Wolfsburg vs Werder Bremen

1 December 2019 · Bundesliga · 2019/20 · Referee Robert Kampka

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–2

Wout Weghorst 36’
William 73’

Milot Rashica 13’ (pen), 83’
Leonardo Bittencourt 39’

Match summary

Werder Bremen beat Wolfsburg 3-2 on the road. Werder Bremen led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Milot Rashica put Werder Bremen ahead from the penalty spot in the 13th minute, Wout Weghorst equalised from a corner in the 36th minute, set up by John Brooks, and Leonardo Bittencourt put Werder Bremen back in front with a header in the 39th minute, set up by Ludwig Augustinsson. In the second half, William equalised in the 73rd minute, set up by Josuha Guilavogui and Rashica won it in the 83rd minute, set up by Maximilian Eggestein.

Wolfsburg can feel hard done by, creating 2.71 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Werder Bremen's 1.29 from 10.

Match stats

19 Shots 10

6 Shots on Target 3

9 Corners 3

1 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

2.71 xG 1.29

2.71 Non-penalty xG 0.53

7 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Wolfsburg Werder Bremen

Kick-off

13’

Milot Rashica
Penalty

0-1

Wout Weghorst
Assist: John Brooks

1-1

36’

39’

Leonardo Bittencourt
Assist: Ludwig Augustinsson

1-2

Half-time1-2

William
Assist: Josuha Guilavogui

2-2

73’

83’

Milot Rashica
Assist: Maximilian Eggestein

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Wolfsburg

Maximilian Arnold

Werder Bremen

Christian Groß
Milos Veljkovic
Yuya Osako
Milot Rashica

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 2.71 xGWerder Bremen 1.29 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	0.02	1
Jeffrey Bruma	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
John Brooks	DEF	90		1	1	0.09	0.67	1
Robin Knoche	DEF	75			0	0.00	0.00	0
William	MID	90	1		3	0.45	0.73	3
Jérôme Roussillon	MID	90			2	0.04	0.45	3
Josuha Guilavogui	MID	90		1	4	0.11	0.06	1
Maximilian Arnold	MID	90			2	0.08	0.07	2
Joao Victor	MID	86			3	1.08	0.02	1
Admir Mehmedi	MID	62			1	0.07	0.11	2
Wout Weghorst	FWD	90	1		2	0.70	0.42	1
Josip Brekalo	Sub	28			1	0.02	0.02	1
Daniel Ginczek	Sub	15			1	0.07	0.06	1
Renato Steffen	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jiri Pavlenka	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Theodor Gebre Selassie	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christian Groß	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Milos Veljkovic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ludwig Augustinsson	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.17	2
Maximilian Eggestein	MID	90		1	1	0.09	0.09	2
Davy Klaassen	MID	90			1	0.04	0.06	1
Philipp Bargfrede	MID	78			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leonardo Bittencourt	FWD	88	1		1	0.15	0.04	1
Yuya Osako	FWD	80			2	0.09	0.09	1
Milot Rashica	FWD	90	2		5	0.92	0.04	1
Joshua Sargent	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Claudio Pizarro	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Michael Lang	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolfsburg win 45% Avg odds 2.11

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.62

Werder Bremen win 29% Avg odds 3.36

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

Form going into the game

Wolfsburg D D L L W

Werder Bremen D D D L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Wolfsburg 1-1 Werder Bremen, 03 Mar 19 Next meeting: Werder Bremen 0-1 Wolfsburg, 07 Jun 20 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.