German Bundesliga

FT Saturday, August 14, 2021
VfL Bochum LWDWW 0
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VfL Wolfsburg DLLLW 1
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Match Report

Wolfsburg struggle past promoted 10-man Bochum for winning start to season

VfL Wolfsburg's top scorer Wout Weghorst drilled in a first-half winner to kick off their Bundesliga season with a nervous 1-0 victory on Saturday.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
5
7
Saves
1
38.7
Possession
61.3
7
SHOTS
19
1
ON GOAL
9
0.1
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
244
Accurate Passes
462
344
Passes
540
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
6
11
Crosses
23
0.2
Cross %
0.3
81
Long Balls
46
39
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
2
7
Effective Tackles
9
16
Tackles
12
0.4
Tackle %
0.8
11
Interceptions
20
16
Effective Clearances
14
16
Clearances
14

Head to Head

WOB leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

WOB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Koen CasteelsG
  2. 25John BrooksCD-L
  3. 4Maxence LacroixCD-R
  4. 15Jérôme RoussillonLB
  5. 19Kevin MbabuRB
  6. 17Maximilian PhilippAM
  7. 27Maximilian ArnoldLM
  8. 24Xaver SchlagerRM
  9. 9Wout WeghorstF
  10. 11Renato SteffenAM-L
  11. 20Ridle BakuAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 31Yannick GerhardtSUB
  2. 29Omar MarmoushSUB
  3. 14Admir MehmediSUB
  4. 3Sebastiaan BornauwSUB
  5. 12Pavao PervanSUB
  6. 23Josuha GuilavoguiSUB
  7. 34Marin PongracicSUB
  8. 48Gil-Linnart WaltherSUB

BOC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Manuel RiemannG
  2. 29Maxim LeitschCD-L
  3. 24Vasilios LampropoulosCD-R
  4. 3Danilo SoaresLB
  5. 2Cristian GamboaRB
  6. 23Robert TescheCM
  7. 20Elvis RexhbecajLM
  8. 8Anthony LosillaRM
  9. 9Simon ZollerF
  10. 22Christopher Antwi-AdjeiLF
  11. 10Takuma AsanoRF

Substitutes

  1. 11Herbert BockhornSUB
  2. 4Erhan MasovicSUB
  3. 27Milos PantovicSUB
  4. 35Silvére GanvoulaSUB
  5. 13Raman ChibsahSUB
  6. 37Armel Bella-KotchapSUB
  7. 21Michael EsserSUB
  8. 6Patrick OsterhageSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Robert Tesche (VfL Bochum 1848) is shown the red card.
  2. 5' Penalty saved! Wout Weghorst (VfL Wolfsburg) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  3. 22' Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 1, VfL Bochum 1848 0. Wout Weghorst (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  4. 29' Maxim Leitsch (VfL Bochum 1848) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, VfL Bochum 1848. Milos Pantovic replaces Takuma Asano.
  6. 70' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Omar Marmoush replaces Renato Steffen because of an injury.
  7. 78' Substitution, VfL Bochum 1848. Herbert Bockhorn replaces Cristian Gamboa.
  8. 81' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Josuha Guilavogui replaces Xaver Schlager.
  9. 81' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Yannick Gerhardt replaces Maximilian Philipp.
  10. 87' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Admir Mehmedi replaces Jérôme Roussillon because of an injury.
  11. 88' Elvis Rexhbecaj (VfL Bochum 1848) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 89' Substitution, VfL Bochum 1848. Silvère Ganvoula replaces Vasilios Lampropoulos.

Bundesliga News

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