After missing on him this summer (so far), Nick Woltemade is rumored to be Bayern Munich’s primary transfer target for the summer of 2026. Let’s follow his journey through the 2025/26 season.
Union Berlin vs. VfB Stuttgart — Bundesliga
Summary
VfB Stuttgart has some weaknesses on defense and dropped a 2-1 decision on the road to a game Union Berlin side. Even with that, the squad’s offense was not particularly good on the day, either.
Let’s dive into the numbers for Nick Woltemade, who did not have a stellar game.
Position
Technically listed as a right wing,
Woltemade was all over the field as the attacking group was interchanging non-stop.
Relevant Stats
Stats retrieved from SofaScore.com:
- Rating: 6.2/10.0
- Minutes played: 90′
- Goals: 0
- Assists: 0
- Expected assists (xA): 0.09
- Touches: 29
- Accurate passes: 6/10 (60%)
- Key passes: 1
- Crosses (accurate): 0 (0)
- Long balls (accurate): 0 (0)
- Big chances created: 1
- Shots on target: 0
- Shots off target: 0
- Shots blocked: 0
- Dribble attempts (successful): 2 (1)
- Ground duels (won): 10 (5)
- Aerial duels (won): 5 (0)
- Possession lost: 9
- Fouls: 1
- Was fouled: 3
- Offsides: 1
- Clearances: 2
- Blocked shots: 1
- Interceptions: 0
- Total tackles: 1
- Dribbled past: 0
It was not the most active game for Woltemade as VfB Stuttgart struggled to establish anything consistently in the attack.
Other Notes
- Woltemade looked like he had knotted the game at 2-2 at the 90’+ 6’ mark, but he was a hair offside (and a few other Stuttgart players were also off as well). It was a rocket of a shot, though.
- The talent drain at VfB Stuttgart is taking its toll on Woltemade, but it is not a dead end. The current group of attackers just needs some time to gel and to learn how to compensate for a very weak defense group.
Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig locked horns for what was anticipated as a clash of titans to raise the curtain for the forthcoming Bundesliga season, but what followed was a massacre of Biblical proportions. Bayern had looked shaky in their last few outings, and Leipzig had a lot to prove after some big changes in the team, which meant that both teams, while possessing some massive talents, had chips on their shoulders and something to strive towards.
Helping us dissect the corpse left in Bayern’s wake is Rayyan (Cyler), returning to the pod after a lengthy hiatus to perform some semblance of autopsy, although it seems this game was far more about the pure joy of watching what happened than picking apart the details of what actually did happen. In this edition, we feature:-
- A run-down of the starting XI and shape of both teams.
- The series of events that led to the defining moments of the game, and patterns from before that re-emerged.
- Some final (giddy) thoughts of what this Bayern team could look like going forward.
- A lot, a lot, a lot, of uncontrollable giddy giggling at the mere thought of this match’s existence (sorry).
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