Hertha BSC achieved the best season start in eight years with a 4:1 win against Heidenheim. With a grandiose first half, the team of Hertha coach Stefan Leitl laid the foundation for the 4:1 (3:0) win over Bundesliga relegation 1. FC Heidenheim. The Heidenheimers had started the season like the Berliners with a win. Sebastian Grönning (2nd minute), the outstanding Marten Winkler (26th minute) and the Deyovaisio Zeefuik (35th minute) who was sent off just before the end, had secured clear conditions after 45 minutes. Jan Schöppner scored a small correction in the 49th minute. Newcomer Oluwaseun Adewumi sealed the win in the 90th minute. Two opening wins were last achieved by Hertha in the 2018/2019 season. Heidenheim lost the opener duel and is currently in 17th place in the table after the last result (0:2 against FSV Mainz 05 on 16.05.2026). In the current season, Heidenheim has scored 41 goals and conceded 72 (-31 goal difference). The league leader Bayern Munich is 63 points ahead of Heidenheim. Heidenheim has achieved two wins and two losses in the last four games (LLWW).