Bayern Munich vs Wolfsburg

18 January 2025 · Bundesliga · 2024/25 · Referee Tobias Reichel

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Leon Goretzka 20’, 62’
Michael Olise 39’

Mohammed Amoura 24’, 88’

Match summary

Bayern Munich won 3-2 at home to Wolfsburg. Bayern Munich led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Leon Goretzka put Bayern Munich ahead in the 20th minute, set up by Joshua Kimmich, Mohammed Amoura equalised in the 24th minute, and Michael Olise put Bayern Munich back in front in the 39th minute, set up by Leroy Sané. In the second half, Goretzka made it 3-1 with a header in the 62nd minute, set up by Michael Olise and Amoura pulled one back to make it 3-2 in the 88th minute, set up by Tiago Tomás.

The chances backed that up: Bayern Munich created 3.23 expected goals (xG) from 25 shots to Wolfsburg's 0.70 from 7.

Match stats

25 Shots 7

10 Shots on Target 3

6 Corners 2

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

3.23 xG 0.70

3.23 Non-penalty xG 0.70

13 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Bayern Munich Wolfsburg

Kick-off

Leon Goretzka
Assist: Joshua Kimmich

1-0

20’

24’

Mohammed Amoura

1-1

Michael Olise
Assist: Leroy Sané

2-1

39’

Half-time2-1

Leon Goretzka
Assist: Michael Olise

3-1

62’

88’

Mohammed Amoura
Assist: Tiago Tomás

3-2

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Bayern Munich

Konrad Laimer
Joshua Kimmich

Wolfsburg

Kilian Fischer
Joakim Maehle
Patrick Wimmer

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.

Bayern Munich 3.23 xGWolfsburg 0.70 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Wolfsburg attacking Bayern Munich attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Manuel Neuer	GK	90			0	0.00	0.26	1
Konrad Laimer	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.19	2
Dayotchanculle Upamecano	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Kim Min-Jae	DEF	90			1	0.46	0.05	1
Alphonso Davies	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.13	1
Joshua Kimmich	MID	90		1	1	0.07	0.63	5
Leon Goretzka	MID	90	2		4	0.52	0.00	0
Leroy Sané	MID	72		1	2	0.32	0.13	2
Michael Olise	MID	90	1	1	3	0.11	0.54	4
Kingsley Coman	MID	80			5	0.79	0.47	3
Harry Kane	FWD	90			7	0.53	0.63	2
Serge Gnabry	Sub	18			1	0.31	0.00	0
Jamal Musiala	Sub	10			1	0.13	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Kamil Grabara	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kilian Fischer	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Konstantinos Koulierakis	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Denis Vavro	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Joakim Maehle	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Maximilian Arnold	MID	90			1	0.03	0.01	1
Patrick Wimmer	MID	76			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bence Dárdai	MID	76			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yannick Gerhardt	MID	68			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mohammed Amoura	FWD	90	2		4	0.65	0.00	0
Lukas Nmecha	FWD	68			0	0.00	0.04	1
Aster Vranckx	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tiago Tomás	Sub	22		1	0	0.00	0.11	1
Jonas Wind	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mattias Svanberg	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.06	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayern Munich win 84% Avg odds 1.15

Draw 11% Avg odds 8.58

Wolfsburg win 5% Avg odds 17.86

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

Form going into the game

Bayern Munich W L W W W

Wolfsburg W L L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Wolfsburg 2-3 Bayern Munich, 25 Aug 24 Next meeting: Bayern Munich 8-1 Wolfsburg, 11 Jan 26 All Bayern Munich 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.