Wolfsburg vs Werder Bremen

6 August 2022 · Bundesliga · 2022/23 · Referee Sascha Stegemann

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–2

Lukas Nmecha 11’
Josuha Guilavogui 84’

Niclas Füllkrug 21’
Leonardo Bittencourt 23’

Match summary

The points were shared as Wolfsburg and Werder Bremen drew 2-2. Werder Bremen led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Lukas Nmecha put Wolfsburg ahead in the 11th minute, set up by Patrick Wimmer, Niclas Füllkrug equalised in the 21st minute, set up by Jens Stage, and Leonardo Bittencourt put Werder Bremen in front with a header in the 23rd minute, set up by Marvin Ducksch. In the second half, Josuha Guilavogui equalised from a corner in the 84th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Wolfsburg created 0.95 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots, Werder Bremen 1.04 from 10.

Match stats

13 Shots 10

3 Shots on Target 5

2 Corners 5

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

0.95 xG 1.04

0.95 Non-penalty xG 1.04

6 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Wolfsburg Werder Bremen

Kick-off

Lukas Nmecha
Assist: Patrick Wimmer

1-0

11’

21’

Niclas Füllkrug
Assist: Jens Stage

1-1

23’

Leonardo Bittencourt
Assist: Marvin Ducksch

1-2

Half-time1-2

Josuha Guilavogui

2-2

84’

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Wolfsburg

Micky van de Ven
Lukas Nmecha

Werder Bremen

Amos Pieper
Mitchell Weiser

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 0.95 xGWerder Bremen 1.04 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Werder Bremen 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	78			3	0.05	0.02	1
Sebastiaan Bornauw	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maxence Lacroix	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Micky van de Ven	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maximilian Arnold	MID	90			1	0.02	0.41	2
Mattias Svanberg	MID	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Patrick Wimmer	MID	69		1	1	0.02	0.32	1
Josip Brekalo	MID	58			0	0.00	0.00	0
Omar Marmoush	MID	69			1	0.13	0.00	0
Lukas Nmecha	FWD	90	1		2	0.35	0.03	1
Josuha Guilavogui	Sub	42	1		1	0.07	0.02	1
Jonas Wind	Sub	32			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gian-Luca Waldschmidt	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jakub Kaminski	Sub	21			2	0.31	0.00	0
Max Kruse	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.04	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jiri Pavlenka	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marco Friedl	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Amos Pieper	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Milos Veljkovic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mitchell Weiser	MID	78			1	0.07	0.00	0
Anthony Jung	MID	71			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jens Stage	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.02	1
Christian Groß	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leonardo Bittencourt	MID	78	1		3	0.20	0.01	1
Marvin Ducksch	FWD	90		1	2	0.03	0.82	4
Niclas Füllkrug	FWD	82	1		2	0.64	0.00	0
Lee Buchanan	Sub	19			1	0.01	0.00	0
Nicolai Rapp	Sub	12			1	0.09	0.00	0
Felix Agu	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Oliver Burke	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.02	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolfsburg win 46% Avg odds 2.08

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.63

Werder Bremen win 27% Avg odds 3.50

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

Form going into the game

Wolfsburg L W D W D

Werder Bremen L L D L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Werder Bremen 1-2 Wolfsburg, 20 Mar 21 Next meeting: Werder Bremen 2-1 Wolfsburg, 28 Jan 23 All Wolfsburg vs Werder Bremen 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.