Wolfsburg vs Union Berlin

5 March 2022 · Bundesliga · 2021/22 · Referee Patrick Ittrich

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Taiwo Awoniyi 24’ (og)

Match summary

Wolfsburg saw off Union Berlin 1-0. Wolfsburg led 1-0 at half-time.

Awoniyi's own goal put Wolfsburg ahead with a header in the 24th minute.

Union Berlin can feel hard done by, creating 1.56 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Wolfsburg's 0.41 from 8.

Match stats

Wolfsburg Union Berlin
9 Shots 17
3 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 10
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.41 xG 1.56
0.41 Non-penalty xG 1.56
2 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Wolfsburg Union Berlin
Kick-off
Taiwo Awoniyi
Own goal1-0 (Wolfsburg)
24’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Union Berlin
  • Kevin Möhwald

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 0.41 1.56 24’ Taiwo Awoniyi (Wolfsburg) own goal, 1-0 24’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.41 1.56 24’ Taiwo Awoniyi (Wolfsburg) own goal, 1-0 Awoniyi 24’
Wolfsburg 0.41 xGUnion Berlin 1.56 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Union Berlin attacking Wolfsburg attacking 
14’ Dominique Heintz (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.62 xG, saved 24’ Bartosz Bialek (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.12 xG, saved 48’ Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 62’ Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 7’ Grischa Prömel (Union Berlin), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 80’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 14’ Grischa Prömel (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 83’ Andreas Voglsammer (Union Berlin), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 21’ Bartosz Bialek (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 55’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 89’ Andreas Voglsammer (Union Berlin), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+3’ Andreas Voglsammer (Union Berlin), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 85’ Anthony Ujah (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 73’ Bastian Oczipka (Union Berlin), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 35’ Julian Ryerson (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 36’ Bartosz Bialek (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 89’ Anthony Ujah (Union Berlin), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 12’ Grischa Prömel (Union Berlin), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 51’ Robin Knoche (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Kevin Möhwald (Union Berlin), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 41’ Rani Khedira (Union Berlin), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 46’ Rani Khedira (Union Berlin), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 5’ Genki Haraguchi (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 80’ Sven Michel (Union Berlin), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 3’ Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 81’ Jérôme Roussillon (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 49’ Bartosz Bialek (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 24’ Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin), own goal 14’ Dominique Heintz (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.62 xG, saved 24’ Bartosz Bialek (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.12 xG, saved 48’ Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 62’ Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 7’ Grischa Prömel (Union Berlin), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 80’ Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 14’ Grischa Prömel (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 83’ Andreas Voglsammer (Union Berlin), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 55’ Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 89’ Andreas Voglsammer (Union Berlin), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+3’ Andreas Voglsammer (Union Berlin), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 21’ Bartosz Bialek (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 85’ Anthony Ujah (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 73’ Bastian Oczipka (Union Berlin), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 35’ Julian Ryerson (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 36’ Bartosz Bialek (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 89’ Anthony Ujah (Union Berlin), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 12’ Grischa Prömel (Union Berlin), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 51’ Robin Knoche (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Kevin Möhwald (Union Berlin), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 41’ Rani Khedira (Union Berlin), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 46’ Rani Khedira (Union Berlin), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 5’ Genki Haraguchi (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 80’ Sven Michel (Union Berlin), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 3’ Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 81’ Jérôme Roussillon (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 49’ Bartosz Bialek (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 24’ Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin), own goal
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 0.000.041
Sebastiaan Bornauw DEF900 0.000.000
John Brooks DEF900 0.000.000
Jérôme Roussillon DEF901 0.010.061
Maximilian Arnold MID900 0.000.132
Bote Baku MID760 0.000.000
Xaver Schlager MID651 0.020.000
Max Kruse MID860 0.000.051
Jonas Wind FWD901 0.060.101
Bartosz Bialek FWD644 0.230.000
Lukas Nmecha Sub261 0.100.000
Aster Vranckx Sub250 0.000.000
Renato Steffen Sub140 0.000.011
Yannick Gerhardt Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolfsburg win 43% Avg odds 2.24
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.21
Union Berlin win 27% Avg odds 3.55

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

Form going into the game

Wolfsburg LWWLD
Union Berlin WLLLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Union Berlin 2-0 Wolfsburg, 16 Oct 21 Next meeting: Union Berlin 2-0 Wolfsburg, 18 Sep 22  All Wolfsburg vs Union Berlin 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.