2. Bundesliga 2026/27, matchday 2: every number from the 9 matches

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24 goals in 9 matches — 2.67 a game, against 2.92 across all 308 matches of 2025/26. 3 home wins, 2 draws, 4 away wins. Results, goals by minute, cards, shots, possession, xG and player ratings — all of it on one page.

Results

Match	HT	xG	Shots	On target	Home poss.
Braunschweig 0–1 Bochum	0–1	1.51–1.23	17–13	3–4	55%
Holstein Kiel 2–2 St. Pauli	0–2	2.09–2.56	19–13	6–6	64%
Greuther Fürth 2–4 1. FC Nürnberg	2–2	2.75–1.17	14–15	6–8	44%
Hertha BSC 4–1 Heidenheim	3–0	1.97–1.02	19–11	9–3	51%
VfL Osnabrück 0–3 Magdeburg	0–2	0.87–1.72	12–19	4–6	40%
Kaiserslautern 0–0 Karlsruher SC	0–0	1.05–0.75	11–13	3–8	51%
Arminia Bielefeld 3–0 Energie Cottbus	2–0	3.57–0.56	17–10	5–0	40%
Dynamo Dresden 1–0 Darmstadt	1–0	0.64–0.38	12–10	6–1	62%
Hannover 0–1 Wolfsburg	0–0	1.25–1.71	14–18	2–7	52%

The heaviest match was Greuther Fürth 2–4 1. FC Nürnberg with 6 goals. 3 of 9 matches had both clubs scoring, 5 went over 2.5 goals, and 7 clubs failed to score. 15 goals came before half-time and 9 after it; 2 arrived inside the first 15 minutes and 3 after the 75th. The earliest goal of the round came in minute 2, the latest in minute 90. 2 of the 23 goals were penalties and 0 were own goals; the round produced 30 yellow cards and 1 red. The minute-by-minute feed carries 23 of the 24 goals, so every count in this paragraph is a floor, not a total; the scores and half-time scores above are complete.

Every match, in detail

Braunschweig 0–1 Bochum 2026-08-14 16:30 UTC · half-time 0–1 · 4-3-1-2 v 4-2-3-1

Eintracht-Stadion

Goals

18' Philipp Hofmann Bochum assist Koji Miyoshi

Cards

🟨 11' Samuele Di Benedetto Braunschweig
🟨 20' Enis Çokaj Bochum
🟨 24' Mats Pannewig Bochum
🟨 90' Kevin Ehlers Braunschweig
🟨 90+1' Daniel Hanslik Bochum

Best rated

7.5 Michael Steinwender Bochum · 3/6 duels
7.5 Yann Sturm Braunschweig · 2 shots, 4/5 duels
7.3 Timo Horn Bochum · 3 saves

Braunschweig · Bochum

1.51	xG	1.23
0.81	xG first half	0.91
17	Shots	13
3	On target	4
11	Shots in the box	9
6	Blocked	3
5	Corners	6
55%	Possession	45%
490	Passes	402
402	Passes completed	297
3	Saves	3
11	Fouls	13
3	Offsides	0
2	Yellow cards	3

source: full match archive

Holstein Kiel 2–2 St. Pauli 2026-08-14 16:30 UTC · half-time 0–2 · 4-1-4-1 v 3-4-1-2

Holstein-Stadion

Goals

32' Martijn Kaars St. Pauli
45+4' Taichi Hara St. Pauli assist Arkadiusz Pyrka
56' Phil Harres Holstein Kiel assist Alexander Bernhardsson
88' Jonas Therkelsen Holstein Kiel

Cards

🟨 45+2' Mathias Rasmussen St. Pauli
🟨 47' Guillermo Balzi Holstein Kiel
🟨 47' Timon Weiner Holstein Kiel
🟨 49' Joel Chima Fujita St. Pauli
🟨 72' Kasper Davidsen Holstein Kiel
🟨 73' Ricky-Jade Jones St. Pauli

