German Cup

FT Tuesday, October 31, 2023
RB Leipzig LDWWW 0
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VfL Wolfsburg LWLLL 1
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WOB101
Volkswagen Arena · 16,031 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Wolfsburg knock holders RB Leipzig out of DFB Pokal

VfL Wolfsburg beat RB Leipzig 1-0 courtesy of Vaclav Cerny's first-half goal to eliminate the holders in the German Cup second round and put an end to their two year-reign in the competition.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
17
3
Yellow Cards
5
1
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
1
66
Possession
34
11
SHOTS
12
1
ON GOAL
5
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
484
Accurate Passes
204
590
Passes
303
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
3
24
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.2
54
Long Balls
55
25
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
1
14
Effective Tackles
14
17
Tackles
24
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
5
Interceptions
10
18
Effective Clearances
33
18
Clearances
33

Head to Head

RBL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

WOB · 3-4-3

  1. 12Pavao PervanG
  2. 3Sebastiaan BornauwCD
  3. 5Cédric ZesigerCD-L
  4. 4Maxence LacroixCD-R
  5. 6Aster VranckxCM-L
  6. 32Mattias SvanbergCM-R
  7. 31Yannick GerhardtLM
  8. 20Ridle BakuRM
  9. 11Tiago TomásF
  10. 16Jakub KaminskiCF-L
  11. 7Václav CernýCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Joakim MaehleSUB
  2. 27Maximilian ArnoldSUB
  3. 23Jonas WindSUB
  4. 8Nicolas CozzaSUB
  5. 19Lovro MajerSUB
  6. 18Dzenan PejcinovicSUB
  7. 35Philipp SchulzeSUB
  8. 40Kevin ParedesSUB
  9. 25Moritz JenzSUB

RBL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Péter GulácsiG
  2. 23Castello LukebaCD-L
  3. 16Lukas KlostermannCD-R
  4. 22David RaumLB
  5. 39Benjamin HenrichsRB
  6. 24Xaver SchlagerCM-L
  7. 8Amadou HaidaraCM-R
  8. 11Timo WernerLM
  9. 20Xavi SimonsRM
  10. 9Yussuf PoulsenCF-L
  11. 17Loïs OpendaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Emil ForsbergSUB
  2. 14Christoph BaumgartnerSUB
  3. 18Fábio CarvalhoSUB
  4. 21Janis BlaswichSUB
  5. 2Mohamed SimakanSUB
  6. 44Kevin KamplSUB
  7. 3Christopher LenzSUB
  8. 13Nicolas SeiwaldSUB
  9. 30Benjamin SeskoSUB

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 1, RB Leipzig 0. Václav Cerny (VfL Wolfsburg) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Tiago Tomás with a through ball.
  2. 42' Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 43' Maxence Lacroix (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+2' Xaver Schlager (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 52' Aster Vranckx (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  6. 56' Second yellow card to Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig) for a bad foul.
  7. 64' Castello Lukeba (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 65' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Kevin Paredes replaces Václav Cerny.
  9. 70' Ridle Baku (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 73' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Kevin Kampl replaces Xaver Schlager.
  11. 73' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Mohamed Simakan replaces Castello Lukeba.
  12. 73' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Benjamin Sesko replaces Timo Werner.
  13. 74' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Jonas Wind replaces Tiago Tomás.
  14. 74' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Joakim Mæhle replaces Ridle Baku.
  15. 80' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Christoph Baumgartner replaces Amadou Haidara.
  16. 81' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Lovro Majer replaces Jakub Kaminski.
  17. 81' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Maximilian Arnold replaces Aster Vranckx.
  18. 82' Pavao Pervan (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card.
  19. 84' Kevin Paredes (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  20. 86' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Fábio Carvalho replaces Loïs Openda.
  21. 90'+7' Mohamed Simakan (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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