1. FC Heidenheim vs VfL Wolfsburg

1. FC Heidenheim won their last Bundesliga match against VfL Wolfsburg, winning 1-0 away at the end of March this year (previously D1, L2). However, among current Bundesliga teams, VfL only has a better points average in the top flight (1.76) against Eintracht Frankfurt than against FCH (1.75).

VfL Wolfsburg have lost their first Bundesliga match in only one of the last seven seasons (2-3 against FC Bayern the previous season, W4 D2). This includes a 2-0 victory against FC Heidenheim in their first-ever Bundesliga match in 2023/24. For the first time in nine years, VfL will be playing away in its first Bundesliga match of the season (a 2-0 loss at Augsburg in 2016).

VfL Wolfsburg won only three games in the second half of the Bundesliga season (D7 L7), a league-low record along with relegated Holstein Kiel and VfL Bochum. VfL only managed a lower 16-point haul in a second half of the Bundesliga season in 2017/18 (14). Meanwhile, 1. FC Heidenheim lost 10 Bundesliga games in the second half of the season (W4 D3), a league-high.

VfL Wolfsburg finished fourth in the away standings last season with 27 points – only in 2019/20 have they earned more away points in the top flight (30). Meanwhile, 1. FC Heidenheim had the fewest points on home soil with 11.

Last Bundesliga season, VfL Wolfsburg scored the most goals from corners, but also conceded the most goals from corners (12 each). Overall only FC Bayern Munich scored more set-piece goals (23) than Wolfsburg (22) in the 2024/25 season – since Opta data began in 2004/05, VfL Wolfsburg only scored more set-piece goals (24) in their 2008/09 championship season.