Best rated

8.3 Phil Harres Holstein Kiel · 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 shots, 7/10 duels
7.9 Arkadiusz Pyrka St. Pauli · 1 assist, 10/12 duels
7.5 Kasper Davidsen Holstein Kiel · 2 shots, 9/17 duels

Holstein Kiel · St. Pauli

2.09	xG	2.56
1.35	xG first half	1.52
19	Shots	13
6	On target	6
15	Shots in the box	10
6	Blocked	3
5	Corners	5
64%	Possession	36%
548	Passes	295
470	Passes completed	199
4	Saves	4
14	Fouls	19
1	Offsides	2
3	Yellow cards	3

source: full match archive

Greuther Fürth 2–4 1. FC Nürnberg 2026-08-15 11:00 UTC · half-time 2–2 · 4-4-2 v 4-2-3-1

Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer

Goals

22' Felix Klaus (pen) Greuther Fürth
26' Piet Scobel 1. FC Nürnberg assist Julian Justvan
41' Felix Klaus Greuther Fürth assist Dennis Srbeny
45+3' Julian Justvan 1. FC Nürnberg assist Piet Scobel
54' Julian Justvan 1. FC Nürnberg assist Fynn Otto
74' Piet Scobel 1. FC Nürnberg

Cards

🟨 28' Javier Fernandez 1. FC Nürnberg
🟨 45+6' Julian Justvan 1. FC Nürnberg
🟨 60' Eric Porstner 1. FC Nürnberg
🟨 77' Rayan Ghrieb 1. FC Nürnberg
🟨 89' Aaron Keller Greuther Fürth

Best rated

9.7 Julian Justvan 1. FC Nürnberg · 2 goals, 1 assist, 3 shots, 2/4 duels
8.3 Piet Scobel 1. FC Nürnberg · 2 goals, 1 assist, 4 shots, 3/9 duels
7.9 Jan Reichert 1. FC Nürnberg · 4 saves, 2/2 duels

Greuther Fürth · 1. FC Nürnberg

2.75	xG	1.17
1.87	xG first half	0.72
14	Shots	15
6	On target	8
8	Shots in the box	10
4	Blocked	2
5	Corners	3
44%	Possession	56%
339	Passes	443
275	Passes completed	380
4	Saves	4
9	Fouls	15
3	Offsides	1
1	Yellow cards	4

source: full match archive

Hertha BSC 4–1 Heidenheim 2026-08-15 11:00 UTC · half-time 3–0 · 4-2-3-1 v 4-5-1

Olympiastadion

Goals

2' Sebastian Grønning Hertha BSC assist Marten Winkler
26' Marten Winkler Hertha BSC
35' Deyovaisio Zeefuik Hertha BSC assist Marten Winkler
49' Jan Schöppner Heidenheim assist Mikkel Kaufmann
90' Oluwaseun Adewumi Hertha BSC assist Josip Brekalo

Cards

🟨 39' Patrick Mainka Heidenheim
🟨 44' Oualid Mhamdi Heidenheim
🟨 73' Julian Eitschberger Hertha BSC
🟥 88' Deyovaisio Zeefuik Hertha BSC

Best rated

9.3 Marten Winkler Hertha BSC · 1 goal, 2 assists, 2 shots, 4/5 duels
8.2 Josip Brekalo Hertha BSC · 1 assist, 1 shots, 7/11 duels
7.9 Jan Schöppner Heidenheim · 1 goal, 1 shots, 9/17 duels

Hertha BSC · Heidenheim

1.97	xG	1.02
1.13	xG first half	0.18
19	Shots	11
9	On target	3
9	Shots in the box	8
5	Blocked	1
5	Corners	3
51%	Possession	49%
370	Passes	345
301	Passes completed	270
2	Saves	4
12	Fouls	17
1	Offsides	2
1	Yellow cards	2
1	Red cards	0

source: full match archive

VfL Osnabrück 0–3 Magdeburg 2026-08-15 11:00 UTC · half-time 0–2 · 3-4-3 v 4-3-3

Goals

24' Alexander Nollenberger Magdeburg assist Tobias Müller
35' Alexander Nollenberger Magdeburg assist Barış Atik
69' Emmanuel Iyoha Magdeburg assist Luka Hyryläinen

