Mainz vs Wolfsburg

19 January 2021 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Sören Storks

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Bartosz Bialek 65’
  • Wout Weghorst 79’

Match summary

Wolfsburg won 2-0 away at Mainz. It was goalless at half-time.

Bartosz Bialek put Wolfsburg ahead in the 65th minute, set up by Maximilian Arnold and Wout Weghorst made it 0-2 in the 79th minute.

The chances backed that up: Wolfsburg created 0.99 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Mainz's 0.37 from 8.

Match stats

Mainz Wolfsburg
8 Shots 8
0 Shots on Target 2
2 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.37 xG 0.99
0.37 Non-penalty xG 0.99
1 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Mainz Wolfsburg
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
65’
Bartosz Bialek
Assist: Maximilian Arnold0-1 (Wolfsburg)
79’
Wout Weghorst0-2 (Wolfsburg)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Mainz
  • Jean-Paul Boëtius
Wolfsburg
  • Maximilian Philipp
  • Josuha Guilavogui

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 0.37 0.99 65’ Bartosz Bialek (Wolfsburg), 0-1 65’ 79’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), 0-2 79’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.37 0.99 65’ Bartosz Bialek (Wolfsburg), 0-1 Bialek 65’ 79’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), 0-2 Weghorst 79’
Mainz 0.37 xGWolfsburg 0.99 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolfsburg attacking Mainz attacking 
65’ Bartosz Bialek (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 79’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 63’ Jonathan Burkardt (Mainz), set piece, 0.11 xG, off target 66’ Jonathan Burkardt (Mainz), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 35’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 52’ Maximilian Philipp (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+3’ Karim Onisiwo (Mainz), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 22’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 67’ Philipp Mwene (Mainz), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 12’ Alexander Hack (Mainz), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 17’ Renato Steffen (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 17’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 24’ Moussa Niakhate (Mainz), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Maximilian Philipp (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 76’ John Brooks (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 6’ Karim Onisiwo (Mainz), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Jean-Paul Boëtius (Mainz), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 65’ Bartosz Bialek (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 79’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 63’ Jonathan Burkardt (Mainz), set piece, 0.11 xG, off target 66’ Jonathan Burkardt (Mainz), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 35’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 22’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 52’ Maximilian Philipp (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+3’ Karim Onisiwo (Mainz), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 67’ Philipp Mwene (Mainz), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 12’ Alexander Hack (Mainz), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 17’ Renato Steffen (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 17’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Maximilian Philipp (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 24’ Moussa Niakhate (Mainz), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 76’ John Brooks (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 6’ Karim Onisiwo (Mainz), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Jean-Paul Boëtius (Mainz), set piece, 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
Moussa Niakhate DEF901 0.020.061
Alexander Hack DEF901 0.050.051
Stefan Bell DEF750 0.000.000
Levin Öztunali MID630 0.000.000
Philipp Mwene MID901 0.050.000
Danny Latza MID900 0.000.122
Leandro Barreiro Martins MID900 0.000.000
Jean-Paul Boëtius MID631 0.010.000
Karim Onisiwo FWD902 0.070.000
Jonathan Burkardt FWD832 0.170.000
Dominik Kohr Sub270 0.000.000
Niklas Tauer Sub270 0.000.061
Ádám Szalai Sub150 0.000.000
Robin Quaison Sub70 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Mainz win 23% Avg odds 4.20
Draw 24% Avg odds 3.88
Wolfsburg win 53% Avg odds 1.81

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

Form going into the game

Mainz DLLLD
Wolfsburg LWLDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Wolfsburg 4-0 Mainz, 23 Feb 20 Next meeting: Wolfsburg 2-3 Mainz, 22 May 21  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.