German Bundesliga

FT Tuesday, May 26, 2020
VfL Wolfsburg DDLWL 4
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Bayer Leverkusen WWWWW 1
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WOB134
B04011
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Match Report

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Wolfsburg stun Bayer Leverkusen with Mario Pongracic double

Croatian Marin Pongracic scored his first two Bundesliga goals as VfL Wolfsburg romped to a surprise 4-1 win at Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
12
0
Saves
5
30.3
Possession
69.7
14
SHOTS
9
9
ON GOAL
1
0.6
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
188
Accurate Passes
542
272
Passes
639
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
7
15
Crosses
24
0.4
Cross %
0.3
58
Long Balls
44
27
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
10
18
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
19
Interceptions
5
29
Effective Clearances
15
29
Clearances
15

Head to Head

B04 leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

B04 · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Lukas HradeckyG
  2. 12Edmond TapsobaCD-L
  3. 5Sven BenderCD-R
  4. 18WendellLB
  5. 23Mitchell WeiserRB
  6. 11Nadiem AmiriAM
  7. 10Kerem DemirbayLM
  8. 20Charles AránguizRM
  9. 29Kai HavertzF
  10. 19Moussa DiabyAM-L
  11. 38Karim BellarabiAM-R

WOB · 4-4-2

  1. 1Koen CasteelsG
  2. 25John BrooksCD-L
  3. 22Marin PongracicCD-R
  4. 15Jérôme RoussillonLB
  5. 19Kevin MbabuRB
  6. 27Maximilian ArnoldCM-L
  7. 24Xaver SchlagerCM-R
  8. 40Joao VictorLM
  9. 8Renato SteffenRM
  10. 9Wout WeghorstCF-L
  11. 7Josip BrekaloCF-R

Timeline

  1. 29' Kerem Demirbay (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 32' Joao Victor (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 43' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, VfL Wolfsburg 1. Marin Pongracic (VfL Wolfsburg) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Maximilian Arnold with a cross following a set piece situation.
  4. 45' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Aleksandar Dragovic replaces Sven Bender.
  5. 45' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Florian Wirtz replaces Karim Bellarabi.
  6. 45' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Julian Baumgartlinger replaces Mitchell Weiser.
  7. 63' Julian Baumgartlinger (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  8. 64' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, VfL Wolfsburg 2. Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  9. 65' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Lucas Alario replaces Kerem Demirbay.
  10. 65' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Daniel Ginczek replaces Josip Brekalo.
  11. 67' Moussa Diaby (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 67' Daniel Ginczek (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 67' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, VfL Wolfsburg 3. Renato Steffen (VfL Wolfsburg) header from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Joao Victor with a cross.
  14. 71' Koen Casteels (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 74' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Leon Bailey replaces Moussa Diaby.
  16. 75' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, VfL Wolfsburg 4. Marin Pongracic (VfL Wolfsburg) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Maximilian Arnold with a cross following a set piece situation.
  17. 76' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Omar Marmoush replaces Renato Steffen.
  18. 82' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Robin Knoche replaces John Brooks.
  19. 85' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, VfL Wolfsburg 4. Julian Baumgartlinger (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.

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