WOLFSBURG. VfL Wolfsburg conquered RB Leipzig to win 2-1. It was VfL Wolfsburg to strike first with an early goal of Jonas Wind at the 9′. Then it was a goal in the 52′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Rogério gave the win to VfL Wolfsburg in the 66′ minute with a goal. RB Leipzig was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (64%).​

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 Robert Hartmann who had the assistance of Christian Leicher and Christof Günsch. The 4th official was Richard Hempel. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 2.38 degrees Celsius or 36.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 95%.​

Match Statistics​

VfL Wolfsburg

2 - 1

RB Leipzig

  • ! 36 Ball Possession 64
Shots
  • 10 Total 25
  • 4 On Target 9
  • 3 Off Target 8
  • 3 Shots blocked 8
  • 90 Attack 117
  • 30 Dangerous attack 85
  • 69 Ball safe 69
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 1 Corners 12
Fouls
  • 17 Total 11
  • 4 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

RB Leipzig was in firm control of the ball 64% while VfL Wolfsburg was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

RB Leipzig was more pushing with 85 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 9 were on target. Notwithstanding, VfL Wolfsburg was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

VfL Wolfsburg shot 10 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, RB Leipzig shot 25 times, 9 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

VfL Wolfsburg received 4 yellow cards (Koen Casteels, Maxence Lacroix, Mattias Svanberg and Cédric Zesiger). Talking about the opposition, RB Leipzig received 3 yellow cards (Xavi Simons, Loïs Openda and Marco Rose).

Match Timeline

Jonas Wind(goal)Mattias Svanberg
9'
32'
Loïs Openda(VAR)
33'
Loïs Openda- Yellow
Mattias Svanberg- Yellow
35'
Cédric Zesiger- Yellow
45'
Moritz Jenz- sub ->Jonas Wind
46'
52'
Yussuf Poulsen (goal)Loïs Openda
Maxence Lacroix- Yellow
59'
Rogério(goal)Jonas Wind
66'
73'
Kevin Paredes- sub ->Vaclav Cerny
73'
M. Arnold- sub ->Vaclav Cerny
77'
79'
Xavi Simons- Yellow
Yannick Gerhardt- sub ->Mattias Svanberg
83'
Tiago Tomás- sub ->Yussuf Poulsen
84'
83'
Nicolas Seiwald- sub ->Amadou Haidara
83'
Koen Casteels- Yellow
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
87
33
FC Bayern München
72
33
VfB Stuttgart
70
33
RB Leipzig
64
33
Borussia Dortmund
60
33
Eintracht Frankfurt
46
33
TSG Hoffenheim
43
33
SC Freiburg
42
33
Heidenheim
39
33
FC Augsburg
39
33
Werder Bremen
39
33
VfL Wolfsburg
37
33
Borussia Mönchengladbach
34
33
VfL Bochum 1848 II
33
33
FSV Mainz 05
32
33
FC Union Berlin
30
33
FC Köln
27
33
Darmstadt 98
17
33

After playing this contest, VfL Wolfsburg will have 16 points to sit in the 8th place. On the opposite side, RB Leipzig will stay with 23 points to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, VfL Wolfsburg will host FSV Mainz 05 on the 18th of May with a 13-8 head to head stats in favor of VfL Wolfsburg (11 draws).

RB Leipzig will play away agasint TSG Hoffenheim on the 4th of May with a 10-3 head to head stats in favor of RB Leipzig (3 draws).

