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Bundesliga · Matchweek 1

Bayern München

BAY

5–1Full time

VfB Stuttgart

STU

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

58%Possession58%
43%Territory45%
16%From set plays31%
0.16Chance quality0.12
4.5%Directness4.8%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Bayern München, 3 for VfB Stuttgart. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 23 of 72 matches, not the full season.