Wolfsburg vs Bayern Munich

20 October 2018 · Bundesliga · 2018/19 · Referee Guido Winkmann

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

Wout Weghorst 63’

Robert Lewandowski 30’, 49’
James Rodríguez 72’

Match summary

Bayern Munich won 3-1 away at Wolfsburg. Bayern Munich led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Robert Lewandowski put Bayern Munich ahead in the 30th minute, set up by Mats Hummels. In the second half, Lewandowski made it 0-2 in the 49th minute, Wout Weghorst pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 63rd minute, set up by Admir Mehmedi, and James Rodríguez made it 1-3 in the 72nd minute, set up by Robert Lewandowski.

The chances backed that up: Bayern Munich created 2.82 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Wolfsburg's 0.82 from 9. Bayern Munich had a player sent off.

Match stats

8 Shots 13

1 Shots on Target 11

2 Corners 9

2 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 1

0.82 xG 2.76

0.82 Non-penalty xG 2.76

2 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Wolfsburg Bayern Munich

Kick-off

30’

Robert Lewandowski
Assist: Mats Hummels

0-1

Half-time0-1

49’

Robert Lewandowski

0-2

Wout Weghorst
Assist: Admir Mehmedi

1-2

63’

72’

James Rodríguez
Assist: Robert Lewandowski

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Wolfsburg

Maximilian Arnold
Wout Weghorst

Bayern Munich

Arjen Robben
Manuel Neuer
Thiago Alcántara

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 0.82 xGBayern Munich 2.82 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
William	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.14	2
Robin Knoche	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
John Brooks	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jérôme Roussillon	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.02	1
Maximilian Arnold	MID	90			0	0.00	0.05	2
Yannick Gerhardt	MID	90			2	0.05	0.00	0
Elvis Rexhbecaj	MID	72			0	0.00	0.00	0
Renato Steffen	FWD	61			0	0.00	0.00	0
Wout Weghorst	FWD	90	1		3	0.62	0.00	0
Josip Brekalo	FWD	61			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Ginczek	Sub	29			3	0.12	0.00	0
Admir Mehmedi	Sub	29		1	0	0.00	0.49	1
Yunus Malli	Sub	18			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
Joshua Kimmich	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.00	0
Mats Hummels	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.26	2
Niklas Süle	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
David Alaba	DEF	47			0	0.00	0.08	2
Javi Martínez	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Arjen Robben	MID	58			1	0.02	0.48	1
Thiago Alcántara	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Rodríguez	MID	85	1		3	0.91	0.07	1
Serge Gnabry	MID	67			1	0.03	0.00	0
Robert Lewandowski	FWD	90	2	1	6	1.77	0.34	1
Rafinha	Sub	43			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leon Goretzka	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.13	1
Renato Sanches	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolfsburg win 11% Bet365 odds 8.50

Draw 19% Bet365 odds 5.00

Bayern Munich win 70% Bet365 odds 1.36

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Wolfsburg D L D D L

Bayern Munich W W D L L

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Bayern Munich 6-0 Wolfsburg, 09 Mar 19 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.