick Wimmer and Aster Vranckx). Regarding the opposition, Heidenheim didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this match, VfL Wolfsburg has 3 points to occupy the 4th place in the table. On the other side, Heidenheim stays with 0 points (15th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, VfL Wolfsburg will host FSV Mainz 05 on the 18th of May with a 13-8 head to head stats in favor of VfL Wolfsburg (11 draws).

Heidenheim will host FC Köln on the 18th of May with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of FC Köln (1 draw).

VfL Wolfsburg – Formation

VfL Wolfsburg started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Niko Kovač decided to play with the following team: Maximilian Arnold, Koen Casteels (7.1), Ridle Baku (7.7), Maxence Lacroix (7.8), Cedric Zesiger (7.3), Joakim Mæhle (7.5), Lovro Majer (7.1), Yannick Gerhardt (6.8), Mattias Svanberg (8.2), Patrick Wimmer (6.7), Jonas Wind (8.5) and Václav Černý (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Tiago Tomás (6.7), Sebastiaan Bornauw, Aster Vranckx (6.8), Nicolas Cozza, Pavao Pervan, Jakub Kamiński (6.8), Dženan Pejčinović, Moritz Jenz and Kevin Paredes.

Substitutions

VfL Wolfsburg made 5 changes: Václav Černý for Jakub Kamiński (66′), Patrick Wimmer for Tiago Tomás (66′), Lovro Majer for Aster Vranckx (66′), Mattias Svanberg for Nicolas Cozza (87′) and Ridle Baku for Kevin Paredes (90′).

Best player: Jonas Wind​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for VfL Wolfsburg was Jonas Wind.

His rating is (8.5) with 2 goals, 20 passes (0% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 10.

Heidenheim – Formation

Heidenheim started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

Frank Schmidt played with: Jan-Niklas Beste, Kevin Müller (6.9), Marnon Busch, Patrick Mainka (7.0), Tim Siersleben (7.0), Jonas Föhrenbach (6.9), Lennard Maloney (7.1), Eren Dinkçi (6.6), Adrian Beck (7.0), Florian Pick (7.0), Tim Kleindienst (6.7) and Marvin Pieringer (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jan Schöppner, Benedikt Gimber, Stefan Schimmer (6.6), Denis Thomalla (6.9), Kevin Sessa (6.4), Nikola Dovedan (7.0), Vitus Eicher, Haktab Omar Traore (7.0) and Norman Theuerkauf.

Substitutions

Heidenheim made 5 changes: Marnon Busch for Haktab Omar Traore (32′), Adrian Beck for Denis Thomalla (46′), Eren Dinkçi for Nikola Dovedan (58′), Marvin Pieringer for Kevin Sessa (58′) and Lennard Maloney for Stefan Schimmer (84′).

Best player: Lennard Maloney​

The player that probably impressed the most for Heidenheim was Lennard Maloney.

His rating is (7.1) with 43 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 13.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.​

• VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 1848 – 5-0
• FC Augsburg – Borussia Mönchengladbach – 4-4
• TSG Hoffenheim – SC Freiburg – 1-2
• VfL Wolfsburg – Heidenheim – 2-0
• Bayer 04 Leverkusen – RB Leipzig – 3-2
• Borussia Dortmund – FC Köln – 1-0