Wolfsburg vs Werder Bremen

27 November 2020 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Christian Dingert

Full time 5 – 3

Half-time: 3–2

  • Bote Baku 22’
  • John Brooks 25’
  • Wout Weghorst 37’, 76’
  • Bartosz Bialek 90+5’
  • Leonardo Bittencourt 13’
  • Kevin Möhwald 35’
  • John Brooks 47’ (og)

Match summary

Wolfsburg came from behind to win 5-3 at home to Werder Bremen. Wolfsburg led 3-2 at half-time.

In the first half, Leonardo Bittencourt put Werder Bremen ahead in the 13th minute, set up by Yuya Osako, Bote Baku equalised in the 22nd minute, set up by Maxence Lacroix, John Brooks put Wolfsburg in front with a header in the 25th minute, set up by Josip Brekalo, Kevin Möhwald equalised with a header in the 35th minute, set up by Ludwig Augustinsson, and Wout Weghorst put Wolfsburg back in front in the 37th minute, set up by Admir Mehmedi. In the second half, Brooks's own goal equalised in the 47th minute, Weghorst put Wolfsburg back in front with a header in the 76th minute, set up by Jérôme Roussillon, and Bartosz Bialek made it 5-3 in stoppage time, set up by Joao Victor.

The chances backed that up: Wolfsburg created 1.54 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Werder Bremen's 0.86 from 5. Werder Bremen had a player sent off.

Match stats

Wolfsburg Werder Bremen
12 Shots 5
6 Shots on Target 4
0 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 1
1.54 xG 0.86
1.54 Non-penalty xG 0.86
12 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Wolfsburg Werder Bremen
Kick-off
13’
Leonardo Bittencourt
Assist: Yuya Osako0-1 (Werder Bremen)
Bote Baku
Assist: Maxence Lacroix1-1 (Wolfsburg)
22’
John Brooks
Assist: Josip Brekalo2-1 (Wolfsburg)
25’
35’
Kevin Möhwald
Assist: Ludwig Augustinsson2-2 (Werder Bremen)
Wout Weghorst
Assist: Admir Mehmedi3-2 (Wolfsburg)
37’
Half-time3-2
47’
John Brooks
Own goal3-3 (Werder Bremen)
Wout Weghorst
Assist: Jérôme Roussillon4-3 (Wolfsburg)
76’
Bartosz Bialek
Assist: Joao Victor5-3 (Wolfsburg)
90+5’
Full-time5-3

Bookings

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

Wolfsburg
  • Maximilian Arnold
  • Admir Mehmedi
Werder Bremen
  • Kevin Möhwald
  • Jean-Manuel Mbom

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 1.54 0.86 13’ Leonardo Bittencourt (Werder Bremen), 0-1 13’ 22’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), 1-1 22’ 25’ John Brooks (Wolfsburg), 2-1 25’ 35’ Kevin Möhwald (Werder Bremen), 2-2 35’ 37’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), 3-2 37’ 47’ John Brooks (Werder Bremen) own goal, 3-3 47’ 76’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), 4-3 76’ 90+5’ Bartosz Bialek (Wolfsburg), 5-3 90+5’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.54 0.86 13’ Leonardo Bittencourt (Werder Bremen), 0-1 Bittencourt 13’ 22’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), 1-1 Baku 22’ 25’ John Brooks (Wolfsburg), 2-1 Brooks 25’ 35’ Kevin Möhwald (Werder Bremen), 2-2 Möhwald 35’ 37’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), 3-2 Weghorst 37’ 47’ John Brooks (Werder Bremen) own goal, 3-3 Brooks 47’ 76’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), 4-3 Weghorst 76’ 90+5’ Bartosz Bialek (Wolfsburg), 5-3 Bialek 90+5’
Wolfsburg 1.54 xGWerder Bremen 0.86 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Werder Bremen attacking Wolfsburg attacking 
13’ Leonardo Bittencourt (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.63 xG, goal 90+5’ Bartosz Bialek (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.58 xG, goal 76’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 90’ Ludwig Augustinsson (Werder Bremen), direct free kick, 0.15 xG, saved 44’ Renato Steffen (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 37’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 23’ Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 85’ Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 44’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 25’ John Brooks (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.05 xG, goal 46’ Renato Steffen (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 64’ Leonardo Bittencourt (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 22’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 56’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 59’ Milot Rashica (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 14’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 35’ Kevin Möhwald (Werder Bremen), from a corner, 0.01 xG, goal 55’ Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 47’ John Brooks (Wolfsburg), own goal 13’ Leonardo Bittencourt (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.63 xG, goal 90+5’ Bartosz Bialek (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.58 xG, goal 76’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 90’ Ludwig Augustinsson (Werder Bremen), direct free kick, 0.15 xG, saved 44’ Renato Steffen (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 37’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 23’ Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 85’ Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 44’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 25’ John Brooks (Wolfsburg), set piece, 0.05 xG, goal 46’ Renato Steffen (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 64’ Leonardo Bittencourt (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 22’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 56’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 59’ Milot Rashica (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 14’ Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 55’ Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 35’ Kevin Möhwald (Werder Bremen), from a corner, 0.01 xG, goal 47’ John Brooks (Wolfsburg), 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
Bote Baku DEF9011 0.040.000
Maxence Lacroix DEF9010 0.000.041
John Brooks DEF9011 0.050.000
Jérôme Roussillon DEF8210 0.000.392
Xaver Schlager MID900 0.000.031
Maximilian Arnold MID901 0.030.011
Josip Brekalo MID9013 0.190.163
Admir Mehmedi MID8210 0.000.101
Renato Steffen MID662 0.190.000
Wout Weghorst FWD9024 0.470.141
Maximilian Philipp Sub240 0.000.000
Paulo Otávio Sub80 0.000.000
Bartosz Bialek Sub811 0.580.081
Joao Victor Sub110 0.000.581

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolfsburg win 50% Avg odds 1.90
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.64
Werder Bremen win 24% Avg odds 4.06

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

Form going into the game

Wolfsburg DWDWW
Werder Bremen DDDDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Werder Bremen 0-1 Wolfsburg, 07 Jun 20 Next meeting: Werder Bremen 1-2 Wolfsburg, 20 Mar 21  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.