Hertha Berlin vs Wolfsburg

21 August 2021 · Bundesliga · 2021/22 · Referee Matthias Jöllenbeck

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Dodi Lukebakio 60’ (pen)
  • Bote Baku 74’
  • Lukas Nmecha 88’

Match summary

Wolfsburg came from behind to win 2-1 away at Hertha Berlin, with a late winner. It was goalless at half-time.

Dodi Lukebakio put Hertha Berlin ahead from the penalty spot in the 60th minute, Bote Baku equalised in the 74th minute, set up by Xaver Schlager, and Lukas Nmecha won it in the 88th minute, set up by Josip Brekalo.

Hertha Berlin can feel hard done by, creating 1.17 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Wolfsburg's 0.56 from 12.

Match stats

Hertha Berlin Wolfsburg
12 Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.17 xG 0.56
0.42 Non-penalty xG 0.56
2 Deep Completions 14

Key events

Hertha Berlin Wolfsburg
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Dodi Lukebakio
Penalty1-0 (Hertha Berlin)
60’
74’
Bote Baku
Assist: Xaver Schlager1-1 (Wolfsburg)
88’
Lukas Nmecha
Assist: Josip Brekalo1-2 (Wolfsburg)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Hertha Berlin
  • Kevin-Prince Boateng
Wolfsburg
  • Kevin Mbabu
  • Jérôme Roussillon

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.17 0.56 60’ Dodi Lukebakio (Hertha Berlin), 1-0 60’ 74’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), 1-1 74’ 88’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), 1-2 88’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.17 0.56 60’ Dodi Lukebakio (Hertha Berlin), 1-0 Lukebakio 60’ 74’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), 1-1 Baku 74’ 88’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), 1-2 Nmecha 88’
Hertha Berlin 1.17 xGWolfsburg 0.56 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolfsburg attacking Hertha Berlin attacking 
60’ Dodi Lukebakio (Hertha Berlin), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 88’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 52’ Marvin Plattenhardt (Hertha Berlin), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, blocked 80’ Santiago Ascacibar (Hertha Berlin), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 47’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 71’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 72’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 17’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 27’ Renato Steffen (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 74’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 90+3’ Peter Pekarík (Hertha Berlin), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 48’ Javairo Dilrosun (Hertha Berlin), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 49’ Stevan Jovetic (Hertha Berlin), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 83’ Stevan Jovetic (Hertha Berlin), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 15’ Renato Steffen (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 5’ Kevin-Prince Boateng (Hertha Berlin), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 6’ Maxence Lacroix (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 7’ Dodi Lukebakio (Hertha Berlin), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Dodi Lukebakio (Hertha Berlin), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 83’ Marco Richter (Hertha Berlin), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 15’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 45’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 4’ Davie Selke (Hertha Berlin), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 81’ Maxence Lacroix (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 56’ Suat Serdar (Hertha Berlin), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 60’ Dodi Lukebakio (Hertha Berlin), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 88’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 52’ Marvin Plattenhardt (Hertha Berlin), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, blocked 80’ Santiago Ascacibar (Hertha Berlin), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 47’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 71’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 72’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 17’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 27’ Renato Steffen (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+3’ Peter Pekarík (Hertha Berlin), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 74’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 48’ Javairo Dilrosun (Hertha Berlin), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 83’ Stevan Jovetic (Hertha Berlin), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 49’ Stevan Jovetic (Hertha Berlin), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 15’ Renato Steffen (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 5’ Kevin-Prince Boateng (Hertha Berlin), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 7’ Dodi Lukebakio (Hertha Berlin), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 6’ Maxence Lacroix (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Dodi Lukebakio (Hertha Berlin), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 83’ Marco Richter (Hertha Berlin), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 15’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 4’ Davie Selke (Hertha Berlin), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 45’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 81’ Maxence Lacroix (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 56’ Suat Serdar (Hertha Berlin), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alexander Schwolow GK900 0.000.000
Peter Pekarík DEF901 0.040.021
Niklas Stark DEF900 0.000.000
Dedryck Boyata DEF850 0.000.041
Marvin Plattenhardt DEF901 0.090.032
Santiago Ascacibar MID901 0.090.000
Suat Serdar MID861 0.010.000
Dodi Lukebakio MID9013 0.800.000
Kevin-Prince Boateng MID421 0.020.000
Javairo Dilrosun MID691 0.040.000
Davie Selke FWD861 0.010.000
Stevan Jovetic Sub482 0.060.112
Marco Richter Sub211 0.020.000
Jordan Torunarigha Sub50 0.000.000
Lucas Tousart Sub40 0.000.000
Deyovaisio Zeefuik Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Hertha Berlin win 29% Avg odds 3.28
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.45
Wolfsburg win 43% Avg odds 2.23

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

Form going into the game

Hertha Berlin DWDLL
Wolfsburg LWDLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Wolfsburg 2-0 Hertha Berlin, 27 Feb 21 Next meeting: Wolfsburg 0-0 Hertha Berlin, 15 Jan 22  All Hertha Berlin 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.