Is Hamburg's Miro Muheim the most dangerous player from long range?
When Hamburg defender Miro Muheim shaped to shoot from 30 metres out with 11 minutes on the clock against Borussia Mönchengladbach on Friday, there was a sense of inevitability, even at that distance.
The 28-year-old’s shot fizzed into the bottom corner to put HSV 1-0 up and pave the way for an eventual 3-1 victory.
“I had quite a lot of space, let fly and struck the ball perfectly,” Muheim said afterwards. “It’s obviously an amazing moment when it goes in like that. I practise those shots a lot.”
It was a sensational goal by any metric, but the Swiss defender has made a habit of them this term.
His first of 2026/27 was no less dramatic. Merlin Polzin’s side were drawing 2-2 at Hoffenheim on Matchday 5, only for Muheim to smack in the winner in the fourth minute of stoppage time.
He repeated the trick a week later. With the home game against VfB Stuttgart seemingly destined for a 0-0 draw, Muheim thundered in an 88th-minute winner.
Watch: Muheim's Matchday 5 rocket
Three goals, three stunning strikes, each from further out than the last: first 21 metres, then 25, then 30. And with each increase in distance came a lower probability of scoring: four percent, three percent and just two percent respectively.
For reference, Harry Kane had a 77 percent goal probability quota when he scored from the penalty spot for Bayern Munich against Union Berlin earlier this season.
That gives some indication of the difficulty and likelihood of Muheim’s shots going in. Doing so once is hard enough, but three times in the space of one month is a quite astonishing feat.
Watch: Muheim from distance against Stuttgart
To top it all, Muheim’s effort against Gladbach was clocked at 129.43 km/h, making it the most fiercely struck goal in the Bundesliga this season.
In fact, the HSV No.28 holds the silver medal in that particular category too, with his drive against Stuttgart going in at 116.7 km/h.
Werder Bremen - Hamburg’s fierce northern rivals and Matchday 10 opponents - have been warned.
