FC Augsburg beats VfL Wolfsburg after recovering from a 1-2 deficit

AUGSBURG. FC Augsburg was capable to reverse the scoreline against VfL Wolfsburg.

October 29, 2023

AUGSBURG. FC Augsburg found a way to reverse the score against VfL Wolfsburg. VfL Wolfsburg lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the WWK Arena stadium in Augsburg on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Daniel Schlager with the help of Sven Waschitzki and Arno Blos. The 4th official was Matthias Jöllenbeck. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 12.73 degrees Celsius or 54.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.

Match Statistics

FC Augsburg

3 - 2

VfL Wolfsburg

40 Ball Possession 60

Shots

8 Total 13
5 On Target 6
3 Off Target 4
0 Shots blocked 3

83 Attack 96
40 Dangerous attack 46
85 Ball safe 101

0 Penalties 1
5 Corners 5
6 Off Sides 2

Fouls

17 Total 15
6 Yellow Cards 4
1 Double Yellow 0
1 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

VfL Wolfsburg had a superior ball possession 60% while FC Augsburg was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

VfL Wolfsburg had a more offensive attitude with 46 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, FC Augsburg was able to find the solution to win this match.

FC Augsburg shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, VfL Wolfsburg shot 13 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

FC Augsburg received 5 yellow cards (Felix Uduokhai, Dion Drena Beljo, Elvis Rexhbeçaj, Jeffrey Gouweleeuw and Mads Pedersen). Regarding the opposition, VfL Wolfsburg received 4 yellow cards (Sebastiaan Bornauw, Maximilian Arnold, Tiago Tomás and Joakim Mæhle).

Match Timeline

Joakim Maehle- Yellow

Phillip Tietz(goal)

17'

35'

Jonas Wind(goal)

45'

Lovro Majer(penalty)

Jeffrey Gouweleeuw- Yellow

45'

Mads Pedersen- Yellow

45'

52'

Tiago Tomás- sub ->Patrick Wimmer

Arne Engels- sub ->Niklas Dorsch

63'

Iago- sub ->Mads Pedersen

63'

Rubén Vargas- sub ->Sven Michel

63'

66'

Tiago Tomás- Yellow

Phillip Tietz(VAR)

71'

73'

M. Arnold- Yellow

Elvis Rexhbecaj- Yellow

73'

74'

Yannick Gerhardt- sub ->Lovro Majer

74'

Sebastiaan Bornauw- sub ->Kevin Paredes

Dion Beljo- sub ->Robert Gumny

78'

79'

Sebastiaan Bornauw(own-goal)

Arne Engels(goal)Iago

81'

Felix Uduokhai- Yellow

84'

Dion Beljo- Yellow

85'

87'

Ridle Baku- sub ->Nicolas Cozza

87'

Vaclav Cerny- sub ->Moritz Jenz

Felix Uduokhai(yellowredcard)

87'

90'

Sebastiaan Bornauw- Yellow

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Borussia Mönchengladbach

After playing this match, FC Augsburg will have 11 points to sit in the 10th place. On the other side, VfL Wolfsburg will stay with 12 points to remain in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, FC Augsburg will play away with Bayer 04 Leverkusen on the 18th of May with a 16-3 head to head stats in favor of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (7 draws).

VfL Wolfsburg will host FSV Mainz 05 on the 18th of May with a 13-8 head to head statistic in favor of VfL Wolfsburg (11 draws).

