Wolfsburg vs Borussia Dortmund

27 November 2021 · Bundesliga · 2021/22 · Referee Sven Jablonski

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 1–1

Wout Weghorst 2’

Emre Can 35’ (pen)
Donyell Malen 55’
Erling Haaland 80’

Match summary

Borussia Dortmund came from behind to win 3-1 away at Wolfsburg. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Wout Weghorst put Wolfsburg ahead in the 2nd minute, set up by Bote Baku and Emre Can equalised from the penalty spot in the 35th minute. In the second half, Donyell Malen put Borussia Dortmund in front in the 55th minute, set up by Marco Reus and Erling Haaland made it 1-3 in the 80th minute, set up by Julian Brandt.

There was little between the sides on chances: Wolfsburg created 2.17 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots, Borussia Dortmund 2.35 from 15.

Match stats

15 Shots 16

7 Shots on Target 8

7 Corners 7

4 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

2.17 xG 2.35

2.17 Non-penalty xG 1.59

5 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Wolfsburg Borussia Dortmund

Kick-off

Wout Weghorst
Assist: Bote Baku

1-0

2’

35’

Emre Can
Penalty

1-1

Half-time1-1

55’

Donyell Malen
Assist: Marco Reus

1-2

80’

Erling Haaland
Assist: Julian Brandt

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Wolfsburg

Maxence Lacroix
Maximilian Arnold
Dodi Lukebakio
Lukas Nmecha

Borussia Dortmund

Marius Wolf

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 2.17 xGBorussia Dortmund 2.35 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Borussia Dortmund 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
Pavao Pervan	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Josuha Guilavogui	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maxence Lacroix	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
John Brooks	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.13	1
Bote Baku	MID	77		1	1	0.02	0.86	2
Jérôme Roussillon	MID	63			1	0.01	0.00	0
Aster Vranckx	MID	90			2	0.05	0.79	2
Maximilian Arnold	MID	90			1	0.01	0.06	1
Dodi Lukebakio	MID	90			4	0.93	0.05	2
Lukas Nmecha	MID	63			0	0.00	0.02	1
Wout Weghorst	FWD	90	1		2	0.90	0.07	1
Paulo Otávio	Sub	27			1	0.05	0.00	0
Gian-Luca Waldschmidt	Sub	27			2	0.15	0.00	0
Kevin Mbabu	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maximilian Philipp	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Gregor Kobel	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thomas Meunier	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mats Hummels	DEF	90			1	0.08	0.00	0
Manuel Akanji	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nico Schulz	DEF	87			1	0.05	0.00	0
Mahmoud Dahoud	MID	90			2	0.10	0.62	5
Emre Can	MID	87	1		2	0.83	0.02	1
Marius Wolf	MID	64			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marco Reus	MID	90		1	3	0.40	0.07	2
Julian Brandt	MID	90		1	1	0.05	0.61	1
Donyell Malen	FWD	75	1		2	0.05	0.00	0
Ansgar Knauff	Sub	26			1	0.10	0.08	1
Erling Haaland	Sub	15	1		2	0.69	0.00	0
Axel Witsel	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dan-Axel Zagadou	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolfsburg win 34% Avg odds 2.84

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.35

Borussia Dortmund win 37% Avg odds 2.55

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

Form going into the game

Wolfsburg L L W W D

Borussia Dortmund W W W L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Wolfsburg 0-2 Borussia Dortmund, 24 Apr 21 Next meeting: Borussia Dortmund 6-1 Wolfsburg, 16 Apr 22 All Wolfsburg vs Borussia Dortmund 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.