VfL Wolfsburg – Formation

VfL Wolfsburg
G
Koen Casteels 1.Belgium
8.8
90'
D
Sebastiaan Bornauw 3.Belgium
6.8
D
Maxence Lacroix 4.France
7.0
59'
D
Cédric Zesiger 5.Switzerland
6.7
45'
M
Joakim Maehle 21.Denmark
M
Mattias Svanberg 32.Sweden
7.1
83' 35'
M
Aster Vranckx 6.Belgium
7.3
M
Rogério 13.Brazil
7.7
66'
M
Ridle Baku 20.Germany
7.5
F
Vaclav Cerny 7.Czech Republic
7.0
77'
F
Lovro Majer 19.Croatia
7.1
F
Jonas Wind 23.Denmark
8.7
46' 9'
Substitutes
G
Pavao Pervan 12.Austria
D
Kilian Fischer 2.Germany
D
Moritz Jenz 25.Germany
6.7
46'
M
M. Arnold 27.Germany
6.7
77'
M
Kevin Paredes 40.United States
7.1
73'
M
Jakub Kamiński 16.Poland
M
Yannick Gerhardt 31.Germany
6.4
83'
F
Amin Sarr 9.Sweden
F
Tiago Tomás 11.Portugal
6.4
84'

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

The manager Niko Kovač decided to play with the following team: Joakim Maehle, Koen Casteels (8.8), Maxence Lacroix (7.0), Sebastiaan Bornauw (6.8), Cédric Zesiger (6.7), Ridle Baku (7.5), Mattias Svanberg (7.1), Aster Vranckx (7.3), Rogério (7.7), Vaclav Cerny (7.0), Jonas Wind (8.7) and Lovro Majer (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Maximilian Arnold (6.7), Kevin Paredes (7.1), Kilian Fischer, Amin Sarr, Tiago Tomás (6.4), Pavao Pervan, Jakub Kamiński, Moritz Jenz (6.7) and Yannick Gerhardt (6.4).

Substitutions

VfL Wolfsburg made 5 changes: Jonas Wind for Moritz Jenz (46′), Vaclav Cerny for Kevin Paredes (73′), Mattias Svanberg for Yannick Gerhardt (83′), Yussuf Poulsen for Tiago Tomás (84′) and Vaclav Cerny for Maximilian Arnold (77′).

Player of the match: Koen Casteels​

The player that probably impressed the most for VfL Wolfsburg was the goalkeeper: Koen Casteels. His rating is 8.77. He performed 8 saves.

RB Leipzig – Formation

RB Leipzig
G
Janis Blaswich 21.Germany
6.1
D
Mohamed Simakan 2.France
7.1
D
David Raum 22.Germany
7.1
D
Castello Lukeba 23.France
7.3
D
Benjamin Henrichs 39.Germany
7.7
M
Amadou Haidara 8.Mali
6.6
83'
M
Xavi Simons 20.Netherlands
8.1
79'
M
Xaver Schlager 24.Austria
7.9
M
Christoph Baumgartner 14.Austria
7.0
F
Yussuf Poulsen 9.Denmark
7.0
73' 52'
F
Loïs Openda 17.Belgium
7.0
33'
Substitutes
G
Péter Gulácsi 1.Hungary
D
Lukas Klostermann 16.Germany
D
Christopher Lenz 3.Germany
M
Emil Forsberg 10.Sweden
6.7
73'
M
Nicolas Seiwald 13.Austria
6.4
83'
M
Fábio Carvalho 18.Portugal
6.6
83'
M
Ilaix Moriba 26.Guinea
M
Kevin Kampl 44.Slovenia
F
Benjamin Sesko 30.Slovenia

RB Leipzig started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Marco Rose played with: Janis Blaswich (6.1), Benjamin Henrichs (7.7), Mohamed Simakan (7.1), Castello Lukeba (7.3), David Raum (7.1), Amadou Haidara (6.6), Xaver Schlager (7.9), Christoph Baumgartner (7.0), Xavi Simons (8.1), Yussuf Poulsen (7.0), Loïs Openda (7.0).

They had on the bench: Emil Forsberg (6.7), Lukas Klostermann, Péter Gulácsi, Christopher Lenz, Nicolas Seiwald (6.4), Fabio Carvalho (6.6), Ilaix Moriba, Benjamin Sesko and Kevin Kampl.

Substitutions

RB Leipzig made 3 changes: Yussuf Poulsen for Emil Forsberg (73′), Sebastiaan Bornauw for Fabio Carvalho (83′) and Amadou Haidara for Nicolas Seiwald (83′).

Player of the match: Xavi Simons​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for RB Leipzig was Xavi Simons.

His rating is (8.1) with 48 passes (85% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 15. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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