Cards

🟨 67' Pierre Nadjombe Magdeburg
🟨 77' Konrad Faber VfL Osnabrück

Best rated

10.0 Alexander Nollenberger Magdeburg · 2 goals, 3 shots, 11/13 duels
8.2 Emmanuel Iyoha Magdeburg · 1 goal, 3 shots, 9/12 duels
7.9 Dominik Reimann Magdeburg · 4 saves

VfL Osnabrück · Magdeburg

0.87	xG	1.72
0.12	xG first half	1.55
12	Shots	19
4	On target	6
11	Shots in the box	15
2	Blocked	3
3	Corners	10
40%	Possession	60%
354	Passes	544
272	Passes completed	474
3	Saves	4
12	Fouls	12
0	Offsides	5
1	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

Kaiserslautern 0–0 Karlsruher SC 2026-08-15 18:30 UTC · half-time 0–0

Fritz Walter Stadion

Goals

none

Best rated

8.2 Julian Krahl Kaiserslautern · 8 saves, 1/1 duels
7.7 Jan Elvedi Kaiserslautern · 2 shots, 6/8 duels
7.5 Christoph Kobald Karlsruher SC · 1 shots, 4/11 duels

Kaiserslautern · Karlsruher SC

1.05	xG	0.75
0.31	xG first half	0.32
11	Shots	13
3	On target	8
8	Shots in the box	5
2	Blocked	0
4	Corners	11
51%	Possession	49%
378	Passes	363
290	Passes completed	286
8	Saves	2
12	Fouls	19
1	Offsides	1
3	Yellow cards	3

source: full match archive

Arminia Bielefeld 3–0 Energie Cottbus 2026-08-16 11:30 UTC · half-time 2–0 · 4-3-3 v 4-4-2

Goals

26' Joel Grodowski Arminia Bielefeld assist Henri Koudossou
37' Joel Grodowski Arminia Bielefeld
76' Joel Grodowski (pen) Arminia Bielefeld

Cards

🟨 27' Henry Rorig Energie Cottbus
🟨 78' Justin Butler Energie Cottbus
🟨 78' Benjamin Boakye Arminia Bielefeld

Best rated

10.0 Joel Grodowski Arminia Bielefeld · 3 goals, 3 shots, 7/15 duels
8.9 Henri Koudossou Arminia Bielefeld · 1 assist, 1 shots, 6/10 duels
7.7 Marcel Lotka Energie Cottbus · 2 saves

Arminia Bielefeld · Energie Cottbus

3.57	xG	0.56
1.78	xG first half	0.09
17	Shots	10
5	On target	0
14	Shots in the box	7
7	Blocked	7
7	Corners	10
40%	Possession	60%
345	Passes	518
269	Passes completed	430
0	Saves	2
12	Fouls	18
4	Offsides	1
2	Yellow cards	2

source: full match archive

Dynamo Dresden 1–0 Darmstadt 2026-08-16 11:30 UTC · half-time 1–0 · 4-2-3-1 v 4-2-3-1

Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion

Goals

12' Jonas Sterner Dynamo Dresden assist Vincent Vermeij

Cards

🟨 26' Thomas Keller Dynamo Dresden
🟨 59' Kai Klefisch Darmstadt
🟨 71' Kai Klefisch Darmstadt
🟨 71' Marcel Schuhen Darmstadt

Best rated

7.9 Jonas Sterner Dynamo Dresden · 1 goal, 1 shots, 1/6 duels
7.6 Marcel Schuhen Darmstadt · 5 saves
7.3 Friedrich Müller Dynamo Dresden · 1 shots, 1/4 duels

