Wolfsburg vs Freiburg

22 September 2018 · Bundesliga · 2018/19 · Referee Sascha Stegemann

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

Admir Mehmedi 61’

Roland Sallai 7’
Nils Petersen 21’
Mike Frantz 51’

Match summary

Freiburg won 3-1 away at Wolfsburg. Freiburg led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Roland Sallai put Freiburg ahead with a header in the 7th minute, set up by Lukas Kübler and Nils Petersen made it 0-2 with a header in the 21st minute. In the second half, Mike Frantz made it 0-3 in the 51st minute, set up by Gian-Luca Waldschmidt and Admir Mehmedi pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 61st minute, set up by Wout Weghorst.

The chances backed that up: Freiburg created 2.56 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Wolfsburg's 0.83 from 19. Nils Petersen had a penalty saved for Freiburg.

Match stats

17 Shots 12

9 Shots on Target 8

7 Corners 7

0 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

0.83 xG 2.27

0.83 Non-penalty xG 1.42

7 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Wolfsburg Freiburg

Kick-off

7’

Roland Sallai
Assist: Lukas Kübler

0-1

21’

Nils Petersen

0-2

Half-time0-2

51’

Mike Frantz
Assist: Gian-Luca Waldschmidt

0-3

Admir Mehmedi
Assist: Wout Weghorst

1-3

61’

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Freiburg

Nicolas Höfler
Roland Sallai
Florian Niederlechner

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 0.83 xGFreiburg 2.56 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Freiburg 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			2	0.05	0.26	5
Robin Knoche	DEF	90			1	0.08	0.00	0
John Brooks	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.03	1
Jérôme Roussillon	DEF	90			2	0.09	0.14	2
Ignacio Camacho	MID	90			2	0.13	0.00	0
Maximilian Arnold	MID	87			3	0.07	0.10	2
Yannick Gerhardt	MID	70			1	0.02	0.01	1
Renato Steffen	FWD	48			0	0.00	0.02	1
Wout Weghorst	FWD	90		1	2	0.19	0.03	1
Admir Mehmedi	FWD	90	1		3	0.07	0.14	2
Daniel Ginczek	Sub	42			1	0.03	0.00	0
Josip Brekalo	Sub	20			1	0.03	0.00	0
Yunus Malli	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alexander Schwolow	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lukas Kübler	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.30	1
Manuel Gulde	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dominique Heintz	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Christian Günter	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Mike Frantz	MID	69	1		2	0.48	0.00	0
Nicolas Höfler	MID	90			0	0.00	0.27	2
Robin Koch	MID	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Roland Sallai	MID	40	1		1	0.30	0.00	0
Nils Petersen	FWD	90	1		2	1.15	0.08	1
Marco Terrazzino	FWD	77			2	0.25	0.00	0
Gian-Luca Waldschmidt	Sub	50		1	0	0.00	0.73	3
Philipp Lienhart	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.00	0
Florian Niederlechner	Sub	13			2	0.36	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolfsburg win 55% Bet365 odds 1.72

Draw 27% Bet365 odds 3.60

Freiburg win 18% Bet365 odds 5.25

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

Form going into the game

Wolfsburg W W D

Freiburg L L D

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Previous and next meeting

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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.