MUNICH. FC Bayern München tops VfL Wolfsburg with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Musiala (33′) and a goal from T. Muller (44′). FC Bayern München was decisively better in terms of ball possession (68%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Allianz Arena stadium in Munich on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. In front of 75,000 spectators.​ The referee was Harm Osmers who had the assistance of Robert Kempter and Thorben Siewer. The 4th official was Timo Gerach. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 29.1 degrees Celsius or 84.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 35%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

FC Bayern München was in firm control of the ball 68% while VfL Wolfsburg was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Bayern München was more aggressive with 56 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 12 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Bayern München won the match​.

FC Bayern München shot 24 times, 12 on target, 12 off target. Talking about the opposition, VfL Wolfsburg shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

FC Bayern München received 2 yellow cards (L. Hernandez and S. Ulreich). On the opposite side, VfL Wolfsburg received 1 yellow card (M. Svanberg).

Standings

After playing this match, FC Bayern München has 3 points to occupy the 1st place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, VfL Wolfsburg stays with 0 points (16th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, FC Bayern München will play away with FC Augsburg on the 17th of September with a 20-3 head to head stats in favor of FC Bayern München (2 draws).

VfL Wolfsburg will play away agasint FC Union Berlin on the 18th of September with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of VfL Wolfsburg (2 draws).

FC Bayern München – Formation

FC Bayern München started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Julian Nagelsmann decided to play with the following team: Manuel Neuer (7.4), Benjamin Pavard (8.2), Dayot Upamecano (7.1), Lucas Hernández (6.8), Alphonso Davies (7.4), Joshua Kimmich (8.1), Marcel Sabitzer (7.1), Thomas Müller (7.7), Serge Gnabry (7.0), Jamal Musiala (7.6) and Sadio Mané (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Tanguy Nianzou, Matthijs de Ligt, Josip Stanišić, Leroy Sané (6.9), Sven Ulreich, Mathys Tel (6.6), Bouna Sarr, Ryan Gravenberch (6.6) and Noussair Mazraoui.

Substitutions

FC Bayern München made 3 changes: S. Gnabry for L. Sane (46′), S. Mane for M. Tel (80′) and J. Musiala for R. Gravenberch (83′).

Best player: Benjamin Pavard​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Bayern München was Benjamin Pavard even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.2) with 84 passes (84% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 18. He performed 4 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

VfL Wolfsburg – Formation

VfL Wolfsburg started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).

Niko Kovač played with: Koen Casteels (7.4), Ridle Baku (6.7), Sebastiaan Bornauw (6.8), Maxence Lacroix (6.7), Micky van de Ven (6.1), Patrick Wimmer (6.2), Maximilian Arnold (6.2), Josuha Guilavogui (7.5), Mattias Svanberg (6.7), Omar Marmoush (5.4) and Lukas Nmecha (7.0).

They had on the bench: Felix Nmecha (6.6), Paulo Otávio, Aster Vranckx (6.7), Luca Waldschmidt (7.0), Max Kruse (6.5), Josip Brekalo (6.8), Jakub Kamiński, Pavao Pervan and Maximilian Philipp.

VfL Wolfsburg could not rely on the presence of L. Waldschmidt (injured).

Substitutions

VfL Wolfsburg made 5 changes: P. Wimmer for M. Kruse (46′), M. Svanberg for F. Nmecha (61′), O. Marmoush for L. Waldschmidt (68′), M. Arnold for A. Vranckx (83′) and L. Nmecha for J. Brekalo (84′).

Best player: Josuha Guilavogui​

The most impressive player for VfL Wolfsburg was Josuha Guilavogui.

His rating is (7.5) with 27 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

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

• FC Bayern München – VfL Wolfsburg – 2-0
• FSV Mainz 05 – FC Union Berlin – 0-0