Dynamo Dresden · Darmstadt

0.64	xG	0.38
0.36	xG first half	0.09
12	Shots	10
6	On target	1
5	Shots in the box	6
4	Blocked	6
7	Corners	5
62%	Possession	38%
688	Passes	415
619	Passes completed	353
1	Saves	5
12	Fouls	12
1	Yellow cards	3
0	Red cards	1

source: full match archive

Hannover 0–1 Wolfsburg 2026-08-16 11:30 UTC · half-time 0–0 · 3-3-1-3 v 5-4-1

Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena

Goals

none

Cards

🟨 69' Jonas Adjei Adjetey Wolfsburg
🟨 82' Vinícius Souza Wolfsburg

Best rated

7.7 Hauke Wahl Wolfsburg · 2/3 duels
7.6 Leo Weinkauf Hannover · 6 saves, 2/2 duels
7.5 Jakub Zieliński Wolfsburg · 2 saves

Hannover · Wolfsburg

1.25	xG	1.71
0.84	xG first half	0.44
14	Shots	18
2	On target	7
9	Shots in the box	7
3	Blocked	6
8	Corners	6
52%	Possession	48%
465	Passes	437
371	Passes completed	342
6	Saves	2
9	Fouls	9
4	Offsides	1
1	Yellow cards	2

source: full match archive

Every club, one row each

Club		Opponent	Score	xG	Shots	OT	In box	Cor	Poss	Passes	Saves	Fouls	Yel
Hertha BSC	H	Heidenheim	4–1	1.97	19	9	9	5	51%	370	2	12	1
Arminia Bielefeld	H	Energie Cottbus	3–0	3.57	17	5	14	7	40%	345	0	12	2
Magdeburg	A	VfL Osnabrück	3–0	1.72	19	6	15	10	60%	544	4	12	1
1. FC Nürnberg	A	Greuther Fürth	4–2	1.17	15	8	10	3	56%	443	4	15	4
Bochum	A	Braunschweig	1–0	1.23	13	4	9	6	45%	402	3	13	3
Dynamo Dresden	H	Darmstadt	1–0	0.64	12	6	5	7	62%	688	1	12	1
Wolfsburg	A	Hannover	1–0	1.71	18	7	7	6	48%	437	2	9	2
Holstein Kiel	H	St. Pauli	2–2	2.09	19	6	15	5	64%	548	4	14	3
St. Pauli	A	Holstein Kiel	2–2	2.56	13	6	10	5	36%	295	4	19	3
Kaiserslautern	H	Karlsruher SC	0–0	1.05	11	3	8	4	51%	378	8	12	3
Karlsruher SC	A	Kaiserslautern	0–0	0.75	13	8	5	11	49%	363	2	19	3
Braunschweig	H	Bochum	0–1	1.51	17	3	11	5	55%	490	3	11	2
Darmstadt	A	Dynamo Dresden	0–1	0.38	10	1	6	5	38%	415	5	12	3
Hannover	H	Wolfsburg	0–1	1.25	14	2	9	8	52%	465	6	9	1
Greuther Fürth	H	1. FC Nürnberg	2–4	2.75	14	6	8	5	44%	339	4	9	1
Heidenheim	A	Hertha BSC	1–4	1.02	11	3	8	3	49%	345	4	17	2
Energie Cottbus	A	Arminia Bielefeld	0–3	0.56	10	0	7	10	60%	518	2	18	2
VfL Osnabrück	H	Magdeburg	0–3	0.87	12	4	11	3	40%	354	3	12	1

Holstein Kiel had the most of the ball (64 per cent); Holstein Kiel took the most shots (19).

Goals against xG

xG is the provider's shot-quality model, not ours; we publish it because it is the same measure across every match here. One matchday is far too small to call anyone lucky — this is a record of what happened, not a verdict.

