Freiburg vs Wolfsburg

12 March 2022 · Bundesliga · 2021/22 · Referee Martin Petersen

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–0

Vincenzo Grifo 7’, 44’
Nico Schlotterbeck 87’

Max Kruse 52’
Maximilian Arnold 84’

Match summary

Freiburg saw off Wolfsburg 3-2, with a late winner. Freiburg led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Vincenzo Grifo put Freiburg ahead with a direct free kick in the 7th minute and Grifo made it 2-0 in the 44th minute, set up by Nicolas Höfler. In the second half, Max Kruse pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 52nd minute, set up by Maximilian Arnold, Maximilian Arnold equalised in the 84th minute, and Nico Schlotterbeck won it in the 87th minute, set up by Nils Petersen.

The chances backed that up: Freiburg created 1.54 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Wolfsburg's 0.91 from 12.

Match stats

16 Shots 11

8 Shots on Target 5

7 Corners 5

2 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

1.54 xG 0.91

1.54 Non-penalty xG 0.91

12 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Freiburg Wolfsburg

Kick-off

Vincenzo Grifo

1-0

7’

Vincenzo Grifo
Assist: Nicolas Höfler

2-0

44’

Half-time2-0

52’

Max Kruse
Assist: Maximilian Arnold

2-1

84’

Maximilian Arnold

2-2

Nico Schlotterbeck
Assist: Nils Petersen

3-2

87’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Freiburg

Nico Schlotterbeck
Janik Haberer

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.

Freiburg 1.54 xGWolfsburg 0.91 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Wolfsburg attacking Freiburg 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
Mark Flekken	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Manuel Gulde	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Keven Schlotterbeck	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nico Schlotterbeck	DEF	90	1		2	0.15	0.00	0
Jonathan Schmid	MID	86			0	0.00	0.05	1
Christian Günter	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Nicolas Höfler	MID	90		1	1	0.04	0.13	1
Janik Haberer	MID	86			1	0.02	0.00	0
Lucas Höler	MID	90			2	0.17	0.71	3
Vincenzo Grifo	MID	90	2		4	0.27	0.13	2
Ermedin Demirovic	FWD	88			3	0.80	0.21	2
Kiliann Sildillia	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0
Roland Sallai	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.08	1
Nils Petersen	Sub	2		1	1	0.08	0.06	1
Noah Weißhaupt	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Pavao Pervan	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maxence Lacroix	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
John Brooks	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sebastiaan Bornauw	DEF	86			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Mbabu	MID	78			0	0.00	0.09	1
Jérôme Roussillon	MID	78			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maximilian Arnold	MID	90	1	1	1	0.07	0.32	1
Xaver Schlager	MID	78			2	0.06	0.00	0
Max Kruse	MID	90	1		3	0.38	0.00	0
Maximilian Philipp	MID	57			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonas Wind	FWD	90			3	0.26	0.08	2
Lukas Nmecha	Sub	33			1	0.05	0.08	1
Aster Vranckx	Sub	12			1	0.06	0.00	0
Bote Baku	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Renato Steffen	Sub	12			1	0.03	0.00	0
Bartosz Bialek	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Freiburg win 47% Avg odds 2.05

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.54

Wolfsburg win 26% Avg odds 3.72

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

Form going into the game

Freiburg L D W W D

Wolfsburg W W L D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Wolfsburg 0-2 Freiburg, 23 Oct 21 Next meeting: Wolfsburg 6-0 Freiburg, 21 Jan 23 All Freiburg 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.