Wolfsburg vs Borussia Monchengladbach

2 October 2021 · Bundesliga · 2021/22 · Referee Frank Willenborg

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 1–2

Gian-Luca Waldschmidt 24’

Breel Embolo 5’
Jonas Hofmann 7’
Joe Scally 90+5’

Match summary

Borussia Monchengladbach beat Wolfsburg 3-1 on the road. Borussia Monchengladbach led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Breel Embolo put Borussia Monchengladbach ahead in the 5th minute, set up by Denis Zakaria, Jonas Hofmann made it 0-2 in the 7th minute, set up by Breel Embolo, and Gian-Luca Waldschmidt pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 24th minute. In the second half, Joe Scally made it 1-3 in stoppage time, set up by Yann Sommer.

The chances backed that up: Borussia Monchengladbach created 3.54 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Wolfsburg's 1.24 from 12. Lars Stindl had a penalty saved for Borussia Monchengladbach. Wolfsburg had a player sent off.

Match stats

10 Shots 19

5 Shots on Target 11

4 Corners 6

7 Yellow Cards 3

1 Red Cards 0

1.22 xG 3.52

1.22 Non-penalty xG 2.76

6 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Wolfsburg Borussia Monchengladbach

Kick-off

5’

Breel Embolo
Assist: Denis Zakaria

0-1

7’

Jonas Hofmann
Assist: Breel Embolo

0-2

Gian-Luca Waldschmidt

1-2

24’

Half-time1-2

90+5’

Joe Scally
Assist: Yann Sommer

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
Kevin Mbabu
Sebastiaan Bornauw
Bote Baku
Wout Weghorst
Jérôme Roussillon

Borussia Monchengladbach

Louis Beyer
Denis Zakaria
Lars Stindl

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 1.24 xGBorussia Monchengladbach 3.54 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Borussia Monchengladbach attacking Wolfsburg attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Koen Casteels	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Mbabu	DEF	90		1	0.04	0.02	1
Maxence Lacroix	DEF	78		0	0.00	0.06	1
Sebastiaan Bornauw	DEF	48		1	0.02	0.00	0
Yannick Gerhardt	DEF	48		0	0.00	0.00	0
Maximilian Arnold	MID	90		2	0.04	0.11	2
Josuha Guilavogui	MID	81		1	0.10	0.00	0
Bote Baku	MID	81		1	0.03	0.00	0
Dodi Lukebakio	MID	68		1	0.34	0.00	0
Gian-Luca Waldschmidt	MID	90	1	2	0.43	0.01	1
Wout Weghorst	FWD	90		2	0.14	0.13	2
Jérôme Roussillon	Sub	42		0	0.00	0.00	0
John Brooks	Sub	42		0	0.00	0.00	0
Lukas Nmecha	Sub	22		0	0.00	0.10	1
Maximilian Philipp	Sub	9		0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Ginczek	Sub	9		1	0.10	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Yann Sommer	GK	90		1	0	0.00	0.40	1
Louis Beyer	DEF	90			2	0.08	0.03	1
Matthias Ginter	DEF	90			2	0.19	0.00	0
Nico Elvedi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joe Scally	MID	90	1		1	0.40	0.00	0
Luca Netz	MID	60			1	0.03	0.00	0
Jonas Hofmann	MID	90	1		3	0.76	0.36	5
Denis Zakaria	MID	90		1	1	0.03	0.80	2
Kouadio Kone	MID	62			1	0.11	0.06	1
Breel Embolo	FWD	90	1	1	2	0.80	0.75	2
Lars Stindl	FWD	84			3	0.88	0.02	1
Patrick Herrmann	Sub	30			1	0.10	0.00	0
Christoph Kramer	Sub	28			1	0.06	0.00	0
Alassane Pléa	Sub	6			1	0.09	0.10	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolfsburg win 47% Avg odds 2.06

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.53

Borussia Monchengladbach win 26% Avg odds 3.63

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

Form going into the game

Wolfsburg W W W D L

Borussia Monchengladbach L L W L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Wolfsburg 0-0 Borussia Monchengladbach, 14 Feb 21 Next meeting: Borussia Monchengladbach 2-2 Wolfsburg, 26 Feb 22 All Wolfsburg vs Borussia Monchengladbach 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.