Club	Opponent	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Conceded	xG faced	Saved against xG
1. FC Nürnberg	Greuther Fürth	4	1.17	+2.83	2	2.75	+0.75
Hertha BSC	Heidenheim	4	1.97	+2.03	1	1.02	+0.02
Magdeburg	VfL Osnabrück	3	1.72	+1.28	0	0.87	+0.87
Dynamo Dresden	Darmstadt	1	0.64	+0.36	0	0.38	+0.38
Heidenheim	Hertha BSC	1	1.02	-0.02	4	1.97	-2.03
Holstein Kiel	St. Pauli	2	2.09	-0.09	2	2.56	+0.56
Bochum	Braunschweig	1	1.23	-0.23	0	1.51	+1.51
Darmstadt	Dynamo Dresden	0	0.38	-0.38	1	0.64	-0.36
St. Pauli	Holstein Kiel	2	2.56	-0.56	2	2.09	+0.09
Energie Cottbus	Arminia Bielefeld	0	0.56	-0.56	3	3.57	+0.57
Arminia Bielefeld	Energie Cottbus	3	3.57	-0.57	0	0.56	+0.56
Wolfsburg	Hannover	1	1.71	-0.71	0	1.25	+1.25
Greuther Fürth	1. FC Nürnberg	2	2.75	-0.75	4	1.17	-2.83
Karlsruher SC	Kaiserslautern	0	0.75	-0.75	0	1.05	+1.05
VfL Osnabrück	Magdeburg	0	0.87	-0.87	3	1.72	-1.28
Kaiserslautern	Karlsruher SC	0	1.05	-1.05	0	0.75	+0.75
Hannover	Wolfsburg	0	1.25	-1.25	1	1.71	+0.71
Braunschweig	Bochum	0	1.51	-1.51	1	1.23	+0.23

1. FC Nürnberg scored 2.83 goals more than the model expected of their chances; Braunschweig scored 1.51 fewer. The last column is the same subtraction at the other end: how many goals a club conceded against the xG of the shots it faced.

One column we removed. The feed also carries a field called “goals prevented”, which looks like a goalkeeping measure. In all 9 matches of this round it is identical for both clubs (Braunschweig–Bochum +0.36, Holstein Kiel–St. Pauli +0.06, Greuther Fürth–1. FC Nürnberg +0.77, and so on), so it cannot be a per-club number and we do not publish it rather than guess at what it means.

Scorers and assists

17 of the 24 goals have an assist recorded against them. Assists come from the full match archive where it has arrived (9 matches) and from the live event feed otherwise, which records fewer of them — so this is a floor, not a count.

Player	Club	Goals	Assists
Joel Grodowski	Arminia Bielefeld	3	0
Julian Justvan	1. FC Nürnberg	2	1
Piet Scobel	1. FC Nürnberg	2	1
Alexander Nollenberger	Magdeburg	2	0
Felix Klaus	Greuther Fürth	2	0
Marten Winkler	Hertha BSC	1	2
Phil Harres	Holstein Kiel	1	1
Deyovaisio Zeefuik	Hertha BSC	1	0
Emmanuel Iyoha	Magdeburg	1	0
Fabian Reese	Wolfsburg	1	0
Jan Schöppner	Heidenheim	1	0
Jonas Sterner	Dynamo Dresden	1	0
Jonas Therkelsen	Holstein Kiel	1	0
Martijn Kaars	St. Pauli	1	0
Oluwaseun Adewumi	Hertha BSC	1	0
Philipp Hofmann	Bochum	1	0
Sebastian Grønning	Hertha BSC	1	0
Taichi Hara	St. Pauli	1	0
Alexander Bernhardsson	Holstein Kiel	0	1
Arkadiusz Pyrka	St. Pauli	0	1
Barış Atik	Magdeburg	0	1
Dennis Srbeny	Greuther Fürth	0	1
Fynn Otto	1. FC Nürnberg	0	1
Henri Koudossou	Arminia Bielefeld	0	1
Josip Brekalo	Hertha BSC	0	1
Koji Miyoshi	Bochum	0	1
Luka Hyryläinen	Magdeburg	0	1
Mikkel Kaufmann	Heidenheim	0	1
Tobias Müller	Magdeburg	0	1
Vincent Vermeij	Dynamo Dresden	0	1

Player ratings, top 25

Ratings are the provider's, over the 9 matches whose player detail has arrived; 359 player appearances in total.

