WOLFSBURG. RB Leipzig was in the end too much to handle for VfL Wolfsburg with the goal of Emil Forsberg (14′), Konrad Laimer (85′) and Dominik Szoboszlai (90′). RB Leipzig capitalized on its better ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the VOLKSWAGEN ARENA stadium in Wolfsburg on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Deniz Aytekin with the assistance of Christian Dietz and Eduard Beitinger. The 4th official was Michael Bacher. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.5 degrees Celsius or 50.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

RB Leipzig had a strong ball possession 57% while VfL Wolfsburg was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

RB Leipzig had a more offensive attitude with 62 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why RB Leipzig won the match.​

VfL Wolfsburg shot 7 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, RB Leipzig shot 16 times, 5 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

VfL Wolfsburg received 1 yellow card (Sebastiaan Bornauw). Talking about the opposition, RB Leipzig received 1 yellow card (D. Raum).

Standings

After this match, VfL Wolfsburg will stay with 30 points to remain in the 7th place. On the other side, RB Leipzig will have 39 points to sit in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, VfL Wolfsburg will play away with VfB Stuttgart on the 18th of March with a 16-11 head to head in favor of VfL Wolfsburg (5 draws).

RB Leipzig will play away agasint VfL Bochum 1848 on the 18th of March with a 8-0 head to head in favor of RB Leipzig (0 draws).

VfL Wolfsburg – Formation

VfL Wolfsburg adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Niko Kovač decided to play with the following team: Koen Casteels (6.4), Ridle Baku (6.3), Sebastiaan Bornauw (6.1), Micky van de Ven (7.4), Paulo Otávio (6.8), Maximilian Arnold (6.9), Yannick Gerhardt (7.2), Luca Waldschmidt (6.2), Felix Nmecha (7.0), Patrick Wimmer (6.8) and Jonas Wind (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Lukas Nmecha (6.6), Kilian Fischer, Omar Marmoush (6.5), Josuha Guilavogui, Bartol Franjić, Lukas Ambros (6.4), Mattias Svanberg (6.6), Maxence Lacroix (6.7) and Pavao Pervan.

Substitutions

VfL Wolfsburg made 4 changes: Luca Waldschmidt for Omar Marmoush (46′), Paulo Otávio for Maxence Lacroix (46′), Jonas Wind for Lukas Nmecha (59′) and P. Wimmer for Mattias Svanberg (59′).

Best player: Micky van de Ven​

The most impressive player for VfL Wolfsburg was Micky van de Ven.

His rating is (7.4) with 45 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10.

RB Leipzig – Formation

Also RB Leipzig adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Marco Rose played with: Janis Blaswich (7.1), Lukas Klostermann (7.0), Willi Orbán (6.8), Joško Gvardiol (7.1), David Raum (7.7), Amadou Haidara (6.9), Xaver Schlager (6.7), Dominik Szoboszlai (7.1), Emil Forsberg (7.4), Timo Werner (6.7) and André Silva (6.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Benjamin Henrichs, Caden Clark, Ørjan Nyland, Marcel Halstenberg, Mohamed Simakan, Konrad Laimer, Christopher Nkunku (6.7), Yussuf Poulsen and Kevin Kampl.

Substitutions

RB Leipzig made 5 changes: André Silva for Christopher Nkunku (69′), Timo Werner for Yussuf Poulsen (75′), Emil Forsberg for Konrad Laimer (75′), D. Raum for Kevin Kampl (88′) and Amadou Haidara for Marcel Halstenberg (88′).

Best player: David Raum​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for RB Leipzig was David Raum even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 54 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.​

• VfB Stuttgart – FC Köln – 3-0
• VfL Bochum 1848 – SC Freiburg – 0-2
• VfL Wolfsburg – RB Leipzig – 0-3
• Borussia Mönchengladbach – FC Bayern München – 3-2
• Eintracht Frankfurt – Werder Bremen – 2-0