German Bundesliga

FT Sunday, March 15, 2015
SC Freiburg WDLWL 0
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VfL Wolfsburg DWWLW 3
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WOB123
Volkswagen Arena · 26,538 att.

Match Report

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Wolfsburg put three past Freiburg to secure Bundesliga victory

Wolfsburg saw off the threat of a spirited Freiburg side to return to within 11 points of Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga thanks to a 3-0 win at the VW-Arena.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
5
48.1
Possession
51.9
16
SHOTS
25
5
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
339
Accurate Passes
390
436
Passes
460
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
4
6
Crosses
22
0.7
Cross %
0.2
48
Long Balls
78
16
Accurate Long Balls
53
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
7
13
Tackles
8
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
26
Effective Clearances
15
26
Clearances
15

Head to Head

WOB leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

WOB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Diego BenaglioG
  2. 31Robin KnocheCD-L
  3. 5Timm KloseCD-R
  4. 34Ricardo RodríguezLB
  5. 15Christian TräschRB
  6. 14Kevin De BruyneAM
  7. 22Luiz GustavoLM
  8. 23Josuha GuilavoguiRM
  9. 12Bas DostF
  10. 7Daniel CaligiuriAM-L
  11. 8VieirinhaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 3Nicklas BendtnerSUB
  2. 4Marcel SchäferSUB
  3. 17André SchürrleSUB
  4. 24Sebastian JungSUB
  5. 9Ivan PerisicSUB
  6. 27Maximilian ArnoldSUB
  7. 20Max GrünSUB

SCF · 4-4-2

  1. 1Roman BürkiG
  2. 15Stefan MitrovicCD-L
  3. 3TorrejónCD-R
  4. 30Christian GünterLB
  5. 22Sascha RietherRB
  6. 7Vladimír DaridaCM-L
  7. 25Oliver SorgCM-R
  8. 17Jonathan SchmidLM
  9. 36Felix KlausRM
  10. 8Mike FrantzCF-L
  11. 14Admir MehmediCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Mensur MujdzaSUB
  2. 41Immanuel HöhnSUB
  3. 2Pavel KrmasSUB
  4. 11Dani SchahinSUB
  5. 31Karim GuédéSUB
  6. 21Sebastian MielitzSUB
  7. 27Nicolas HöflerSUB

Timeline

  1. 18' Marc Torrejón (Sport-Club Freiburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 19' Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 1, Sport-Club Freiburg 0. Kevin De Bruyne (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  3. 45' Substitution, Sport-Club Freiburg. Nicolas Höfler replaces Vladimir Darida.
  4. 45' Substitution, Sport-Club Freiburg. Immanuel Höhn replaces Marc Torrejón.
  5. 78' Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 2, Sport-Club Freiburg 0. Ricardo Rodriguez (VfL Wolfsburg) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  6. 79' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Maximilian Arnold replaces Vieirinha.
  7. 79' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Nicklas Bendtner replaces Bas Dost.
  8. 83' Substitution, Sport-Club Freiburg. Dani Schahin replaces Felix Klaus.
  9. 83' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. André Schürrle replaces Daniel Caligiuri.
  10. 84' Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 3, Sport-Club Freiburg 0. Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne following a fast break.

Bundesliga News

All news
ESPN PA Bayern Munich hold off Freiburg in first game without Kompany Bayern Munich returned to the top of the Bundesliga table thanks to a 3-1 away win at Freiburg on Sunday. News Associated Press Bayern Munich's Vincent Kompany 'stable,' could be away for weeks after collapse Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany will have more tests to determine why he collapsed during a training session the previous day, the club said Saturday. News ESPN News Services USMNT's Scally scores, helps Gladbach avoid worst-ever Bundesliga start Borussia Mönchengladbach avoided becoming the first team in Bundesliga history to lose seven straight games to start the season, thanks to a 3-2 win at Stuttgart on Friday. News ESPN News Services Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany hospitalized after collapsing at training Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany is undergoing tests in hospital after collapsing during a training session Friday, the German club confirmed.