Heidenheim vs Werder Bremen

17 May 2025 · Bundesliga · 2024/25 · Referee Tobias Welz

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 0–2

Luca Kerber 80’

Romano Schmid 14’ (pen)
Jens Stage 33’
Marvin Ducksch 66’
Keke Maximilian Topp 86’

Match summary

Werder Bremen won comfortably, 4-1 away at Heidenheim. Werder Bremen led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Romano Schmid put Werder Bremen ahead from the penalty spot in the 14th minute and Jens Stage made it 0-2 with a header in the 33rd minute, set up by Marvin Ducksch. In the second half, Marvin Ducksch made it 0-3 in the 66th minute, set up by Mitchell Weiser, Luca Kerber pulled one back to make it 1-3 with a header in the 80th minute, set up by Léo Scienza, and Keke Maximilian Topp made it 1-4 in the 86th minute.

The chances backed that up: Werder Bremen created 2.21 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Heidenheim's 1.76 from 21.

Match stats

21 Shots 13

8 Shots on Target 7

6 Corners 4

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.76 xG 2.21

1.76 Non-penalty xG 1.45

5 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Heidenheim Werder Bremen

Kick-off

14’

Romano Schmid
Penalty

0-1

33’

Jens Stage
Assist: Marvin Ducksch

0-2

Half-time0-2

66’

Marvin Ducksch
Assist: Mitchell Weiser

0-3

Luca Kerber
Assist: Léo Scienza

1-3

80’

86’

Keke Maximilian Topp

1-4

Full-time1-4

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Heidenheim

Omar Traoré
Léo Scienza

Werder Bremen

Amos Pieper
Jens Stage

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Heidenheim 1.76 xGWerder Bremen 2.21 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Werder Bremen attacking Heidenheim attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Kevin Müller	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Patrick Mainka	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tim Siersleben	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.12	2
Benedikt Gimber	DEF	47			0	0.00	0.00	0
Omar Traoré	MID	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Mathias Honsak	MID	79			1	0.07	0.04	1
Niklas Dorsch	MID	47			2	0.07	0.07	1
Jan Schöppner	MID	47			1	0.07	0.08	2
Paul Wanner	MID	90			1	0.27	0.01	1
Adrian Beck	MID	47			2	0.07	0.00	0
Marvin Pieringer	FWD	90			3	0.21	0.27	1
Léo Scienza	Sub	43		1	3	0.11	0.60	5
Budu Zivzivadze	Sub	43			4	0.42	0.00	0
Julian Niehues	Sub	43			1	0.07	0.00	0
Luca Kerber	Sub	43	1		2	0.38	0.30	2
Jonas Föhrenbach	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Michael Zetterer	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marco Friedl	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Niklas Stark	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Amos Pieper	DEF	86			1	0.05	0.00	0
Mitchell Weiser	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.30	3
Felix Agu	MID	73			1	0.05	0.15	1
Romano Schmid	MID	90	1		3	0.88	0.05	1
Senne Lynen	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jens Stage	MID	73	1		2	0.27	0.00	0
Marvin Ducksch	FWD	86	1	1	4	0.43	0.37	4
Marco Grüll	FWD	73			0	0.00	0.17	2
Justin Njinmah	Sub	17			1	0.12	0.00	0
Leonardo Bittencourt	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Derrick Köhn	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Keke Maximilian Topp	Sub	4	1		1	0.41	0.00	0
Anthony Jung	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Heidenheim win 37% Avg odds 2.61

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.80

Werder Bremen win 38% Avg odds 2.48

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Heidenheim L L W D W

Werder Bremen W W D D D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Werder Bremen 3-3 Heidenheim, 15 Jan 25 Next meeting: Heidenheim 2-2 Werder Bremen, 18 Oct 25 All Heidenheim vs Werder Bremen meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.