Bundesliga: VfL Wolfsburg defeats VfB Stuttgart 3-2

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WOLFSBURG. VfL Wolfsburg bested VfB Stuttgart.

WOLFSBURG. VfL Wolfsburg conquered VfB Stuttgart. VfL Wolfsburg took advantage of its superior ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the VOLKSWAGEN ARENA stadium in Wolfsburg on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Felix Zwayer with the help of Marco Achmüller and Christian Höhler. The 4th official was Florian Heft. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold around 14.7 degrees Celsius or 58.48 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 82%.​

Match Statistics

VfL Wolfsburg was in firm control of the ball 56% while VfB Stuttgart was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

VfL Wolfsburg was more aggressive with 47 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. Which is one of the reasons VfL Wolfsburg won the match.

VfL Wolfsburg shot 19 times, 5 on target, 14 off target. On the other side, VfB Stuttgart shot 14 times, 7 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

VfL Wolfsburg received 3 yellow cards (P. Wimmer, R. Baku and M. Arnold). On the opposite side, VfB Stuttgart received 6 yellow cards (S. Guirassy, W. Anton, H. Ito, A. Karazor, E. Millot and P. Matarazzo).

After playing this match, VfL Wolfsburg will have 5 points like VfB Stuttgart and Bayer 04 Leverkusen to stay in the 17th place. On the opposite side, VfB Stuttgart will stay with 5 points like Bayer 04 Leverkusen and VfL Wolfsburg to stay in the 15th place.

Match Events

  • 22'
    22'

    S. Guirassy

    H. Ito

  • 23'
    23'

    O. Marmoush

  • 38'
    38'

    M. Arnold

    Paulo Otavio

  • 42'
    42'

    P. Wimmer

  • 45'
    45'

    K. Mavropanos

    P. Stenzel

  • 47'
    47'

    S. Guirassy

  • 48'
    48'

    W. Anton

  • 53'
    53'

    R. Baku

  • 68'
    68'

    E. Millot

    W. Endo

  • 70'
    70'

    H. Ito

  • 71'
    71'

    M. Arnold

  • 76'
    76'

    K. Paredes

    J. Kaminski

  • 77'
    77'

    D. Zagadou

    P. Stenzel

  • 77'
    77'

    L. Pfeiffer

    S. Guirassy

  • 77'
    77'

    T. Tomas

    C. Fuhrich

  • 79'
    79'

    A. Karazor

  • 85'
    85'

    E. Millot

  • 85'
    85'

    S. Bornauw

    M. Lacroix

  • 85'
    85'

    F. Nmecha

    P. Wimmer

  • 87'
    87'

    L. Egloff

    N. Ahamada

  • 88'
    88'

    P. Matarazzo

  • 90'
    90'

    Y. Gerhardt

    M. Svanberg

  • 90'
    90'

    B. Franjic

    O. Marmoush

Next match

In the upcoming Bundesliga match, VfL Wolfsburg will play away against FC Augsburg on the 8th of October with a 8-7 head to head in favor of VfL Wolfsburg (7 draws).

VfB Stuttgart will host FC Union Berlin on the 9th of October with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of FC Union Berlin (3 draws).

VfL Wolfsburg: Formation and Lineups

VfL Wolfsburg started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Niko Kovač chose to play with the following team: Koen Casteels (6.1), Ridle Baku (6.1), Maxence Lacroix (6.3), Micky van de Ven (6.4), Paulo Otávio (6.9), Maximilian Arnold (7.5), Patrick Wimmer (6.8), Mattias Svanberg (6.5), Yannick Gerhardt (6.2), Jakub Kamiński (6.9) and Omar Marmoush (7.3).

Substitutes

VfL Wolfsburg made 4 changes: J. Kaminski for K. Paredes (76′), M. Lacroix for S. Bornauw (85′), P. Wimmer for F. Nmecha (85′) and O. Marmoush for B. Franjic (90′).

Top player: Maximilian Arnold

Probably the most impressive player in VfL Wolfsburg was Maximilian Arnold.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 44 passes (93% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 5. He performed 7 crosses.

VfB Stuttgart: Formation and Lineups

VfB Stuttgart started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

On the other side, Pellegrino Matarazzo played with: Florian Müller (6.1), Pascal Stenzel (7.1), Konstantinos Mavropanos (8.1), Waldemar Anton (6.2), Hiroki Ito (7.4), Wataru Endo (6.8), Atakan Karazor (7.3), Naouirou Ahamada (6.2), Silas Katompa Mvumpa (6.8), Serhou Guirassy (7.3) and Chris Führich (6.7).

Substitutes

VfB Stuttgart made 5 changes: W. Endo for E. Millot (68′), P. Stenzel for D. Zagadou (77′), S. Guirassy for L. Pfeiffer (77′), C. Fuhrich for T. Tomas (77′) and N. Ahamada for L. Egloff (87′).

Top player: Konstantinos Mavropanos

Probably the most impressive player in VfB Stuttgart was Konstantinos Mavropanos.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 25 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 5.

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