VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 Borussia Dortmund
Key numbers
- Possession 50% – 50%
- Shots 14 (5 on target) – 12 (4)
- Decisive moment: 25' Donyell Malen, FN xPts +0.7
Denis Vavro 58'
HT 0:3
Donyell Malen 25'
Maximilian Beier 28'
Julian Brandt 30'
Maximilian Beier 28'
Julian Brandt 30'
VfL Wolfsburg · 21 pts|Borussia Dortmund · 25 pts
Borussia Dortmund won on the scoreboard and on xG (1.5–2.84).
Player of the matchJulian BrandtDecisive moment25' Donyell Malen+0.7
Player of the match
Julian Brandt Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.6 (Dominant)
Game state
VfL Wolfsburg ahead 0 min · level 25 min · Borussia Dortmund ahead 65 min
- Borussia Dortmund: Red card 62' → ~28 min a player down
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.
25'
Donyell Malen
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Ramy Bensebaini +0.2
+0.7
28'
Maximilian Beier
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Julian Brandt +0.1
+0.4
30'
Julian Brandt
Goal · assist Maximilian Beier
+0.2
58'
Denis Vavro
Goal · assist Maximilian Arnold
+0.1
62'
Pascal Groß
Red card
−0.1
VfL Wolfsburg
Expected (last two seasons) 1.1Own moments +0.1Opponent moments −0.9Time effect −0.3→ League points won 0
Borussia Dortmund
Expected (last two seasons) 1.7Own moments +1.2Opponent moments −0.1Time effect +0.2→ 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 WolfsburgBorussia Dortmund
50%Possession50%
1.5Expected goals (xG)2.84
0.11xG per shot0.24
14Shots12
5Shots on target4
36%Shots on target %33%
9Shots in box10
449Passes471
81%Pass accuracy86%
10Corners4
1Saves4
8Fouls8
3Yellow cards2
0Offsides1
Compared with usual
VfL Wolfsburg
17 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 2.1 | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1.5 | |
| xG | 1.5 | 1.2 | |
| xG against | 2.84 | 1.4 | high |
| Shots | 14 | 13.4 | |
| On target | 5 | 4.5 | |
| Shots faced | 12 | 13.8 | |
| xG per shot | 0.11 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 50% | 45.3% | |
| Passes | 449 | 393.2 | |
| Pass accuracy | 81% | 76.5% | |
| Corners | 10 | 4.7 | high |
| Fouls | 8 | 11.9 |
Borussia Dortmund
22 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 2.1 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.5 | |
| xG | 2.84 | 1.5 | |
| xG against | 1.5 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 12 | 13.7 | |
| On target | 4 | 5.3 | |
| Shots faced | 14 | 11.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.24 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 50% | 59.7% | |
| Passes | 471 | 584.2 | |
| Pass accuracy | 86% | 87% | |
| Corners | 4 | 5.4 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 10.5 |
Timeline
- 25' Goal Donyell Malen league goal #3 assist Ramy Bensebaini
- 28' Goal Maximilian Beier league goal #3 assist Julian Brandt
- 30' Goal Julian Brandt league goal #2 assist Maximilian Beier
- 46' Sub Kilian Fischer → Tiago Tomás
- 46' Sub Mattias Svanberg → Lukas Nmecha
- 50' Yellow Konstantinos Koulierakis
- 55' Yellow Yannick Gerhardt
- 58' Goal Denis Vavro league goal #1 assist Maximilian Arnold
- 62' Red Pascal Groß
- 63' Yellow Donyell Malen
- 64' Sub Donyell Malen → Waldemar Anton
- 70' Yellow Denis Vavro
- 75' Sub Yannick Gerhardt → Salih Özcan
- 75' Sub Maximilian Beier → Yan Couto
- 86' Sub Joakim Mæhle → Jakub Kamiński
- 86' Sub Mohamed El Amine Amoura → Patrick Wimmer
- 87' Sub Julian Brandt → Giovanni Reyna
- 87' Sub Jamie Gittens → Karim Adeyemi
- 90+4' Yellow Yan Couto
Category leaders
- Key passesRidle Baku3
- Duels wonRidle Baku7/11
- DribblesRidle Baku3/5
- Defensive actionsFelix Nmecha9
- ShotsJulian Brandt3 (on target 1)
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.