Wolfsburg vs Bayern Munich

17 April 2021 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Felix Zwayer

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–3

Wout Weghorst 35’
Maximilian Philipp 54’

Jamal Musiala 15’, 37’
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting 24’

Match summary

Bayern Munich took a 3-2 win at Wolfsburg. Bayern Munich led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Jamal Musiala put Bayern Munich ahead in the 15th minute, set up by Alphonso Davies, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting made it 0-2 in the 24th minute, Wout Weghorst pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 35th minute, set up by Xaver Schlager, and Musiala made it 1-3 with a header in the 37th minute, set up by Thomas Müller. In the second half, Maximilian Philipp made it 2-3 in the 54th minute, set up by Paulo Otávio.

The chances backed that up: Bayern Munich created 1.73 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Wolfsburg's 1.25 from 7.

Match stats

7 Shots 14

3 Shots on Target 9

6 Corners 5

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.25 xG 1.73

1.25 Non-penalty xG 1.73

7 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Wolfsburg Bayern Munich

Kick-off

15’

Jamal Musiala
Assist: Alphonso Davies

0-1

24’

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting

0-2

Wout Weghorst
Assist: Xaver Schlager

1-2

35’

37’

Jamal Musiala
Assist: Thomas Müller

1-3

Half-time1-3

Maximilian Philipp
Assist: Paulo Otávio

2-3

54’

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Wolfsburg

Kevin Mbabu
Paulo Otávio

Bayern Munich

Lucas Hernández

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.

Wolfsburg 1.25 xGBayern Munich 1.73 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bayern Munich attacking Wolfsburg attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Koen Casteels	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Mbabu	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maxence Lacroix	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
John Brooks	DEF	90			1	0.11	0.00	0
Paulo Otávio	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.47	2
Xaver Schlager	MID	90		1	1	0.02	0.20	1
Yannick Gerhardt	MID	90			0	0.00	0.11	1
Bote Baku	MID	57			1	0.09	0.00	0
Maximilian Philipp	MID	80	1		1	0.45	0.09	1
Joao Victor	MID	62			0	0.00	0.02	1
Wout Weghorst	FWD	90	1		2	0.22	0.36	1
Josip Brekalo	Sub	33			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jérôme Roussillon	Sub	28			1	0.36	0.00	0
Bartosz Bialek	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Manuel Neuer	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Benjamin Pavard	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Hernández	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jérôme Boateng	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.07	1
Alphonso Davies	DEF	90		1	1	0.03	0.13	1
David Alaba	MID	90			0	0.00	0.11	2
Joshua Kimmich	MID	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Leroy Sané	MID	89			4	0.42	0.00	0
Thomas Müller	MID	90		1	1	0.10	0.37	3
Jamal Musiala	MID	75	2		3	0.37	0.13	2
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting	FWD	90	1		3	0.70	0.27	2
Kingsley Coman	Sub	15			1	0.07	0.00	0
Nianzou Kouassi	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Javi Martínez	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolfsburg win 25% Avg odds 3.80

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.88

Bayern Munich win 50% Avg odds 1.90

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

Form going into the game

Wolfsburg L W W W L

Bayern Munich W W W W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bayern Munich 2-1 Wolfsburg, 16 Dec 20 Next meeting: Bayern Munich 4-0 Wolfsburg, 17 Dec 21 All Wolfsburg vs Bayern Munich 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.