VfL Wolfsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen

1–2Full-time

LLWDWWGoals 11-16

LWWLWWGoals 15-9

Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg · Capacity 30,000 · grass · Referee: Tobias Stieler

Match events

8'Robin Knoche (Hendrik Hansen)
37'Maximilian Arnold (Daniel Caligiuri)
59'Admir Mehmedi
65'Lars Bender
70'Charles Aránguiz (Kai Havertz)
71'Wendell
77'Lars Bender (J. Baumgartlinger)
78'J. Draxler (J. Brekalo)
79'Admir Mehmedi (Benjamin Henrichs)
80'J. Brekalo
83'Tin Jedvaj (A. Dragović)
87'Paul Seguin (Borja Mayoral)
87'Admir Mehmedi (Stefan Kießling)

Lineups

4-2-3-1

4-4-2

V. IsmaëlCoach

R. Schmidt

Bench (7)

Match trends

VfL Wolfsburg have averaged 1.1 goals scored per game over their last 10 matches.
Bayer Leverkusen have averaged 1.5 goals scored per game over their last 10 matches.
Over 2.5 goals landed in 3 of the last 8 meetings between these two sides.
Both teams scored in 3 of the last 8 head-to-head matches.

Head-to-head

Last 8 meetings

1VfL Wolfsburg wins

3Draws

4Bayer Leverkusen wins

8-12Goals

0–0Feb 8, 2025, 2:30 PM

4–3Sep 22, 2024, 1:30 PM

2–0Mar 10, 2024, 6:30 PM

1–2Oct 21, 2023, 1:30 PM

0–0Apr 16, 2023, 5:30 PM

2–2Oct 22, 2022, 1:30 PM

0–2Mar 20, 2022, 4:30 PM

0–2Oct 30, 2021, 1:30 PM

Pre-match comparison

1.1Goals scored per game1.5

1.6Goals conceded per game0.9

Rolling averages based on each team's last 10 and 10 finished matches; clean sheets/failed-to-score are full-season totals.

Referee

Tobias Stieler

3.61Yellow cards / game

0.07Red cards / game

0.25Penalties scored / game

Based on 28 matches officiated (our own data).

When do they score?

VfL Wolfsburg

0-15'

0%

16-30'

0%

31-45'

0%

46-60'

9.1%

61-75'

0%

76-90+'

90.9%

Bayer Leverkusen

0-15'

14.3%

16-30'

0%

31-45'

28.6%

46-60'

14.3%

61-75'

14.3%

76-90+'

28.6%

Match statistics

47%Possession53%

—Expected goals (xG)—

2Shots on target6

6Total shots18

3Shots off target8

1Blocked shots4

6Shots inside the box14

0Shots outside the box4

1Corners4

0Offsides5

15Fouls17

1Yellow cards3

0Red cards0

4Goalkeeper saves1

414Total passes452

282Accurate passes332

68%Pass accuracy73%

Player ratings

1Tin JedvajBayer Leverkusen⚽ 17.7
2Lars BenderBayer Leverkusen🟨7.6
3Daniel CaligiuriVfL Wolfsburg🅰️ 17.5
4Kevin KamplBayer Leverkusen7.5
5A. DragovićBayer Leverkusen🅰️ 17.4
6J. DraxlerVfL Wolfsburg7.2

Box score

VfL Wolfsburg

34Ricardo RodríguezD · 90'

6.9

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes75%

Tackles—

Duels75%

22Luiz GustavoM · 90'

7.0

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes87%

Tackles—

Duels59%

10J. DraxlerM · 78'

7.2

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes70%

Tackles—

Duels57%

7Daniel CaligiuriM · 90'

🅰️ 17.5

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes53%

Tackles—

Duels55%

1Diego Benaglio90'

6.6

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes66%

Tackles—

Duels—

14Jakub BłaszczykowskiM · 90'

7.1

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes54%

Tackles—

Duels63%

33Mario GómezF · 90'

6.6

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Shots0/2 on target

Passes65%

Tackles—

Duels55%

27Maximilian ArnoldM · 90'

⚽ 16.9

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Shots1/1 on target

Passes68%

Tackles—

Duels42%

31Robin KnocheD · 7'

6.5

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes50%

Tackles—

Duels100%

13Yannick GerhardtM · 90'

6.7

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Shots1/1 on target

Passes68%

Tackles—

Duels64%

30Paul SeguinD · 87'

7.1

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes74%

Tackles—

Duels67%

Bench (7)

20

20M. GrünG

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4Marcel Schafer—

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2

2P. WollscheidD

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17

17Borja MayoralF · 3'

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes0%

Tackles—

Duels0%

25J. BrekaloM · 12'

🟨6.4

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes100%

Tackles—

Duels25%

41Hendrik HansenD · 83'

6.3

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes66%

Tackles—

Duels50%

26

26J. MöbiusM

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Bayer Leverkusen

18WendellD · 90'

🟨6.6

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes78%

Tackles—

Duels50%

19Julian BrandtM · 90'

6.3

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes71%

Tackles—

Duels44%

6

6A. DragovićD · 90'

🅰️ 17.4

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes77%

Tackles—

Duels42%

16Tin JedvajD · 90'

⚽ 17.7

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Shots1/3 on target

Passes68%

Tackles—

Duels60%

39Benjamin HenrichsD · 90'

🅰️ 16.3

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes62%

Tackles—

Duels23%

14Admir MehmediM · 87'

⚽ 1🟨7.2

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Shots1/2 on target

Passes86%

Tackles—

Duels35%

1Bernd LenoG · 90'

6.4

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes46%

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Duels—

20Charles AránguizM · 70'

6.8

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Shots1/1 on target

Passes73%

Tackles—

Duels43%

8Lars BenderM · 77'

🟨7.6

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes72%

Tackles—

Duels55%

7Javier HernándezF · 90'

7.0

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Shots2/3 on target

Passes86%

Tackles—

Duels64%

44Kevin KamplM · 90'

7.5

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Shots1/3 on target

Passes75%

Tackles—

Duels33%

Bench (7)

15

15J. BaumgartlingerM · 13'

6.8

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Shots0/2 on target

Passes83%

Tackles—

Duels100%

28

28R. ÖzcanG

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11Stefan KießlingF · 3'

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes100%

Tackles—

Duels100%

27Robbie KruseM

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33

33L. BoederD

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29Kai HavertzM · 20'

6.3

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes88%

Tackles—

Duels20%

23Danny da CostaM

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