RB Leipzig vs Wolfsburg

23 January 2022 · Bundesliga · 2021/22 · Referee Daniel Siebert

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Willi Orban 76’
  • Josko Gvardiol 84’

Match summary

RB Leipzig won 2-0 at home to Wolfsburg. It was goalless at half-time.

Willi Orban put RB Leipzig ahead with a header in the 76th minute and Josko Gvardiol made it 2-0 in the 84th minute, set up by Nordi Mukiele.

The chances backed that up: RB Leipzig created 1.80 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Wolfsburg's 0.90 from 10.

Match stats

RB Leipzig Wolfsburg
12 Shots 9
4 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 3
5 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.69 xG 0.87
1.69 Non-penalty xG 0.87
10 Deep Completions 3

Key events

RB Leipzig Wolfsburg
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Willi Orban1-0 (RB Leipzig)
76’
Josko Gvardiol
Assist: Nordi Mukiele2-0 (RB Leipzig)
84’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

RB Leipzig
  • Mohamed Simakan
  • Benjamin Henrichs
  • Kevin Kampl
  • Dani Olmo
  • Tyler Adams
Wolfsburg
  • Maxence Lacroix

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 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.80 0.90 76’ Willi Orban (RB Leipzig), 1-0 76’ 84’ Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig), 2-0 84’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.80 0.90 76’ Willi Orban (RB Leipzig), 1-0 Orban 76’ 84’ Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig), 2-0 Gvardiol 84’
RB Leipzig 1.80 xGWolfsburg 0.90 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolfsburg attacking RB Leipzig attacking 
76’ Willi Orban (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.87 xG, goal 84’ Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.57 xG, goal 41’ Aster Vranckx (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 76’ André Silva (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.12 xG, hit the woodwork 41’ Yannick Gerhardt (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 35’ Maxence Lacroix (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 35’ Sebastiaan Bornauw (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 40’ Jérôme Roussillon (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 69’ Kevin Kampl (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 73’ André Silva (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 39’ Aster Vranckx (Wolfsburg), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 64’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, off target 63’ Mohamed Simakan (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 66’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 18’ Hugo Novoa Ramos (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 53’ Aster Vranckx (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 20’ Konrad Laimer (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 57’ Tyler Adams (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+1’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 16’ Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 76’ Willi Orban (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.87 xG, goal 84’ Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.57 xG, goal 41’ Aster Vranckx (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 76’ André Silva (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.12 xG, hit the woodwork 41’ Yannick Gerhardt (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 35’ Maxence Lacroix (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 35’ Sebastiaan Bornauw (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 40’ Jérôme Roussillon (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 69’ Kevin Kampl (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 73’ André Silva (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 39’ Aster Vranckx (Wolfsburg), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 64’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, off target 63’ Mohamed Simakan (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 66’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 18’ Hugo Novoa Ramos (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 53’ Aster Vranckx (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 20’ Konrad Laimer (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 57’ Tyler Adams (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 48’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+1’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 16’ Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Péter Gulácsi GK900 0.000.000
Josko Gvardiol DEF9012 0.580.000
Willi Orban DEF9011 0.870.000
Mohamed Simakan DEF761 0.030.000
Benjamin Henrichs MID580 0.000.000
Angelino MID900 0.000.021
Kevin Kampl MID901 0.050.032
Konrad Laimer MID571 0.020.000
Christopher Nkunku MID831 0.030.051
Hugo Novoa Ramos MID571 0.020.021
André Silva FWD902 0.170.051
Dani Olmo Sub330 0.000.121
Tyler Adams Sub331 0.020.000
Lukas Klostermann Sub320 0.000.000
Nordi Mukiele Sub1410 0.000.571
Yussuf Poulsen Sub70 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

RB Leipzig win 63% Avg odds 1.52
Draw 22% Avg odds 4.36
Wolfsburg win 15% Avg odds 6.35

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

Form going into the game

RB Leipzig WDLWW
Wolfsburg LLLLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Wolfsburg 1-0 RB Leipzig, 29 Aug 21 Next meeting: RB Leipzig 2-0 Wolfsburg, 27 Aug 22  All RB Leipzig 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.