German Bundesliga

FT Sunday, August 29, 2021
RB Leipzig LDWLW 0
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VfL Wolfsburg LLWWW 1
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Match Report

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Roussillon fires Wolfsburg top of Bundesliga

VfL Wolfsburg's defender Jerome Roussillon struck the only goal as they beat visitors RB Leipzig 1-0 to go top of the Bundesliga table ahead of the

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
7
Corner Kicks
7
1
Saves
2
52.8
Possession
47.2
11
SHOTS
8
2
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
328
Accurate Passes
285
424
Passes
376
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
2
13
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.1
50
Long Balls
75
22
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
4
10
Effective Tackles
5
23
Tackles
14
0.4
Tackle %
0.4
7
Interceptions
3
13
Effective Clearances
19
13
Clearances
19

Head to Head

RBL leads series 2-0-3

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. 12Pavao PervanSUB
  2. 23Josuha GuilavoguiSUB
  3. 31Yannick GerhardtSUB
  4. 14Admir MehmediSUB
  5. 10Lukas NmechaSUB
  6. 29Omar MarmoushSUB
  7. 8Aster VranckxSUB
  8. 7Josip BrekaloSUB
  9. 3Sebastiaan BornauwSUB

RBL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Péter GulácsiG
  2. 2Mohamed SimakanCD-L
  3. 4Willi OrbánCD-R
  4. 32Josko GvardiolLB
  5. 16Lukas KlostermannRB
  6. 10Emil ForsbergAM
  7. 8Amadou HaidaraLM
  8. 14Tyler AdamsRM
  9. 33André SilvaF
  10. 18Christopher NkunkuAM-L
  11. 17Dominik SzoboszlaiAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 47Joscha WoszSUB
  2. 37Sidney RaebigerSUB
  3. 21Brian BrobbeySUB
  4. 31Josep MartínezSUB
  5. 39Benjamin HenrichsSUB
  6. 22Nordi MukieleSUB
  7. 9Yussuf PoulsenSUB
  8. 44Kevin KamplSUB
  9. 27Konrad LaimerSUB

Timeline

  1. 26' Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 35' Renato Steffen (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 35' Tyler Adams (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 52' Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 1, RB Leipzig 0. Jérôme Roussillon (VfL Wolfsburg) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
  5. 59' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Konrad Laimer replaces Amadou Haidara.
  6. 65' Xaver Schlager (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 68' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Yussuf Poulsen replaces Dominik Szoboszlai.
  8. 69' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Josuha Guilavogui replaces Xaver Schlager because of an injury.
  9. 70' Josuha Guilavogui (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 78' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Lukas Nmecha replaces Maximilian Philipp.
  11. 86' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Kevin Kampl replaces Tyler Adams.
  12. 86' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Nordi Mukiele replaces Josko Gvardiol.
  13. 86' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Brian Brobbey replaces Mohamed Simakan.
  14. 88' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Omar Marmoush replaces Renato Steffen.
  15. 88' Jérôme Roussillon (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card.

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