Mainz vs Wolfsburg

13 January 2024 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Patrick Ittrich

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Silvan Widmer 61’
  • Václav Cerny 12’

Match summary

Mainz and Wolfsburg drew 1-1. Wolfsburg led 1-0 at half-time.

Václav Cerny put Wolfsburg ahead in the 12th minute, set up by Lovro Majer and Silvan Widmer equalised in the 61st minute, set up by Philipp Mwene.

There was little between the sides on chances: Mainz created 0.37 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots, Wolfsburg 0.42 from 9.

Match stats

Mainz Wolfsburg
12 Shots 9
4 Shots on Target 4
7 Corners 3
3 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
0.37 xG 0.42
0.37 Non-penalty xG 0.42
3 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Mainz Wolfsburg
Kick-off
12’
Václav Cerny
Assist: Lovro Majer0-1 (Wolfsburg)
Half-time0-1
Silvan Widmer
Assist: Philipp Mwene1-1 (Mainz)
61’
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Mainz
  • Sepp van den Berg
  • Edimilson Fernandes
  • Silvan Widmer
Wolfsburg
  • Koen Casteels
  • Moritz Jenz
  • Aster Vranckx
  • Mattias Svanberg

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.37 0.42 12’ Václav Cerny (Wolfsburg), 0-1 12’ 61’ Silvan Widmer (Mainz), 1-1 61’ 0.0 0.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.37 0.42 12’ Václav Cerny (Wolfsburg), 0-1 Cerny 12’ 61’ Silvan Widmer (Mainz), 1-1 Widmer 61’
Mainz 0.37 xGWolfsburg 0.42 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolfsburg attacking Mainz attacking 
39’ Jonathan Burkardt (Mainz), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 56’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 12’ Václav Cerny (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 55’ Jakub Kaminski (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 88’ Sebastiaan Bornauw (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 46’ Merveille Papela (Mainz), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 89’ Sebastiaan Bornauw (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 42’ Lovro Majer (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 50’ Joakim Maehle (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 61’ Silvan Widmer (Mainz), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 18’ Dominik Kohr (Mainz), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 76’ Tom Krauß (Mainz), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 9’ Silvan Widmer (Mainz), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 44’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 20’ Jonathan Burkardt (Mainz), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Karim Onisiwo (Mainz), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 87’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 18’ Philipp Mwene (Mainz), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 51’ Tom Krauß (Mainz), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 70’ Dominik Kohr (Mainz), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 39’ Jonathan Burkardt (Mainz), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 56’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 12’ Václav Cerny (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 55’ Jakub Kaminski (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 88’ Sebastiaan Bornauw (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 46’ Merveille Papela (Mainz), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 89’ Sebastiaan Bornauw (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 42’ Lovro Majer (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 61’ Silvan Widmer (Mainz), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 18’ Dominik Kohr (Mainz), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 50’ Joakim Maehle (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 76’ Tom Krauß (Mainz), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 9’ Silvan Widmer (Mainz), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 44’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 20’ Jonathan Burkardt (Mainz), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 18’ Philipp Mwene (Mainz), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 35’ Karim Onisiwo (Mainz), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 87’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 70’ Dominik Kohr (Mainz), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 51’ Tom Krauß (Mainz), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Robin Zentner GK900 0.000.000
Anthony Caci DEF900 0.000.051
Sepp van den Berg DEF900 0.000.000
Edimilson Fernandes DEF900 0.000.042
Dominik Kohr MID902 0.050.081
Silvan Widmer MID9012 0.070.021
Tom Krauß MID802 0.050.000
Merveille Papela MID641 0.050.011
Philipp Mwene MID9011 0.020.154
Karim Onisiwo FWD901 0.020.000
Jonathan Burkardt FWD802 0.110.000
Brajan Gruda Sub260 0.000.000
Marco Richter Sub100 0.000.000
Leandro Barreiro Martins Sub100 0.000.000
Maxim Leitsch Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Mainz win 47% Avg odds 2.03
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.49
Wolfsburg win 25% Avg odds 3.82

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

Form going into the game

Mainz DLDLD
Wolfsburg WLLWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Wolfsburg 3-0 Mainz, 30 Apr 23 Next meeting: Wolfsburg 1-3 Mainz, 18 May 24  All Mainz 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.