FC Augsburg – Formation

FC Augsburg

Finn Dahmen 1.Germany

7.7

Robert Gumny 2.Poland

7.0

78'

Mads Pedersen 3.Denmark

6.3

63'

45'

Jeffrey Gouweleeuw 6.Netherlands

7.0

45'

Felix Uduokhai 19.Germany

6.3

84'

Elvis Rexhbecaj 8.Kosovo

6.4

73'

Ermedin Demirovic 9.Bosnia and Herzegovina

7.0

Sven Michel 20.Germany

6.7

63'

Fredrik Jensen 24.Finland

7.0

78'

Niklas Dorsch 30.Germany

6.4

63'

Phillip Tietz 21.Germany

7.3

17'

Irvin Cardona 48.France

Substitutes

Tomas Koubek 40.Czech Republic

Patric Pfeiffer 5.Ghana

Iago 22.Brazil

7.7

63'

Maximilian Bauer 23.Germany

Masaya Okugawa 14.Japan

6.8

78'

Rubén Vargas 16.Switzerland

6.8

63'

Tim Breithaupt 18.Germany

Arne Engels 27.Belgium

8.1

63'

81'

Dion Beljo 7.Croatia

6.6

78'

85'

FC Augsburg adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Jess Thorup decided to play with the following team: Irvin Cardona, Finn Gilbert Dahmen (7.7), Robert Gumny (7.0), Jeffrey Gouweleeuw (7.0), Felix Uduokhai (6.3), Mads Pedersen (6.3), Niklas Dorsch (6.4), Elvis Rexhbeçaj (6.4), Fredrik Jensen (7.0), Sven Michel (6.7), Ermedin Demirović (7.0) and Phillip Tietz (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Patric Pfeiffer, Dion Drena Beljo (6.6), Masaya Okugawa (6.8), Ruben Vargas (6.8), Tim Breithaupt, Iago (7.7), Maximilian Bauer, Arne Engels (8.1) and Tomáš Koubek.

Substitutions

FC Augsburg made 5 changes: Niklas Dorsch for Arne Engels (63′), Sven Michel for Ruben Vargas (63′), Mads Pedersen for Iago (63′), Fredrik Jensen for Masaya Okugawa (78′) and Robert Gumny for Dion Drena Beljo (78′).

Best player: Arne Engels

The player that probably impressed the most for FC Augsburg was Arne Engels.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 9 passes (40% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 1. He performed 3 crosses.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 63′.

VfL Wolfsburg – Formation

VfL Wolfsburg

Pavao Pervan 12.Austria

6.8

Nicolas Cozza 8.France

6.0

87'

Maxence Lacroix 4.France

6.8

Joakim Maehle 21.Denmark

6.6

Moritz Jenz 25.Germany

6.3

87'

Patrick Wimmer 39.Austria

7.0

52'

Kevin Paredes 40.United States

7.1

74'

Lovro Majer 19.Croatia

7.1

74'

45'

M. Arnold 27.Germany

6.8

73'

Mattias Svanberg 32.Sweden

7.8

Jonas Wind 23.Denmark

7.3

35'

Substitutes

Philipp Schulze 35.Germany

Sebastiaan Bornauw 3.Belgium

6.1

74'

90'

Cédric Zesiger 5.Switzerland

Aster Vranckx 6.Belgium

Vaclav Cerny 7.Czech Republic

6.8

87'

Jakub Kamiński 16.Poland

Ridle Baku 20.Germany

6.8

87'

Yannick Gerhardt 31.Germany

6.7

74'

Tiago Tomás 11.Portugal

6.7

52'

66'

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

Niko Kovač played with: Pavao Pervan (6.8), Joakim Mæhle (6.6), Maxence Lacroix (6.8), Moritz Jenz (6.3), Nicolas Cozza (6.0), Mattias Svanberg (7.8), Maximilian Arnold (6.8), Kevin Paredes (7.1), Lovro Majer (7.1), Patrick Wimmer (7.0), Jonas Wind (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Tiago Tomás (6.7), Ridle Baku (6.8), Yannick Gerhardt (6.7), Sebastiaan Bornauw (6.1), Cedric Zesiger, Aster Vranckx, Václav Černý (6.8), Jakub Kamiński and Philipp Schulze.

Substitutions

VfL Wolfsburg made 5 changes: Patrick Wimmer for Tiago Tomás (52′), Lovro Majer for Yannick Gerhardt (74′), Kevin Paredes for Sebastiaan Bornauw (74′), Moritz Jenz for Václav Černý (87′) and Nicolas Cozza for Ridle Baku (87′).