Wolfsburg vs Hoffenheim

8 November 2020 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Sven Jablonski

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Renato Steffen 5’
Wout Weghorst 26’

Sargis Adamyan 87’

Match summary

Wolfsburg won 2-1 at home to Hoffenheim. Wolfsburg led 2-0 at half-time.

Renato Steffen put Wolfsburg ahead in the 5th minute, set up by Maximilian Philipp, Wout Weghorst made it 2-0 in the 26th minute, set up by Renato Steffen, and Sargis Adamyan pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 87th minute, set up by Kevin Vogt.

There was little between the sides on chances: Wolfsburg created 2.67 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots, Hoffenheim 2.64 from 16. Wout Weghorst missed a penalty for Wolfsburg. Munas Dabbur had a penalty saved for Hoffenheim.

Match stats

14 Shots 17

8 Shots on Target 5

3 Corners 7

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.65 xG 2.64

1.89 Non-penalty xG 1.88

8 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Wolfsburg Hoffenheim

Kick-off

Renato Steffen
Assist: Maximilian Philipp

1-0

5’

Wout Weghorst
Assist: Renato Steffen

2-0

26’

Half-time2-0

87’

Sargis Adamyan
Assist: Kevin Vogt

2-1

Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Wolfsburg

John Brooks

Hoffenheim

Kevin Vogt
Sebastian Rudy
Christoph Baumgartner

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 2.67 xGHoffenheim 2.64 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Hoffenheim 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
Bote Baku	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maxence Lacroix	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
John Brooks	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jérôme Roussillon	DEF	90			1	0.20	0.39	2
Xaver Schlager	MID	90			1	0.02	0.06	1
Maximilian Arnold	MID	90			1	0.02	0.20	1
Renato Steffen	MID	76	1	1	2	0.17	0.41	1
Maximilian Philipp	MID	67		1	0	0.00	0.12	2
Josip Brekalo	MID	76			3	0.40	0.01	1
Wout Weghorst	FWD	90	1		5	1.82	0.00	0
Admir Mehmedi	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.05	1
Joao Victor	Sub	14			1	0.05	0.02	1
Yannick Gerhardt	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marin Pongracic	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Oliver Baumann	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Vogt	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.28	1
Kevin Akpoguma	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Melayro Bogarde	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Diadie Samassékou	MID	79			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sebastian Rudy	MID	90			0	0.00	0.35	3
Christoph Baumgartner	MID	90			3	0.20	0.29	2
Florian Grillitsch	MID	64			2	0.13	0.31	1
Ryan Sessegnon	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Munas Dabbur	FWD	90			3	1.05	0.00	0
Ishak Belfodil	FWD	64			2	0.37	0.00	0
Sargis Adamyan	Sub	26	1		5	0.65	0.00	0
Mijat Gacinovic	Sub	26			1	0.23	0.25	1
Ihlas Bebou	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.06	1
Klauss	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.02	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolfsburg win 45% Avg odds 2.13

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.73

Hoffenheim win 29% Avg odds 3.23

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

Form going into the game

Wolfsburg D D D W D

Hoffenheim W L L D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Hoffenheim 2-3 Wolfsburg, 15 Feb 20 Next meeting: Hoffenheim 2-1 Wolfsburg, 06 Mar 21 All Wolfsburg vs Hoffenheim 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.