Bayer Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg

30 October 2021 · Bundesliga · 2021/22 · Referee Deniz Aytekin

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Lukas Nmecha 48’
  • Maximilian Arnold 51’

Match summary

Wolfsburg beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 on the road. It was goalless at half-time.

Lukas Nmecha put Wolfsburg ahead in the 48th minute and Maximilian Arnold made it 0-2 in the 51st minute.

The chances backed that up: Wolfsburg created 1.96 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Bayer Leverkusen's 1.31 from 13. Lucas Alario had a penalty saved for Bayer Leverkusen. Wolfsburg had a player sent off.

Match stats

Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg
12 Shots 13
1 Shots on Target 8
10 Corners 2
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 1
1.31 xG 1.87
0.55 Non-penalty xG 1.87
9 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
48’
Lukas Nmecha0-1 (Wolfsburg)
51’
Maximilian Arnold0-2 (Wolfsburg)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Bayer Leverkusen
  • Jonathan Tah
  • Florian Wirtz
  • Lucas Alario
Wolfsburg
  • Maxence Lacroix
  • John Brooks
  • Renato Steffen

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.31 1.96 48’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), 0-1 48’ 51’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), 0-2 51’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.31 1.96 48’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), 0-1 Nmecha 48’ 51’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), 0-2 Arnold 51’
Bayer Leverkusen 1.31 xGWolfsburg 1.96 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolfsburg attacking Bayer Leverkusen attacking 
90+6’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 48’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.62 xG, goal 53’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 51’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.40 xG, saved 21’ Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 51’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 51’ Yannick Gerhardt (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 8’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 85’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 72’ Robert Andrich (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 90+2’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 56’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 31’ Yannick Gerhardt (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 72’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 54’ John Brooks (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 90+1’ Nadiem Amiri (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 9’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 9’ Aster Vranckx (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 47’ Mitchel Bakker (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 82’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 17’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 12’ Aster Vranckx (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 37’ Piero Hincapié (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 44’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 75’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+6’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 48’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.62 xG, goal 53’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 51’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.40 xG, saved 21’ Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 51’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 51’ Yannick Gerhardt (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 8’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 85’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 72’ Robert Andrich (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 90+2’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 31’ Yannick Gerhardt (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 56’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 72’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 9’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 54’ John Brooks (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 90+1’ Nadiem Amiri (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 9’ Aster Vranckx (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 82’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 47’ Mitchel Bakker (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 17’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 12’ Aster Vranckx (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 37’ Piero Hincapié (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 44’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 75’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Lukas Hradecky GK900 0.000.000
Edmond Tapsoba DEF900 0.000.000
Jonathan Tah DEF901 0.060.081
Piero Hincapié DEF551 0.010.000
Jeremie Frimpong MID900 0.000.072
Mitchel Bakker MID831 0.020.000
Kerem Demirbay MID903 0.110.092
Exequiel Palacios MID690 0.000.021
Florian Wirtz MID901 0.010.122
Amine Adli MID691 0.110.000
Lucas Alario FWD903 0.870.000
Paulinho Sub350 0.000.011
Robert Andrich Sub211 0.080.000
Nadiem Amiri Sub211 0.030.000
Daley Sinkgraven Sub70 0.000.061

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen win 50% Avg odds 1.91
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.70
Wolfsburg win 24% Avg odds 3.92

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Bayer Leverkusen WWWLD
Wolfsburg DLLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 0-1 Wolfsburg, 23 Jan 21 Next meeting: Wolfsburg 0-2 Bayer Leverkusen, 20 Mar 22  All Bayer Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.