The Topelf of the 13th matchday speaks Swabian. Five players have already worn the jersey of VfB Stuttgart, three have even grown up in Stuttgart or the surrounding area. The problem: Only one player is still in 2018 still in the service of VfB.

Back in the 1990s, VfB Stuttgart established itself as a talent center. To this day, the junior department of the club enjoys a good reputation. With ten titles, the VfB German record champion in the A-youth. Most recently, the B-Youth 2013 won the championship title.

However, the managers of the club did not always succeed in keeping the great talents. Serge Gnabry moved from youth to Arsenal. Joshua Kimmich also did not make a competitive match for the professional team, was instead sold in 2015 for about 8.5 million euros to Bayern Munich. From today's perspective, a bargain. Personalities like these explain why VfB Stuttgart has weakened in recent years.

In the gate missed a Stuttgart narrowly the leap among the best players. Ron-Robert Zieler reached a SPIX of 97 with three top-parades. Schalke keeper Ralf Fährmann held five shots in the Schalke's 1-1 draw, he also has a strong build-up value (91). His SPIX is thus slightly higher than that of Zieler of 98. Ferryman, active since 2005 on Schalke, incidentally comes from Chemnitz.

Jordan Torunarigha (Spix: 97) has two things in common with ferryman: he also grew up in Chemnitz. And he is also in the top of the 13th game day. In Berlin, the center-back was painfully missed in the past few weeks, he was injured. His start-up comeback was triumphant: In the 2-0 win in Hannover, he scored the first goal himself and prepared the second. Next to him is Munich's Niklas Süle (95), who grew up in Frankfurt am Main.

Meanwhile, it makes almost more sense to mention Lukas Piszczek (98) when he is not in the Topelf. For the third time in a row, the right-back of the BVB joins the top eleven players, it is already his fourth nomination this season. Hertha's Valentino Lazaro is also a repeat offender. He was already on the fourth round in the Topelf.

Bayern coach Niko Kovac had to change after the 3: 3 draw against Fortuna Dusseldorf. In the game of his Bayern against Werder Bremen, he switched to a 4-2-3-1 system and moved right-back Joshua Kimmich into defensive midfield. Kovac took this trick from coach Joachim Löw. He made an impact: Kimmich showed a fabulous performance, even acting on a par with Spix record Thiago with a SPIX of 99.

Youthful is on the wings: Munich's young hope Serge Gnabry (Spix: 99) is together in the Topelf with Dortmund boy prodigy Jadon Sancho (97). The latter is likely to emerge in the nightmares of the Freiburg after the 2-0 victory of his Borussia: equal to nine dribbles reach the Englishman, resulting in a flawless dribbling strength SPIX of 100. His action in injury time, as he let out four Freiburg with two tricks of the type "Marseille Roulette", may have violated various laws of physics.

In offensive midfield, the only current Stuttgart is the Topelf. Anastasios Donis scored the only goal in the victory over FC Augsburg. With his very low for Topelf ratios spice (84), he also benefits from the weak competition. The usual top players Marco Reus (73), Kai Havertz (73) and Kevin Kampl (54) took a break on this match day.

The best strikers on matchday kicked side by side not too long ago. Timo Werner (two goals against Mönchengladbach) and Daniel Ginzeck (one goal, one assist against Frankfurt) were only rarely able to bring their talent to Stuttgart. VfB sold the storm duo. Werner developed in Leipzig to the service provider and a regular player in the national team, Ginczek flourishes at VfL Wolfsburg next to Sturm partner Wout Weghorst. A happy ending for everyone - except for the VfB.