WOLFSBURG. VfL Wolfsburg was after all too good for Darmstadt 98 with the goal of Patrick Wimmer (8′), Jonas Wind (10′) and Vaclav Cerny (90′).

The match was played at the Volkswagen Arena stadium in Wolfsburg on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. In front of 23,108 spectators.​ The referee was Robert Hartmann with the help of Markus Schüller and Philipp Hüwe. The 4th official was Alexander Sather. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 16 degrees Celsius or 60.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

VfL Wolfsburg

3 - 0

Darmstadt 98

  • 54 Ball Possession 46
Shots
  • 21 Total 6
  • 7 On Target 2
  • 7 Off Target 4
  • 7 Shots blocked 1
  • 83 Attack 69
  • 58 Dangerous attack 40
  • 84 Ball safe 93
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 9 Corners 2
Fouls
  • 8 Total 9
  • 0 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. VfL Wolfsburg was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Darmstadt 98 that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

VfL Wolfsburg was more pushing with 58 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why VfL Wolfsburg won the match​.

VfL Wolfsburg shot 21 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Darmstadt 98 shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

VfL Wolfsburg didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Darmstadt 98 received 3 yellow cards (Matej Maglica, Andreas Müller and Christoph Zimmermann).

Match Timeline

7'
Andreas Müller- Yellow
Patrick Wimmer(goal)
8'
Jonas Wind(goal)Lovro Majer
10'
32'
Matej Maglica- Yellow
34'
Jannik Müller- sub ->Matej Maglica
46'
Aaron Seydel- sub ->Andreas Müller
60'
Mathias Honsak- sub ->Oscar Vilhelmsson
Jakub Kamiński- sub ->Ridle Baku
65'
Cédric Zesiger- sub ->Patrick Wimmer
65'
Kevin Behrens- sub ->Jonas Wind
82'
Vaclav Cerny- sub ->Kevin Paredes
82'
85'
Fabian Schnellhardt- sub ->Julian Justvan
90'
Christoph Zimmermann- Yellow
Vaclav Cerny(goal)Jakub Kamiński
90'
Tiago Tomás- sub ->Lovro Majer
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
33
33
FSV Mainz 05
32
33
FC Union Berlin
30
33
FC Köln
27
33
Darmstadt 98
17
33

After this match, VfL Wolfsburg has 37 points like Heidenheim to sit in the 12th place. On the other side, Darmstadt 98 will stays with 17 points to sit in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, VfL Wolfsburg will play away with FC Bayern München on the 11th of May with a 34-3 head to head statistic in favor of FC Bayern München (5 draws).

Darmstadt 98 will host TSG Hoffenheim on the 11th of May with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of TSG Hoffenheim (3 draws).

VfL Wolfsburg – Formation

VfL Wolfsburg
G
Koen Casteels 1.Belgium
7.5
D
Maxence Lacroix 4.France
7.3
D
Joakim Maehle 21.Denmark
7.9
D
Moritz Jenz 25.Germany
7.5
D
Kevin Paredes 40.United States
7.0
82'
M
Ridle Baku 20.Germany
7.1
65'
M
M. Arnold 27.Germany
8.1
M
Mattias Svanberg 32.Sweden
M
Patrick Wimmer 39.Austria
7.1
65' 8'
M
Lovro Majer 19.Croatia
8.2
90'
M
Yannick Gerhardt 31.Germany
7.5
F
Jonas Wind 23.Denmark
7.3
82' 10'
Substitutes
G
Pavao Pervan 12.Austria
D
Kilian Fischer 2.Germany
D
Cédric Zesiger 5.Switzerland
6.4
65'
D
Rogério 13.Brazil
M
Vaclav Cerny 7.Czech Republic
7.5
82' 90'
M
Jakub Kamiński 16.Poland
7.0
65'
F
Amin Sarr 9.Sweden
F
Tiago Tomás 11.Portugal
90'
F
Kevin Behrens 17.Germany
6.8
82'

VfL Wolfsburg started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Ralph Hasenhüttl decided to play with the following team: Mattias Svanberg, Koen Casteels (7.5), Joakim Maehle (7.9), Maxence Lacroix (7.3), Moritz Jenz (7.5), Kevin Paredes (7.0), M. Arnold (8.1), Yannick Gerhardt (7.5), Ridle Baku (7.1), Lovro Majer (8.2), Patrick Wimmer (7.1) and Jonas Wind (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Cédric Zesiger (6.4), Vaclav Cerny (7.5), Amin Sarr, Tiago Tomás, Pavao Pervan, Rogério, Jakub Kamiński (7.0), Kevin Behrens (6.8) and Kilian Fischer.

Substitutions

VfL Wolfsburg made 5 changes: Ridle Baku for Jakub Kamiński (65′), Patrick Wimmer for Cédric Zesiger (65′), Jonas Wind for Kevin Behrens (82′), Kevin Paredes for Vaclav Cerny (82′) and Lovro Majer for Tiago Tomás (90′).

Player of the match: Lovro Majer​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for VfL Wolfsburg was Lovro Majer even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.2 with 47 passes (89% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 7 crosses.

Darmstadt 98 – Formation

Darmstadt 98
G
Alexander Brunst 30.Germany
7.0
D
Christoph Zimmermann 4.Germany
6.7
90'
D
Matej Maglica 5.Croatia
6.3
34' 32'
D
Christoph Klarer 14.Austria
6.4
M
Tobias Kempe 11.Germany
M
Fabian Nürnberger 15.Germany
7.3
M
Julian Justvan 17.Germany
6.3
85'
M
Emir Karic 19.Austria
6.4
85'
M
Marvin Mehlem 6.Germany
7.7
M
Andreas Müller 16.Germany
6.4
46' 7'
F
Tim Skarke 27.Germany
7.0
F
Oscar Vilhelmsson 29.Sweden
6.3
60'
Substitutes
G
Marcel Schuhen 1.Germany
D
Thomas Isherwood 3.Sweden
D
Jannik Müller 20.Germany
7.3
34'
M
Fabian Schnellhardt 8.Germany
6.6
85'
M
Mathias Honsak 18.Austria
6.8
60'
F
Aaron Seydel 22.Germany
6.8
46'
F
Luca Pfeiffer 24.Germany
F
F. Torsiello 42.Germany

Darmstadt 98 started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Torsten Lieberknecht played with: Tobias Kempe, Alexander Brunst (7.0), Matej Maglica (6.3), Christoph Klarer (6.4), Christoph Zimmermann (6.7), Fabian Nürnberger  (7.3), Julian Justvan (6.3), Andreas Müller (6.4), Emir Karic (6.4), Marvin Mehlem  (7.7), Oscar Vilhelmsson (6.3) and Tim Skarke (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Thomas Isherwood, Fabian Schnellhardt (6.6), Mathias Honsak (6.8), Jannik Müller (7.3), Aaron Seydel (6.8), Luca Pfeiffer, F. Torsiello, A. Arania (6.6) and Marcel Schuhen.

Darmstadt 98 could not rely on the presence of Jannik Müller (injured).

Substitutions

Darmstadt 98 made 4 changes: Matej Maglica for Jannik Müller (34′), Andreas Müller for Aaron Seydel (46′), Oscar Vilhelmsson for Mathias Honsak (60′) and Julian Justvan for Fabian Schnellhardt (85′).

Player of the match: Marvin Mehlem ​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Darmstadt 98 was Marvin Mehlem .

His rating is 7.7 with 25 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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