VfL Wolfsburg defeats VfB Stuttgart 3-2

WOLFSBURG. VfL Wolfsburg beat VfB Stuttgart.

October 2, 2022

WOLFSBURG. VfL Wolfsburg prevailed over VfB Stuttgart. VfL Wolfsburg capitalized on its better ball possession (57%).

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 Felix Zwayer who was helped by Marco Achmüller and Christian Höhler. The 4th official was Florian Heft. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 14.7 degrees Celsius or 58.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.

Match Statistics

VfL Wolfsburg

3 - 2

VfB Stuttgart

57 Ball Possession 43

Shots

19 Total 14
5 On Target 7
14 Off Target 7
3 Shots blocked 2

94 Attack 91
47 Dangerous attack 33
108 Ball safe 113

0 Penalties 0
8 Corners 5

Fouls

16 Total 14
3 Yellow Cards 5
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

3 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

VfL Wolfsburg had a strong ball possession 57% while VfB Stuttgart was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

VfL Wolfsburg was more pushing with 47 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why VfL Wolfsburg won the match.

VfL Wolfsburg shot 19 times, 5 on target, 14 off target. Regarding the opposition, VfB Stuttgart shot 14 times, 7 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

VfL Wolfsburg received 3 yellow cards (P. Wimmer, R. Baku and M. Arnold). On the other side, VfB Stuttgart received 6 yellow cards (S. Guirassy, W. Anton, H. Ito, A. Karazor, E. Millot and P. Matarazzo).

Match Timeline

22'

Serhou Guirassy(goal)H. Ito

23'

M. Arnold(goal)Paulo Otavio

38'

Patrick Wimmer- Yellow

42'

45'

47'

Serhou Guirassy- Yellow

48'

Waldemar Anton- Yellow

Ridle Baku- Yellow

53'

68'

Enzo Millot- sub ->W. Endo

70'

Hiroki Ito- Yellow

M. Arnold- Yellow

71'

Kevin Paredes- sub ->J. Kaminski

76'

77'

Dan-Axel Zagadou- sub ->P. Stenzel

77'

Tiago Tomás- sub ->C. Fuhrich

77'

79'

Atakan Karazor- Yellow

85'

Enzo Millot- Yellow

Sebastiaan Bornauw- sub ->M. Lacroix

85'

87'

Lilian Egloff- sub ->N. Ahamada

Yannick Gerhardt(goal)M. Svanberg

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Borussia Mönchengladbach

After this contest, VfL Wolfsburg will have 8 points to sit in the 13th place. Talking about the opposition, VfB Stuttgart will stay with 5 points like Bayer 04 Leverkusen to sit in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, VfL Wolfsburg will host SC Freiburg on the 21st of January with a 12-9 head to head in favor of VfL Wolfsburg (5 draws).

VfB Stuttgart will host FSV Mainz 05 on the 21st of January with a 10-10 head to head stats.

VfL Wolfsburg – Formation

VfL Wolfsburg

Koen Casteels 1.Belgium

7.1

Paulo Otávio 6.Brazil

7.1

Maxence Lacroix 4.France

6.4

85'

Micky van de Ven 5.Netherlands

6.7

Ridle Baku 20.Germany

6.3

53'

M. Arnold 27.Germany

7.2

71'

38'

Yannick Gerhardt 31.Germany

7.5

90'

Mattias Svanberg 32.Sweden

6.5

Jakub Kamiński 16.Poland

6.2

76'

Patrick Wimmer 39.Austria

7.3

85'

42'

Omar Marmoush 33.Egypt

7.5

90'

23'

Substitutes

Pavao Pervan 12.Austria

Kilian Fischer 2.Germany

Sebastiaan Bornauw 3.Belgium

6.8

85'

Ahmet Cil 29.France

Kevin Paredes 40.United States

6.3

76'

Bartol Franjic 38.Croatia

90'

Felix Nmecha 22.Germany

6.8

85'

Maximilian Philipp 17.Germany

Luca Waldschmidt 7.Germany

VfL Wolfsburg started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Niko Kovač decided to play with the following team: Koen Casteels (7.1), Ridle Baku (6.3), Maxence Lacroix (6.4), Micky van de Ven (6.7), Paulo Otávio (7.1), Maximilian Arnold (7.2), Patrick Wimmer (7.3), Mattias Svanberg (6.5), Yannick Gerhardt (7.5), Jakub Kamiński (6.2) and Omar Marmoush (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Josuha Guilavogui, Maximilian Philipp, Kevin Paredes (6.3), Pavao Pervan, Kilian Fischer, Sebastiaan Bornauw (6.8), Bartol Franjić, Luca Waldschmidt and Felix Nmecha (6.8).

Substitutions

VfL Wolfsburg made 4 changes: J. Kaminski for K. Paredes (76′), M. Lacroix for S. Bornauw (85′), P. Wimmer for F. Nmecha (85′) and O. Marmoush for B. Franjic (90′).

Best player: Yannick Gerhardt

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for VfL Wolfsburg was Yannick Gerhardt.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 24 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 12.

VfB Stuttgart – Formation

VfB Stuttgart

Florian Müller 1.Germany

5.5

Waldemar Anton 2.Germany

6.3

48'

Pascal Stenzel 15.Germany

7.3

77'

Konstantinos Mavropanos 5.Greece

8.1

45'

Hiroki Ito 21.Japan

7.0

70'

Atakan Karazor 16.Germany

7.3

79'

Wataru Endo 3.Japan

6.6

68'

Naouirou Ahamada 32.France

6.6

87'

Chris Führich 22.Germany

6.7

77'

Serhou Guirassy 9.Guinea

7.2

77'

47'

22'

Silla Katompa Mvumpa 14.DR Congo

7.0

Substitutes

Fabian Bredlow 33.Germany

Dan-Axel Zagadou 23.France

6.7

77'

Enzo Millot 8.France

6.5

68'

85'

Nikolas Nartey 28.Denmark

Tanguy Coulibaly 7.France

Lilian Egloff 25.Germany

6.4

87'

Tiago Tomás 10.Portugal

6.4

77'

Luca Pfeiffer 20.Germany

6.4

77'

Juan-José Perea 11.Colombia

VfB Stuttgart started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Pellegrino Matarazzo played with: Florian Müller (5.5), Pascal Stenzel (7.3), Konstantinos Mavropanos (8.1), Waldemar Anton (6.3), Hiroki Ito (7.0), Wataru Endo (6.6), Atakan Karazor (7.3), Naouirou Ahamada (6.6), Silas Katompa Mvumpa (7.0), Serhou Guirassy (7.2) and Chris Führich (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Dan-Axel Zagadou (6.7), Enzo Millot (6.5), Tiago Tomás (6.4), Nikolas Nartey, Luca Pfeiffer (6.4), Tanguy Coulibaly, Lilian Egloff (6.4), Juan José Perea and Fabian Bredlow.

Substitutions

VfB Stuttgart made 5 changes: W. Endo for E. Millot (68′), P. Stenzel for D. Zagadou (77′), S. Guirassy for L. Pfeiffer (77′), C. Fuhrich for T. Tomas (77′) and N. Ahamada for L. Egloff (87′).