Wolfsburg vs Stuttgart

20 December 2020 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Florian Badstübner

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Josip Brekalo 49’

Match summary

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

Josip Brekalo put Wolfsburg ahead with a direct free kick in the 49th minute.

The chances backed that up: Wolfsburg created 1.68 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Stuttgart's 1.11 from 9.

Match stats

Wolfsburg Stuttgart
13 Shots 9
4 Shots on Target 1
4 Corners 6
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.68 xG 1.11
1.68 Non-penalty xG 1.11
8 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Wolfsburg Stuttgart
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Josip Brekalo1-0 (Wolfsburg)
49’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Wolfsburg
  • Yannick Gerhardt
  • Renato Steffen
Stuttgart
  • Waldemar Anton
  • Orel Mangala
  • Nicolás González

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 1.68 1.11 49’ Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), 1-0 49’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.68 1.11 49’ Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), 1-0 Brekalo 49’
Wolfsburg 1.68 xGStuttgart 1.11 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Stuttgart attacking Wolfsburg attacking 
70’ Nicolás González (Stuttgart), open play, 0.56 xG, off target 2’ Maxence Lacroix (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.43 xG, off target 11’ Yannick Gerhardt (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 24’ Silas Wamangituka (Stuttgart), open play, 0.22 xG, off target 49’ Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), direct free kick, 0.17 xG, goal 69’ Bartosz Bialek (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 74’ Daniel Ginczek (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 42’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 85’ Sasa Kalajdzic (Stuttgart), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 30’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 14’ Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 26’ Orel Mangala (Stuttgart), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 74’ Renato Steffen (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 64’ Roberto Massimo (Stuttgart), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 1’ Renato Steffen (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 46’ Marc-Oliver Kempf (Stuttgart), from a corner, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 70’ Mateo Klimowicz (Stuttgart), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 78’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 89’ Nicolás González (Stuttgart), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 12’ Yannick Gerhardt (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 81’ Mateo Klimowicz (Stuttgart), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 46’ Renato Steffen (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 70’ Nicolás González (Stuttgart), open play, 0.56 xG, off target 2’ Maxence Lacroix (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.43 xG, off target 11’ Yannick Gerhardt (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 24’ Silas Wamangituka (Stuttgart), open play, 0.22 xG, off target 49’ Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), direct free kick, 0.17 xG, goal 69’ Bartosz Bialek (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 74’ Daniel Ginczek (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 42’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 85’ Sasa Kalajdzic (Stuttgart), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 30’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 14’ Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 26’ Orel Mangala (Stuttgart), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 74’ Renato Steffen (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 64’ Roberto Massimo (Stuttgart), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 1’ Renato Steffen (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 46’ Marc-Oliver Kempf (Stuttgart), from a corner, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 70’ Mateo Klimowicz (Stuttgart), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 78’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 89’ Nicolás González (Stuttgart), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 81’ Mateo Klimowicz (Stuttgart), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 12’ Yannick Gerhardt (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 46’ Renato Steffen (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked
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 DEF881 0.030.111
Maxence Lacroix DEF901 0.430.000
Marin Pongracic DEF740 0.000.000
Paulo Otávio DEF900 0.000.000
Josuha Guilavogui MID900 0.000.000
Yannick Gerhardt MID902 0.410.000
Renato Steffen MID903 0.120.212
Josip Brekalo MID6112 0.230.442
Wout Weghorst FWD902 0.180.522
Bartosz Bialek FWD741 0.140.000
Kevin Mbabu Sub290 0.000.000
Daniel Ginczek Sub161 0.120.031
John Brooks Sub160 0.000.000
Joao Victor Sub20 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolfsburg win 36% Avg odds 2.66
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.59
Stuttgart win 38% Avg odds 2.53

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

Form going into the game

Wolfsburg WWDWL
Stuttgart DLWWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Stuttgart 3-0 Wolfsburg, 11 May 19 Next meeting: Stuttgart 1-3 Wolfsburg, 21 Apr 21  All Wolfsburg vs Stuttgart 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.