Wolfsburg vs Freiburg

31 January 2021 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Tobias Reichel

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • John Brooks 21’
  • Wout Weghorst 39’
  • Yannick Gerhardt 85’

Match summary

Wolfsburg won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Freiburg. Wolfsburg led 2-0 at half-time.

John Brooks put Wolfsburg ahead from a corner in the 21st minute, Wout Weghorst made it 2-0 in the 39th minute, set up by Renato Steffen, and Yannick Gerhardt made it 3-0 in the 85th minute, set up by Bote Baku.

The chances backed that up: Wolfsburg created 2.01 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Freiburg's 0.70 from 10.

Match stats

Wolfsburg Freiburg
12 Shots 9
6 Shots on Target 2
5 Corners 10
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
2.01 xG 0.68
2.01 Non-penalty xG 0.68
9 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Wolfsburg Freiburg
Kick-off
John Brooks1-0 (Wolfsburg)
21’
Wout Weghorst
Assist: Renato Steffen2-0 (Wolfsburg)
39’
Half-time2-0
Yannick Gerhardt
Assist: Bote Baku3-0 (Wolfsburg)
85’
Full-time3-0

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 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.01 0.70 21’ John Brooks (Wolfsburg), 1-0 21’ 39’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), 2-0 39’ 85’ Yannick Gerhardt (Wolfsburg), 3-0 85’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.01 0.70 21’ John Brooks (Wolfsburg), 1-0 Brooks 21’ 39’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), 2-0 Weghorst 39’ 85’ Yannick Gerhardt (Wolfsburg), 3-0 Gerhardt 85’
Wolfsburg 2.01 xGFreiburg 0.70 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Freiburg attacking Wolfsburg attacking 
85’ Yannick Gerhardt (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.58 xG, goal 64’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.51 xG, saved 39’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 53’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.14 xG, hit the woodwork 89’ Janik Haberer (Freiburg), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 48’ Baptiste Santamaria (Freiburg), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 60’ Maxence Lacroix (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.12 xG, off target 21’ John Brooks (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.12 xG, goal 89’ Nils Petersen (Freiburg), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 51’ Keven Schlotterbeck (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 33’ Ermedin Demirovic (Freiburg), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 46’ Baptiste Santamaria (Freiburg), open play, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 73’ Lucas Höler (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 7’ Nicolas Höfler (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 16’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 21’ Maxence Lacroix (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 48’ Baptiste Santamaria (Freiburg), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 69’ Admir Mehmedi (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 4’ Paulo Otávio (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 90’ Yannik Keitel (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 30’ Paulo Otávio (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 46’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 85’ Yannick Gerhardt (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.58 xG, goal 64’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.51 xG, saved 39’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 53’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.14 xG, hit the woodwork 89’ Janik Haberer (Freiburg), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 48’ Baptiste Santamaria (Freiburg), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 60’ Maxence Lacroix (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.12 xG, off target 21’ John Brooks (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.12 xG, goal 89’ Nils Petersen (Freiburg), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 51’ Keven Schlotterbeck (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 33’ Ermedin Demirovic (Freiburg), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 46’ Baptiste Santamaria (Freiburg), open play, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 73’ Lucas Höler (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 7’ Nicolas Höfler (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 16’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 21’ Maxence Lacroix (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 48’ Baptiste Santamaria (Freiburg), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 69’ Admir Mehmedi (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 4’ Paulo Otávio (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 90’ Yannik Keitel (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 30’ Paulo Otávio (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 46’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Koen Casteels GK900 0.000.000
Kevin Mbabu DEF900 0.000.000
Maxence Lacroix DEF902 0.160.000
John Brooks DEF9011 0.120.000
Paulo Otávio DEF902 0.040.000
Xaver Schlager MID900 0.000.000
Maximilian Arnold MID902 0.050.000
Bote Baku MID9010 0.000.733
Yannick Gerhardt MID9011 0.580.683
Renato Steffen MID7110 0.000.381
Wout Weghorst FWD8113 1.030.000
Admir Mehmedi Sub191 0.030.000
Bartosz Bialek Sub90 0.000.000
Joao Victor Sub10 0.000.000
Josip Brekalo Sub10 0.000.000
Josuha Guilavogui Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolfsburg win 47% Avg odds 2.01
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.54
Freiburg win 26% Avg odds 3.73

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

Form going into the game

Wolfsburg LDDWW
Freiburg WWLDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Freiburg 1-1 Wolfsburg, 27 Sep 20 Next meeting: Wolfsburg 0-2 Freiburg, 23 Oct 21  All Wolfsburg vs Freiburg 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.