VfL Wolfsburg 3-1 FC Heidenheim: result and report

2. Bundesliga · Saturday 17 October 2026

Result

VfL Wolfsburg 3-1 FC Heidenheim

2. Bundesliga · Saturday 17 October 2026, 11:00 UTC · Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg · half-time 2-1

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VfL Wolfsburg 3-1 FC Heidenheim: match report

VfL Wolfsburg won against FC Heidenheim 3-1 in the 2. Bundesliga on Saturday 17 October 2026 at Volkswagen Arena. The half-time score was 2-1.

Alexander Bernhardsson opened the scoring in the 1st minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goals came from Alexander Bernhardsson (1'), Robert Glatzel (45+1') and Muhammed Damar (65'). FC Heidenheim scored through Patrick Mainka (21').

Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 4 yellow cards; FC Heidenheim received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 5th on 12 points from 7 and FC Heidenheim 3rd on 14 points from 7. In the current table VfL Wolfsburg are 3rd on 19 points and FC Heidenheim are 6th on 15 points.

VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-3-3 and FC Heidenheim in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Alexander Bernhardsson of VfL Wolfsburg (8.3), ahead of Robert Glatzel (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 VfL Wolfsburg wins, 2 draws and 1 for FC Heidenheim.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Alexander BernhardssonVfL Wolfsburg · 1-0
  • 21'Goal · Patrick MainkaFC Heidenheim · 1-1
  • 32'Yellow card · Hauke WahlVfL Wolfsburg
  • 45+1'Goal · Robert GlatzelVfL Wolfsburg · 2-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Timon WellenreutherVfL Wolfsburg
  • 62'Yellow card · Fabian ReeseVfL Wolfsburg
  • 65'Goal · Muhammed DamarVfL Wolfsburg · 3-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Michael HeuleFC Heidenheim
  • 85'Yellow card · Alessio BesioVfL Wolfsburg

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
3VfL Wolfsburg105412514+1119WDWDW
6FC Heidenheim104331718-115DDLDL

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Head-to-head

6 meetings: VfL Wolfsburg 3, draws 2, FC Heidenheim 1.

Team news

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VfL Wolfsburg line-up (4-3-3)

Timon Wellenreuther, Saël Kumbedi Nseke, Hauke Wahl, Cleiton, Joakim Maehle, Yannick Gerhardt, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Muhammed Damar, Alexander Bernhardsson, Robert Glatzel, Fabian Reese

FC Heidenheim line-up (4-4-2)

Thomas Dähne, Oualid Mhamdi, Patrick Mainka, Jonas Föhrenbach, Michael Heule, Paul Hennrich, Jan Schöppner, Julian Niehues, Christian Conteh, Mikkel Kaufmann, Alessandro Vogt

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