Werder Bremen vs Wolfsburg

20 March 2021 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Robert Schröder

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–2

  • Kevin Möhwald 45’
  • Joshua Sargent 8’ (og)
  • Wout Weghorst 42’

Match summary

Wolfsburg beat Werder Bremen 2-1 on the road. Wolfsburg led 2-1 at half-time.

Sargent's own goal put Wolfsburg ahead with a header in the 8th minute, Wout Weghorst made it 0-2 in the 42nd minute, set up by Xaver Schlager, and Kevin Möhwald pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 45th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Werder Bremen created 1.09 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots, Wolfsburg 1.21 from 15.

Match stats

Werder Bremen Wolfsburg
11 Shots 16
4 Shots on Target 5
3 Corners 9
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.07 xG 1.20
1.07 Non-penalty xG 1.20
4 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Werder Bremen Wolfsburg
Kick-off
8’
Joshua Sargent
Own goal0-1 (Wolfsburg)
42’
Wout Weghorst
Assist: Xaver Schlager0-2 (Wolfsburg)
Kevin Möhwald1-2 (Werder Bremen)
45’
Half-time1-2
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Werder Bremen
  • Joshua Sargent
  • Leonardo Bittencourt
  • Niclas Füllkrug
Wolfsburg
  • Xaver Schlager

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 1.09 1.21 8’ Joshua Sargent (Wolfsburg) own goal, 0-1 8’ 42’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), 0-2 42’ 45’ Kevin Möhwald (Werder Bremen), 1-2 45’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.09 1.21 8’ Joshua Sargent (Wolfsburg) own goal, 0-1 Sargent 8’ 42’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), 0-2 Weghorst 42’ 45’ Kevin Möhwald (Werder Bremen), 1-2 Möhwald 45’
Werder Bremen 1.09 xGWolfsburg 1.21 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolfsburg attacking Werder Bremen attacking 
45’ Kevin Möhwald (Werder Bremen), set piece, 0.43 xG, goal 42’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 83’ Davie Selke (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 62’ Kevin Mbabu (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.28 xG, saved 61’ Niclas Füllkrug (Werder Bremen), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 29’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 34’ John Brooks (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 87’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 77’ Niclas Füllkrug (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 90+2’ Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 53’ Maxence Lacroix (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 51’ Maxence Lacroix (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 45’ Theodor Gebre Selassie (Werder Bremen), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+4’ Davie Selke (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 68’ Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 85’ Theodor Gebre Selassie (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 8’ Maxence Lacroix (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 23’ Kevin Möhwald (Werder Bremen), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 34’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 40’ Joshua Sargent (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 62’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 66’ Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 87’ Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 23’ Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 41’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 8’ Joshua Sargent (Werder Bremen), own goal 45’ Kevin Möhwald (Werder Bremen), set piece, 0.43 xG, goal 42’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 83’ Davie Selke (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 62’ Kevin Mbabu (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.28 xG, saved 61’ Niclas Füllkrug (Werder Bremen), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 29’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 34’ John Brooks (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 77’ Niclas Füllkrug (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 87’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90+2’ Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 53’ Maxence Lacroix (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 45’ Theodor Gebre Selassie (Werder Bremen), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 51’ Maxence Lacroix (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 90+4’ Davie Selke (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 68’ Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 85’ Theodor Gebre Selassie (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 8’ Maxence Lacroix (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 23’ Kevin Möhwald (Werder Bremen), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 34’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 40’ Joshua Sargent (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 62’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 23’ Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 66’ Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 87’ Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 41’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 8’ Joshua Sargent (Werder Bremen), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jiri Pavlenka GK900 0.000.000
Marco Friedl DEF900 0.000.000
Milos Veljkovic DEF900 0.000.000
Ömer Toprak DEF900 0.000.000
Theodor Gebre Selassie MID902 0.070.000
Ludwig Augustinsson MID900 0.000.173
Maximilian Eggestein MID900 0.000.021
Kevin Möhwald MID8412 0.460.000
Milot Rashica MID840 0.000.000
Romano Schmid MID601 0.020.000
Joshua Sargent FWD601 0.020.000
Leonardo Bittencourt Sub300 0.000.071
Niclas Füllkrug Sub302 0.170.000
Davie Selke Sub62 0.350.000
Yuya Osako Sub60 0.000.000
Felix Agu Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Werder Bremen win 20% Avg odds 4.63
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.55
Wolfsburg win 53% Avg odds 1.81

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

Form going into the game

Werder Bremen LWDWL
Wolfsburg DWWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Wolfsburg 5-3 Werder Bremen, 27 Nov 20 Next meeting: Wolfsburg 2-2 Werder Bremen, 06 Aug 22  All Werder Bremen 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.