Werder Bremen 2-1 VfL Wolfsburg
Key numbers
- Possession 60% – 40%
- Shots 20 (7 on target) – 7 (4)
- Decisive moment: 90' Samuel Mbangula, FN xPts +1.7
Jens Stage 83'
Samuel Mbangula 90'
Samuel Mbangula 90'
HT 0:1
Mattias Svanberg 28'
Werder Bremen · 15 pts|VfL Wolfsburg · 8 pts
Werder Bremen won on the scoreboard and on xG (1.45–0.57).
Player of the matchJens StageDecisive moment90' Samuel Mbangula+1.7
Player of the match
Jens Stage Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.3 (Dominant)
Game state
Werder Bremen ahead 0 min · level 35 min · VfL Wolfsburg ahead 55 min
- Samuel Mbangula — off the bench 25 min · 1G 0A
- Victor Okoh Boniface — off the bench 24 min · 0G 1A
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.
28'
Mattias Svanberg
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Saël Kumbedi +0.2
+0.8
83'
Jens Stage
Goal · scorer +0.7 · assist Yukinari Sugawara +0.3
+1.0
90'
Samuel Mbangula
Goal · scorer +1.2 · assist Victor Okoh Boniface +0.5
+1.7
Werder Bremen
Expected (last two seasons) 1.3Own moments +2.7Opponent moments −0.7Time effect −0.3→ League points won 3
VfL Wolfsburg
Expected (last two seasons) 1.4Own moments +0.8Opponent moments −2.5Time effect +0.3→ League points won 0
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
Werder BremenVfL Wolfsburg
60%Possession40%
1.45Expected goals (xG)0.57
0.07xG per shot0.08
20Shots7
7Shots on target4
35%Shots on target %57%
14Shots in box4
566Passes405
87%Pass accuracy79%
13Corners3
3Saves5
13Fouls8
2Yellow cards0
2Offsides2
Compared with usual
Werder Bremen
10 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.3 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.8 | |
| xG | 1.45 | 1.2 | |
| xG against | 0.57 | 1.8 | |
| Shots | 20 | 11.2 | high |
| On target | 7 | 4 | |
| Shots faced | 7 | 16.2 | low |
| xG per shot | 0.07 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 60% | 48.6% | |
| Passes | 566 | 454.9 | high |
| Pass accuracy | 87% | 80.6% | high |
| Corners | 13 | 3.1 | high |
| Fouls | 13 | 9.5 |
VfL Wolfsburg
last 10 matches, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.1 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.7 | |
| xG | 0.57 | 1.2 | |
| xG against | 1.45 | 1.5 | |
| Shots | 7 | 12.8 | |
| On target | 4 | 3.5 | |
| Shots faced | 20 | 14.5 | |
| xG per shot | 0.08 | 0.09 | |
| Possession | 40% | 47.3% | |
| Passes | 405 | 411.9 | |
| Pass accuracy | 79% | 79.9% | |
| Corners | 3 | 4 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 12 |
Timeline
- 28' Goal Mattias Svanberg league goal #2 assist Saël Kumbedi
- 61' Yellow Marco Friedl
- 65' Sub Justin Njinmah → Victor Okoh Boniface
- 65' Sub Keke Topp → Samuel Mbangula
- 67' Sub Mattias Svanberg → Patrick Wimmer
- 80' Sub Karim Coulibaly → Isaac Schmidt
- 80' Sub Mohamed Amoura → Jonas Wind
- 83' Goal Jens Stage league goal #4 assist Yukinari Sugawara
- 86' Sub Senne Lynen → Cameron Puertas
- 86' Sub Marco Grüll → Leonardo Bittencourt
- 87' Sub Adam Daghim → Andreas Skov Olsen
- 87' Sub Christian Eriksen → Dženan Pejčinović
- 90' Goal Samuel Mbangula league goal #3 assist Victor Okoh Boniface
- 90+6' Yellow Romano Schmid
Category leaders
- Key passesYukinari Sugawara5
- Duels wonVinícius Souza9/13
- DribblesMarco Grüll3/3
- Defensive actionsAmos Pieper5
- ShotsVictor Okoh Boniface4 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonVinícius Souza4
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.