Wolfsburg vs Arminia Bielefeld

9 April 2022 · Bundesliga · 2021/22 · Referee Benjamin Brand

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Lukas Nmecha 11’, 38’
  • Maximilian Arnold 48’
  • Max Kruse 53’

Match summary

Wolfsburg won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Arminia Bielefeld. Wolfsburg led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Lukas Nmecha put Wolfsburg ahead in the 11th minute, set up by Yannick Gerhardt and Nmecha made it 2-0 with a header in the 38th minute, set up by Yannick Gerhardt. In the second half, Maximilian Arnold made it 3-0 with a direct free kick in the 48th minute and Max Kruse made it 4-0 with a header in the 53rd minute, set up by Bote Baku.

The chances backed that up: Wolfsburg created 1.99 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Arminia Bielefeld's 0.48 from 7.

Match stats

Wolfsburg Arminia Bielefeld
11 Shots 6
6 Shots on Target 3
3 Corners 2
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.99 xG 0.48
1.99 Non-penalty xG 0.48
11 Deep Completions 0

Key events

Wolfsburg Arminia Bielefeld
Kick-off
Lukas Nmecha
Assist: Yannick Gerhardt1-0 (Wolfsburg)
11’
Lukas Nmecha
Assist: Yannick Gerhardt2-0 (Wolfsburg)
38’
Half-time2-0
Maximilian Arnold3-0 (Wolfsburg)
48’
Max Kruse
Assist: Bote Baku4-0 (Wolfsburg)
53’
Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Arminia Bielefeld
  • Joakim Nilsson

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 1.99 0.48 11’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), 1-0 11’ 38’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), 2-0 38’ 48’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), 3-0 48’ 53’ Max Kruse (Wolfsburg), 4-0 53’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.99 0.48 11’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), 1-0 Nmecha 11’ 38’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), 2-0 Nmecha 38’ 48’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), 3-0 Arnold 48’ 53’ Max Kruse (Wolfsburg), 4-0 Kruse 53’
Wolfsburg 1.99 xGArminia Bielefeld 0.48 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Arminia Bielefeld attacking Wolfsburg attacking 
53’ Max Kruse (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.58 xG, goal 38’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.55 xG, goal 51’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.42 xG, off target 2’ Robin Hack (Arminia Bielefeld), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 56’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.11 xG, off target 11’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 48’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, goal 72’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 17’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 60’ Fabian Kunze (Arminia Bielefeld), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 78’ Bartosz Bialek (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 26’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 54’ Janni Serra (Arminia Bielefeld), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 2’ Andrés Andrade (Arminia Bielefeld), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 35’ Florian Krüger (Arminia Bielefeld), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 76’ John Brooks (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 13’ Florian Krüger (Arminia Bielefeld), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 42’ Robin Hack (Arminia Bielefeld), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 53’ Max Kruse (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.58 xG, goal 38’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.55 xG, goal 51’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.42 xG, off target 2’ Robin Hack (Arminia Bielefeld), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 56’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.11 xG, off target 11’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 48’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, goal 72’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 17’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 60’ Fabian Kunze (Arminia Bielefeld), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 78’ Bartosz Bialek (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 26’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 54’ Janni Serra (Arminia Bielefeld), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 2’ Andrés Andrade (Arminia Bielefeld), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 76’ John Brooks (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Florian Krüger (Arminia Bielefeld), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 13’ Florian Krüger (Arminia Bielefeld), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 42’ Robin Hack (Arminia Bielefeld), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Koen Casteels GK900 0.000.000
Sebastiaan Bornauw DEF900 0.000.000
John Brooks DEF901 0.020.031
Maxence Lacroix DEF780 0.000.111
Bote Baku MID9011 0.030.683
Yannick Gerhardt MID9020 0.000.622
Xaver Schlager MID900 0.000.021
Maximilian Arnold MID9011 0.060.000
Jonas Wind MID872 0.100.421
Max Kruse MID7811 0.580.000
Lukas Nmecha FWD7824 1.160.000
Aster Vranckx Sub120 0.000.000
Kevin Mbabu Sub120 0.000.000
Bartosz Bialek Sub121 0.040.000
Felix Nmecha Sub30 0.000.000
Kevin Paredes Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolfsburg win 57% Avg odds 1.69
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.81
Arminia Bielefeld win 18% Avg odds 5.33

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

Form going into the game

Wolfsburg DWLLL
Arminia Bielefeld LLLLD

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Previous and next meeting

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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.