Wolfsburg vs RB Leipzig

29 August 2021 · Bundesliga · 2021/22 · Referee Tobias Stieler

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Jérôme Roussillon 52’

Match summary

Wolfsburg saw off RB Leipzig 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Jérôme Roussillon put Wolfsburg ahead in the 52nd minute.

RB Leipzig can feel hard done by, creating 1.51 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Wolfsburg's 1.11 from 8.

Match stats

Wolfsburg RB Leipzig
8 Shots 12
2 Shots on Target 2
7 Corners 7
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.11 xG 1.44
1.11 Non-penalty xG 1.44
1 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Wolfsburg RB Leipzig
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Jérôme Roussillon1-0 (Wolfsburg)
52’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Wolfsburg
  • Jérôme Roussillon
  • Xaver Schlager
  • Renato Steffen
  • Josuha Guilavogui
RB Leipzig
  • Josko Gvardiol
  • Tyler Adams

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.11 1.51 52’ Jérôme Roussillon (Wolfsburg), 1-0 52’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.11 1.51 52’ Jérôme Roussillon (Wolfsburg), 1-0 Roussillon 52’
Wolfsburg 1.11 xGRB Leipzig 1.51 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 RB Leipzig attacking Wolfsburg attacking 
39’ André Silva (RB Leipzig), set piece, 0.58 xG, saved 78’ Willi Orban (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.56 xG, off target 52’ Jérôme Roussillon (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 58’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.39 xG, off target 39’ Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig), set piece, 0.13 xG, off target 59’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90+3’ Kevin Kampl (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 37’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 23’ Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 28’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, blocked 62’ Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 56’ Renato Steffen (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 67’ Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Leipzig), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, blocked 45’ Lukas Klostermann (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 13’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 22’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 64’ Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 75’ Willi Orban (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 40’ Willi Orban (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 39’ André Silva (RB Leipzig), set piece, 0.58 xG, saved 78’ Willi Orban (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.56 xG, off target 52’ Jérôme Roussillon (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 58’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.39 xG, off target 39’ Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig), set piece, 0.13 xG, off target 59’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90+3’ Kevin Kampl (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 23’ Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 37’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 28’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, blocked 62’ Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 56’ Renato Steffen (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 45’ Lukas Klostermann (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 67’ Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Leipzig), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, blocked 13’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 22’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 64’ Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 75’ Willi Orban (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 40’ Willi Orban (RB Leipzig), 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
Kevin Mbabu DEF900 0.000.000
Maxence Lacroix DEF900 0.000.000
John Brooks DEF900 0.000.000
Jérôme Roussillon DEF9011 0.480.052
Maximilian Arnold MID901 0.030.021
Xaver Schlager MID721 0.040.000
Bote Baku MID902 0.120.000
Maximilian Philipp MID800 0.000.000
Renato Steffen MID901 0.030.000
Wout Weghorst FWD902 0.410.101
Josuha Guilavogui Sub180 0.000.000
Lukas Nmecha Sub100 0.000.000
Omar Marmoush Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolfsburg win 29% Avg odds 3.29
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.46
RB Leipzig win 43% Avg odds 2.22

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

Form going into the game

Wolfsburg WDLWW
RB Leipzig LDLLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: RB Leipzig 2-2 Wolfsburg, 16 May 21 Next meeting: RB Leipzig 2-0 Wolfsburg, 23 Jan 22  All Wolfsburg vs RB Leipzig 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.