Wolfsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen

20 March 2022 · Bundesliga · 2021/22 · Referee Felix Brych

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Paulinho 86’, 90+2’

Match summary

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

Paulinho put Bayer Leverkusen ahead in the 86th minute, set up by Charles Aránguiz and Paulinho made it 0-2 with a header in stoppage time, set up by Kerem Demirbay.

There was little between the sides on chances: Wolfsburg created 1.32 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots, Bayer Leverkusen 1.44 from 15.

Match stats

Wolfsburg Bayer Leverkusen
18 Shots 17
4 Shots on Target 7
7 Corners 7
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.32 xG 1.44
1.32 Non-penalty xG 1.44
9 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Wolfsburg Bayer Leverkusen
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
86’
Paulinho
Assist: Charles Aránguiz0-1 (Bayer Leverkusen)
90+2’
Paulinho
Assist: Kerem Demirbay0-2 (Bayer Leverkusen)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Wolfsburg
  • Maxence Lacroix
  • Aster Vranckx
Bayer Leverkusen
  • Kerem Demirbay
  • Amine Adli
  • Piero Hincapié

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.32 1.44 86’ Paulinho (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-1 86’ 90+2’ Paulinho (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-2 90+2’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.32 1.44 86’ Paulinho (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-1 Paulinho 86’ 90+2’ Paulinho (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-2 Paulinho 90+2’
Wolfsburg 1.32 xGBayer Leverkusen 1.44 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Bayer Leverkusen attacking Wolfsburg attacking 
49’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.40 xG, blocked 48’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.39 xG, off target 15’ Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 17’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 90+2’ Paulinho (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.26 xG, goal 85’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 29’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 75’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.10 xG, off target 65’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 59’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 86’ Paulinho (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 31’ Max Kruse (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 71’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 56’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 40’ Sardar Azmoun (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 53’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 2’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 6’ Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 19’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 45’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 79’ Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 12’ Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 23’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), direct free kick, 0.02 xG, saved 25’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 28’ Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 50’ Odilon Kossounou (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 18’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 51’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 49’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.40 xG, blocked 48’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.39 xG, off target 15’ Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 17’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 90+2’ Paulinho (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.26 xG, goal 85’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 29’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 75’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.10 xG, off target 65’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 59’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 86’ Paulinho (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 31’ Max Kruse (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 71’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 56’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 40’ Sardar Azmoun (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 53’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 2’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 6’ Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 19’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 12’ Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 45’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 79’ Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 23’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), direct free kick, 0.02 xG, saved 28’ Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 50’ Odilon Kossounou (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 25’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 18’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 51’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Pavao Pervan GK900 0.000.000
Sebastiaan Bornauw DEF900 0.000.000
Maxence Lacroix DEF900 0.000.291
John Brooks DEF880 0.000.000
Kevin Mbabu MID740 0.000.093
Jérôme Roussillon MID810 0.000.000
Maximilian Arnold MID902 0.040.203
Xaver Schlager MID741 0.020.051
Max Kruse MID901 0.050.533
Jonas Wind MID744 0.260.031
Lukas Nmecha FWD904 0.750.000
Aster Vranckx Sub160 0.000.000
Gian-Luca Waldschmidt Sub162 0.200.000
Bote Baku Sub160 0.000.101
Yannick Gerhardt Sub90 0.000.000
Bartosz Bialek Sub20 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolfsburg win 31% Avg odds 3.15
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.53
Bayer Leverkusen win 42% Avg odds 2.27

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

Form going into the game

Wolfsburg WLDWL
Bayer Leverkusen WLWDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 0-2 Wolfsburg, 30 Oct 21 Next meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 2-2 Wolfsburg, 22 Oct 22  All Wolfsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen 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.