German Bundesliga

FT Sunday, January 24, 2016
VfL Wolfsburg DLWDL 2
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Eintracht Frankfurt LLLLW 3
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WOB112
SGE033
Deutsche Bank Park · 35,000 att.

Match Report

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Eintracht Frankfurt beat Wolfsburg as Alexander Meier nets hat trick

Alexander Meier was Eintracht Frankfurt's hero with all three goals in their 3-2 win over Wolfsburg.

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
14
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
9
58.4
Possession
41.6
18
SHOTS
12
11
ON GOAL
6
0.6
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
452
Accurate Passes
276
546
Passes
385
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
7
19
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.5
65
Long Balls
52
35
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
14
18
Tackles
20
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
13
Effective Clearances
21
17
Clearances
24

Head to Head

WOB leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

SGE · 4-4-2

  1. 1Lukas HradeckyG
  2. 19David AbrahamCD-L
  3. 5Carlos ZambranoCD-R
  4. 6Bastian OczipkaLB
  5. 20Makoto HasebeRB
  6. 21Marc StenderaCM-L
  7. 4Marco RussCM-R
  8. 8Szabolcs HusztiLM
  9. 16Stefan AignerRM
  10. 14Alexander MeierCF-L
  11. 9Haris SeferovicCF-R

WOB · 4-4-2

  1. 1Diego BenaglioG
  2. 18DanteCD-L
  3. 25NaldoCD-R
  4. 34Ricardo RodríguezLB
  5. 8VieirinhaRB
  6. 23Josuha GuilavoguiCM-L
  7. 15Christian TräschCM-R
  8. 10Julian DraxlerLM
  9. 7Daniel CaligiuriRM
  10. 17André SchürrleCF-L
  11. 11Max KruseCF-R

Timeline

  1. 25' Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 0, VfL Wolfsburg 1. Dante (VfL Wolfsburg) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Ricardo Rodríguez with a cross following a set piece situation.
  2. 45' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Marco Fabián replaces Haris Seferovic.
  3. 56' Szabolcs Huszti (Eintracht Frankfurt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 62' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Sebastian Jung replaces Daniel Caligiuri.
  5. 66' Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 1, VfL Wolfsburg 1. Alexander Meier (Eintracht Frankfurt) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Stefan Aigner with a headed pass following a fast break.
  6. 73' Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 2, VfL Wolfsburg 1. Alexander Meier (Eintracht Frankfurt) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
  7. 78' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Nicklas Bendtner replaces Max Kruse.
  8. 79' Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 2, VfL Wolfsburg 2. André Schürrle (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sebastian Jung.
  9. 85' Makoto Hasebe (Eintracht Frankfurt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 86' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Marcel Schäfer replaces Julian Draxler.
  11. 90'+2' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Aleksandar Ignjovski replaces Stefan Aigner.
  12. 90'+3' Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 3, VfL Wolfsburg 2. Alexander Meier (Eintracht Frankfurt) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.

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