SEVILLA. Sevilla overcomes VfL Wolfsburg with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Jordan (13′) and a goal from R. Mir (90′). Sevilla was definitely better in terms of ball possession (61%) was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán stadium in Sevilla on Tuesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Cüneyt Çakιr with the collaboration of Bahattin Duran and Tarık Ongun. The 4th official was Alper Ulusoy. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 8.6 degrees Celsius or 47.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sevilla had a strong ball possession 61% while VfL Wolfsburg was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sevilla was has a more offensive attitude with 56 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sevilla won the match​.

Sevilla shot 15 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, VfL Wolfsburg shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Sevilla received 1 yellow card (F. Reges). On the other side, VfL Wolfsburg received 3 yellow cards (J. Guilavogui, L. Nmecha and M. Arnold).

Standings

After this match, Sevilla will have 6 points to remain in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, VfL Wolfsburg will stay with 5 points to remain in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Champions League, Sevilla will play away against Salzburg on the 8th of December with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Sevilla (1 draw).

VfL Wolfsburg will host Lille on the 8th of December with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of VfL Wolfsburg (2 draws).

Sevilla – Formation

Sevilla adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Julen Lopetegui Argote decided to play with the following team: Bono (6.6), Gonzalo Montiel (7.7), Jules Koundé (7.4), Diego Carlos (7.4), Marcos Acuña (7.1), Joan Jordán (7.1), Fernando (7.3), Ivan Rakitić (7.7), Lucas Ocampos (8.3), Munir El Haddadi (6.4) and Alejandro Gómez (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Ludwig Augustinsson, Juanlu, Adrián González, Karim Rekik, Óliver Torres (6.5), Marko Dmitrović, Rafa Mir (7.8), Thomas Delaney (6.5), Luismi Cruz, Óscar Rodríguez and Iván Romero.

Substitutions

Sevilla made 5 changes: Papu Gomez for O. Torres (80′), M. El Haddadi for R. Mir (81′), J. Jordan for T. Delaney (82′), Diego Carlos for L. Augustinsson (90′) and I. Rakitic for K. Rekik (90′).

Best player: Lucas Ocampos​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sevilla was Lucas Ocampos even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.3) with 41 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 18. He performed 3 crosses.

VfL Wolfsburg – Formation

Also VfL Wolfsburg adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Florian Kohfeldt played with: Pavao Pervan (7.3), Ridle Baku (6.6), Maxence Lacroix (7.2), John Brooks (6.1), Jérôme Roussillon (6.7), Aster Vranckx (6.8), Josuha Guilavogui (7.2), Maximilian Arnold (7.0), Yannick Gerhardt (6.8), Wout Weghorst (6.6) and Lukas Nmecha (6.8).

They had on the bench: Maximilian Philipp (6.5), Niklas Klinger, Sebastiaan Bornauw, Philipp Schulze, Dodi Lukebakio (6.7), Paulo Otávio (6.5), Luca Waldschmidt, Kevin Mbabu (6.3), Micky van de Ven, Daniel Ginczek (6.4) and Felix Nmecha.

Substitutions

VfL Wolfsburg made 5 changes: Y. Gerhardt for M. Philipp (66′), A. Vranckx for D. Lukebakio (75′), J. Roussillon for P. Otavio (75′), R. Baku for K. Mbabu (75′) and J. Brooks for D. Ginczek (88′).

Best player: Pavao Pervan​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for VfL Wolfsburg was the goalkeeper: Pavao Pervan. His rating is 7.34. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Champions League.​

• Malmö FF – Zenit – 1-1
• Chelsea – Juventus – 4-0
• Lille – Salzburg – 1-0
• Sevilla – VfL Wolfsburg – 2-0
• Young Boys – Atalanta – 3-3
• Villarreal – Manchester United – 0-2
• FC Barcelona – Benfica – 0-0
• Dynamo Kyiv – FC Bayern München – 1-2