Wolfsburg vs Mainz

22 April 2022 · Bundesliga · 2021/22 · Referee Harm Osmers

Full time 5 – 0

Half-time: 5–0

  • Jonas Wind 8’, 42’
  • Max Kruse 24’ (pen), 35’, 45+2’

Match summary

Wolfsburg won comfortably, 5-0 at home to Mainz. Wolfsburg led 5-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Jonas Wind put Wolfsburg ahead in the 8th minute, Max Kruse made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 24th minute, Kruse made it 3-0 in the 35th minute, set up by Bote Baku, Wind made it 4-0 in the 42nd minute, and Kruse made it 5-0 in first-half stoppage time, set up by Yannick Gerhardt.

The chances backed that up: Wolfsburg created 3.74 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Mainz's 0.61 from 5. Mainz had a player sent off.

Match stats

Wolfsburg Mainz
15 Shots 5
7 Shots on Target 3
2 Corners 3
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 1
3.65 xG 0.61
2.89 Non-penalty xG 0.61
10 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Wolfsburg Mainz
Kick-off
Jonas Wind1-0 (Wolfsburg)
8’
Max Kruse
Penalty2-0 (Wolfsburg)
24’
Max Kruse
Assist: Bote Baku3-0 (Wolfsburg)
35’
Jonas Wind4-0 (Wolfsburg)
42’
Max Kruse
Assist: Yannick Gerhardt5-0 (Wolfsburg)
45+2’
Half-time5-0
Full-time5-0

Bookings

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

Mainz
  • Niklas Tauer
  • Alexander Hack
  • Dominik Kohr

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 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.74 0.61 8’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), 1-0 8’ 24’ Max Kruse (Wolfsburg), 2-0 24’ 35’ Max Kruse (Wolfsburg), 3-0 35’ 42’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), 4-0 42’ 45+2’ Max Kruse (Wolfsburg), 5-0 45+2’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.74 0.61 8’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), 1-0 Wind 8’ 24’ Max Kruse (Wolfsburg), 2-0 Kruse 24’ 35’ Max Kruse (Wolfsburg), 3-0 Kruse 35’ 42’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), 4-0 Wind 42’ 45+2’ Max Kruse (Wolfsburg), 5-0 Kruse 45+2’
Wolfsburg 3.74 xGMainz 0.61 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Mainz attacking Wolfsburg attacking 
8’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.87 xG, goal 24’ Max Kruse (Wolfsburg), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 42’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 35’ Max Kruse (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 29’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 15’ Jonathan Burkardt (Mainz), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 85’ Karim Onisiwo (Mainz), open play, 0.24 xG, saved 47’ Max Kruse (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 8’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.10 xG, hit the woodwork 45’ Max Kruse (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 32’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 41’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 70’ Bartosz Bialek (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 49’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 52’ Jonathan Burkardt (Mainz), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 83’ Maximilian Philipp (Wolfsburg), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 58’ Leandro Barreiro Martins (Mainz), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 50’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 41’ John Brooks (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90’ Alexander Hack (Mainz), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 8’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.87 xG, goal 24’ Max Kruse (Wolfsburg), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 42’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 35’ Max Kruse (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 29’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 15’ Jonathan Burkardt (Mainz), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 85’ Karim Onisiwo (Mainz), open play, 0.24 xG, saved 47’ Max Kruse (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 8’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.10 xG, hit the woodwork 45’ Max Kruse (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 32’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 41’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 70’ Bartosz Bialek (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 49’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 52’ Jonathan Burkardt (Mainz), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 83’ Maximilian Philipp (Wolfsburg), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 58’ Leandro Barreiro Martins (Mainz), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 50’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 41’ John Brooks (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90’ Alexander Hack (Mainz), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Koen Casteels GK900 0.000.000
Bote Baku DEF7611 0.020.764
Sebastiaan Bornauw DEF900 0.000.000
John Brooks DEF901 0.020.000
Jérôme Roussillon DEF900 0.000.000
Maximilian Arnold MID900 0.000.092
Yannick Gerhardt MID9010 0.000.111
Xaver Schlager MID660 0.000.000
Jonas Wind FWD7624 1.600.442
Lukas Nmecha FWD663 0.540.000
Max Kruse FWD8334 1.440.061
Felix Nmecha Sub240 0.000.000
Bartosz Bialek Sub241 0.070.000
Maximilian Philipp Sub141 0.050.000
Kevin Mbabu Sub140 0.000.000
Kevin Paredes Sub70 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolfsburg win 39% Avg odds 2.47
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.36
Mainz win 32% Avg odds 2.97

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

Form going into the game

Wolfsburg LLLWL
Mainz WDLLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Mainz 3-0 Wolfsburg, 04 Dec 21 Next meeting: Mainz 0-3 Wolfsburg, 05 Nov 22  All Wolfsburg vs Mainz 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.