Player	Club	Rating	Min	G	A	Sh	Key p.	Duels	Tkl	Int	Saves
Alexander Nollenberger	Magdeburg	10.0	83	2	0	3	0	11/13	3	0	0
Joel Grodowski	Arminia Bielefeld	10.0	90	3	0	3	1	7/15	1	0	0
Julian Justvan	1. FC Nürnberg	9.7	88	2	1	3	2	2/4	0	0	0
Marten Winkler	Hertha BSC	9.3	77	1	2	2	4	4/5	1	2	0
Henri Koudossou	Arminia Bielefeld	8.9	90	0	1	1	2	6/10	3	2	0
Phil Harres	Holstein Kiel	8.3	90	1	1	2	2	7/10	0	0	0
Piet Scobel	1. FC Nürnberg	8.3	88	2	1	4	3	3/9	0	1	0
Josip Brekalo	Hertha BSC	8.2	90	0	1	1	6	7/11	0	1	0
Emmanuel Iyoha	Magdeburg	8.2	90	1	0	3	1	9/12	1	0	0
Julian Krahl	Kaiserslautern	8.2	90	0	0	0	0	1/1	0	0	8
Arkadiusz Pyrka	St. Pauli	7.9	90	0	1	0	2	10/12	3	3	0
Jan Reichert	1. FC Nürnberg	7.9	98	0	0	0	0	2/2	0	0	4
Adam Markhiev	1. FC Nürnberg	7.9	98	0	0	0	2	7/10	5	1	0
Jan Schöppner	Heidenheim	7.9	90	1	0	1	0	9/17	4	0	0
Dominik Reimann	Magdeburg	7.9	90	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	4
Jonas Sterner	Dynamo Dresden	7.9	90	1	0	1	1	1/6	1	1	0
Felix Klaus	Greuther Fürth	7.7	98	2	0	6	0	5/11	0	0	0
Oluwaseun Adewumi	Hertha BSC	7.7	26	1	0	2	0	4/6	3	0	0
Jan Elvedi	Kaiserslautern	7.7	90	0	0	2	1	6/8	2	0	0
Marcel Lotka	Energie Cottbus	7.7	90	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	2
Hauke Wahl	Wolfsburg	7.7	90	0	0	0	3	2/3	2	0	0
Stefano Russo	Arminia Bielefeld	7.6	90	0	0	1	1	7/10	3	2	0
Marcel Schuhen	Darmstadt	7.6	90	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	5
Leo Weinkauf	Hannover	7.6	90	0	0	0	0	2/2	0	0	6
Michael Steinwender	Bochum	7.5	95	0	0	0	0	3/6	0	1	0

Matchday 2 against the whole of 2025/26

One round is 9 matches and last season was 308. Every difference below is well inside what 9 matches can produce by chance; it is here as a record, not as a trend.

Measure	Matchday 2	2025/26 average	Difference
Goals per match	2.67	2.92	-0.26
Goals in the first half, per match	1.67	1.30	+0.36
Shots per club	14.3	13.3	+1.0
Shots on target per club	4.8	4.5	+0.3
xG per club	1.49	1.48	+0.01
Corners per club	6.0	5.0	+1.0
Passes per club	430	415	+15
Fouls per club	13.2	12.3	+0.9
Yellow cards per club	2.11	2.29	-0.17
Saves per club	3.4	3.0	+0.4
Home wins (share)	0.33	0.46	-0.13
Draws (share)	0.22	0.24	-0.02

Where these numbers come from

Our own database, built from the same feed every match here uses. Team figures for 9 of 9 matches, goals and cards by minute for all 9, player-level detail for 9. Crowds and referees are as published for the 0 matches that carry them . Nothing on this page is a projection.

What is missing, stated plainly. the event feed is missing 1 of the 24 goals, so goal minutes, penalties and the scorer table are floors; attendance is published for 0 of 9 matches, so there is no average to give; the 2025/26 xG baseline is measured on 221 of 306 matches.

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