VfL Wolfsburg 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen
Key numbers
- Possession 42% – 58%
- Shots 18 (6 on target) – 13 (7)
- Decisive moment: 62' Alejandro Grimaldo, FN xPts +1.1
Maxence Lacroix 41'
HT 1:1
Jeremie Frimpong 13'
Alejandro Grimaldo 62'
Alejandro Grimaldo 62'
VfL Wolfsburg · 12 pts|Bayer Leverkusen · 22 pts
Bayer Leverkusen won on the scoreboard and on xG (1.48–1.92).
Player of the matchJeremie FrimpongDecisive moment62' Alejandro Grimaldo+1.1
Player of the match
Jeremie Frimpong Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.4 (Dominant)
Game state
VfL Wolfsburg ahead 0 min · level 34 min · Bayer Leverkusen ahead 56 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
13'
Jeremie Frimpong
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Victor Okoh Boniface +0.2
+0.7
41'
Maxence Lacroix
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Moritz Jenz +0.2
+0.8
62'
Alejandro Grimaldo
Goal · scorer +0.8 · assist Jeremie Frimpong +0.3
+1.1
VfL Wolfsburg
Expected (last two seasons) 1.3Own moments +0.8Opponent moments −1.5Time effect −0.6→ League points won 0
Bayer Leverkusen
Expected (last two seasons) 1.4Own moments +1.8Opponent moments −0.9Time effect +0.7→ League points won 3
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
VfL WolfsburgBayer Leverkusen
42%Possession58%
1.48Expected goals (xG)1.92
0.08xG per shot0.15
18Shots13
6Shots on target7
33%Shots on target %54%
9Shots in box10
431Passes619
80%Pass accuracy87%
4Corners3
5Saves5
15Fouls14
3Yellow cards5
1Offsides2
Compared with usual
VfL Wolfsburg
8 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 2 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.1 | |
| xG | 1.48 | 1.4 | |
| xG against | 1.92 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 18 | 12.9 | |
| On target | 6 | 6.4 | |
| Shots faced | 13 | 12.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.08 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 42% | 50% | |
| Passes | 431 | 459.9 | |
| Pass accuracy | 80% | 80.5% | |
| Corners | 4 | 4 | |
| Fouls | 15 | 11.5 |
Bayer Leverkusen
10 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 3.7 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0.7 | |
| xG | 1.92 | 2.1 | |
| xG against | 1.48 | 0.95 | |
| Shots | 13 | 17.9 | |
| On target | 7 | 8.3 | |
| Shots faced | 18 | 9.7 | high |
| xG per shot | 0.15 | 0.13 | |
| Possession | 58% | 60% | |
| Passes | 619 | 662.2 | |
| Pass accuracy | 87% | 89.1% | |
| Corners | 3 | 5.8 | |
| Fouls | 14 | 9.1 | high |
Timeline
- 13' Goal Jeremie Frimpong league goal #3 assist Victor Okoh Boniface
- 36' Yellow Maximilian Arnold
- 37' Yellow Exequiel Palacios
- 41' Goal Maxence Lacroix league goal #1 assist Moritz Jenz
- 45' Yellow Ridle Baku
- 46' Sub Tiago Tomás → Amin Sarr
- 55' Yellow Granit Xhaka
- 56' Yellow Amine Adli
- 60' Sub Amine Adli → Florian Wirtz
- 62' Goal Alejandro Grimaldo league goal #3 assist Jeremie Frimpong
- 65' Yellow Joakim Mæhle
- 71' Sub Mattias Svanberg → Lovro Majer
- 74' Yellow Jonas Hofmann
- 78' Sub Yannick Gerhardt → Kevin Paredes
- 78' Sub Sebastiaan Bornauw → Jakub Kamiński
- 86' Yellow Edmond Tapsoba
- 88' Sub Josip Stanišić → Odilon Kossounou
- 88' Sub Jonas Hofmann → Nadiem Amiri
- 88' Sub Jeremie Frimpong → Nathan Tella
Category leaders
- Key passesJonas Wind4
- Duels wonGranit Xhaka6/8
- DribblesVictor Okoh Boniface3/6
- Defensive actionsMaxence Lacroix6
- ShotsJonas Wind4 (on target 3)
- Fouls wonRidle Baku3
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.