Stuttgart vs Wolfsburg

21 April 2021 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Felix Brych

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

Gonzalo Castro 90+2’

Xaver Schlager 13’
Wout Weghorst 29’
Yannick Gerhardt 65’

Match summary

Wolfsburg took a 3-1 win at Stuttgart. Wolfsburg led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Xaver Schlager put Wolfsburg ahead in the 13th minute and Wout Weghorst made it 0-2 with a header in the 29th minute, set up by Josip Brekalo. In the second half, Yannick Gerhardt made it 0-3 in the 65th minute, set up by Josip Brekalo and Gonzalo Castro pulled one back to make it 1-3 in stoppage time.

Stuttgart can feel hard done by, creating 2.11 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Wolfsburg's 1.74 from 13. Philipp Förster had a penalty saved for Stuttgart.

Match stats

11 Shots 13

4 Shots on Target 4

4 Corners 1

3 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

1.77 xG 1.70

0.90 Non-penalty xG 1.70

7 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Stuttgart Wolfsburg

Kick-off

13’

Xaver Schlager

0-1

29’

Wout Weghorst
Assist: Josip Brekalo

0-2

Half-time0-2

65’

Yannick Gerhardt
Assist: Josip Brekalo

0-3

Gonzalo Castro

1-3

90+2’

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Stuttgart

Naouirou Ahamada
Gonzalo Castro
Alkhaly Momo Cissé

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.

Stuttgart 2.11 xGWolfsburg 1.74 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Wolfsburg attacking Stuttgart attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Gregor Kobel	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Atakan Karazor	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Marc-Oliver Kempf	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Waldemar Anton	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Roberto Massimo	MID	90		1	0.10	0.32	3
Tanguy Coulibaly	MID	90		1	0.25	0.05	1
Wataru Endo	MID	90		1	0.03	0.00	0
Naouirou Ahamada	MID	72		2	0.12	0.00	0
Philipp Förster	MID	71		2	1.21	0.42	2
Mateo Klimowicz	MID	65		0	0.00	0.00	0
Sasa Kalajdzic	FWD	81		2	0.39	0.00	0
Darko Churlinov	Sub	25		0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Didavi	Sub	19		0	0.00	0.10	1
Gonzalo Castro	Sub	18	1	1	0.01	0.00	0
Alkhaly Momo Cissé	Sub	9		0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Koen Casteels	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bote Baku	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Marin Pongracic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
John Brooks	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jérôme Roussillon	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maximilian Arnold	MID	90			1	0.06	0.06	1
Xaver Schlager	MID	67	1		2	0.08	0.07	1
Josip Brekalo	MID	77		2	1	0.10	0.66	3
Maximilian Philipp	MID	67			2	0.61	0.00	0
Yannick Gerhardt	MID	90	1		5	0.46	0.58	1
Wout Weghorst	FWD	89	1		1	0.42	0.13	2
Josuha Guilavogui	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Admir Mehmedi	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Ginczek	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bartosz Bialek	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Stuttgart win 24% Avg odds 4.01

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.19

Wolfsburg win 53% Avg odds 1.79

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

Form going into the game

Stuttgart W L W L L

Wolfsburg W W W L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Wolfsburg 1-0 Stuttgart, 20 Dec 20 Next meeting: Wolfsburg 0-2 Stuttgart, 11 Dec 21 All Stuttgart 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.