MAINZ. FSV Mainz 05 was ultimately too much to handle for VfL Wolfsburg with the goal of J. Burkardt (2′), A. Stach (4′) and M. Lacroix (90′ own). VfL Wolfsburg lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the OPEL ARENA stadium in Mainz on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Florian Badstübner who was helped by Markus Schüller and Philipp Hüwe. The 4th official was Florian Lechner. The weather was drizzle. The temperature was quite cold at 3.5 degrees Celsius or 38.32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 96%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

VfL Wolfsburg had a strong ball possession 59% while FSV Mainz 05 was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FSV Mainz 05 was was more pushing with 49 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FSV Mainz 05 won the match​.

FSV Mainz 05 shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, VfL Wolfsburg shot 15 times, 1 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

FSV Mainz 05 received 1 yellow card (L. Barreiro). On the other side, VfL Wolfsburg received 1 yellow card (K. Mbabu).

Standings

After playing this contest, FSV Mainz 05 will have 21 points to remain in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, VfL Wolfsburg will stay with 20 points to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, FSV Mainz 05 will play away against FC Bayern München on the 11th of December with a 20-5 head to head stats in favor of FC Bayern München (4 draws).

VfL Wolfsburg will host VfB Stuttgart on the 11th of December with a 15-10 head to head record in favor of VfL Wolfsburg (4 draws).

FSV Mainz 05 – Formation

FSV Mainz 05 started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Bo Svensson decided to play with the following team: Robin Zentner (6.8), Stefan Bell (7.3), Alexander Hack (6.8), Moussa Niakhaté (7.6), Silvan Widmer (7.0), Leandro Barreiro (6.8), Anton Stach (8.1), Jae-Sung Lee (7.2), Aarón Martin Caricol (7.4), Karim Onisiwo (6.6) and Jonathan Burkardt (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Paul Nebel, Kevin Stöger, Marcus Ingvartsen (6.3), Ádám Szalai (6.2), Jean-Paul Boëtius (7.1), Finn Gilbert Dahmen, Daniel Brosinski, Niklas Tauer and David Nemeth.

Substitutions

FSV Mainz 05 made 4 changes: J. Burkardt for M. Ingvartsen (76′), K. Onisiwo for A. Szalai (83′), Lee Jae-Sung for J. Boetius (83′) and A. Hack for D. Nemeth (86′).

Best player: Anton Stach​

The player that probably impressed the most for FSV Mainz 05 was Anton Stach.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 35 passes (65% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 13 duels out of 13.

VfL Wolfsburg – Formation

VfL Wolfsburg started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Florian Kohfeldt played with: Pavao Pervan (6.3), Maxence Lacroix (7.2), Josuha Guilavogui (6.9), John Brooks (6.5), Ridle Baku (6.1), Maximilian Arnold (6.5), Aster Vranckx (6.6), Paulo Otávio (6.9), Dodi Lukebakio (6.6), Wout Weghorst (6.6) and Lukas Nmecha (7.0).

They had on the bench: Kevin Mbabu (6.1), Niklas Klinger, Yannick Gerhardt (6.4), Jérôme Roussillon, Renato Steffen, Sebastiaan Bornauw (6.5), Luca Waldschmidt (6.2), Maximilian Philipp (6.6) and Micky van de Ven.

Substitutions

VfL Wolfsburg made 5 changes: M. Arnold for Y. Gerhardt (46′), R. Baku for K. Mbabu (46′), J. Brooks for S. Bornauw (46′), D. Lukebakio for L. Waldschmidt (57′) and A. Vranckx for M. Philipp (82′).

Best player: Maxence Lacroix​

The player that probably impressed the most for VfL Wolfsburg was Maxence Lacroix.

His rating is (7.2) with 66 passes (60% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Borussia Dortmund – FC Bayern München – 2-3
• Bayer 04 Leverkusen – SpVgg Greuther Fürth – 7-1
• TSG Hoffenheim – Eintracht Frankfurt – 3-2
• FSV Mainz 05 – VfL Wolfsburg – 3-0
• FC Augsburg – VfL Bochum 1848 – 2-3
• DSC Arminia Bielefeld – FC Köln – 1-1