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Wolfsburg 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen - October 21, 2023 / Bundesliga 2023/2024

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Bundesliga 2023/2024 - Round 8

Volkswagen Arena - Wolfsburg - Germany

October 21, 2023 - 15:30

Wolfsburg

1 - 2

Bayer Leverkusen

Assist by Moritz Jenz (right foot) Maxence Lacroix

41'

13'

Jeremie Frimpong (right foot) Assist by Victor Boniface

62'

Alejandro Grimaldo (left foot) Assist by Jeremie Frimpong

logo Wolfsburg WOL

13' - Goal Jeremie Frimpong

36' - Yellow card Maximilian Arnold36

37' - Yellow card Exequiel Palacios

41' - Goal Maxence Lacroix41

45' - Yellow card Ridle Baku45

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46' - Substitution Tiago Tomasis substituted by Amin Sarr46

55' - Yellow card Granit Xhaka

56' - Yellow card Amine Adli

60' - Substitution Amine Adliis substituted by Florian Wirtz

62' - Goal Alejandro Grimaldo

65' - Yellow card Joakim Maehle65

71' - Substitution Mattias Svanbergis substituted by Lovro Majer71

74' - Yellow card Jonas Hofmann

78' - Substitution Sebastiaan Bornauwis substituted by Jakub Kaminski photo Kevin Paredes

78' - Substitution Yannick Gerhardtis substituted by Kevin Paredes78

86' - Yellow card Edmond Tapsoba

88' - Substitution Josip Stanisicis substituted by Odilon Kossounou photo Nathan Tella

88' - Substitution Jeremie Frimpongis substituted by Nathan Tella photo Nadiem Amiri

88' - Substitution Jonas Hofmannis substituted by Nadiem Amiri

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Wolfsburg

1 - 2

Bayer Leverkusen

Wolfsburg Bayer Leverkusen

Team line-ups

Wolfsburg

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

23Wind

Jonas Wind

Denmark

B.date07/02/1999

Age24 years

H1m90

positionCentre forward

11Tomas46

Tiago Tomas

Portugal

B.date16/06/2002

Age21 years

H1m80

positionForward

31Gerhardt78

Yannick Gerhardt

Germany

B.date13/04/1994

Age29 years

H1m84

positionRight central midfielder

27Arnold36

Maximilian Arnold

Germany

B.date27/05/1994

Age29 years

H1m84

positionLeft central midfielder

32Svanberg71

Mattias Svanberg

Sweden

B.date05/01/1999

Age24 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

21Maehle65

Joakim Maehle

Denmark

B.date20/05/1997

Age26 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

20Baku45

Ridle Baku

Germany

B.date08/04/1998

Age25 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

4Lacroix41

Maxence Lacroix

France

B.date06/04/2000

Age23 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

25Jenz

Moritz Jenz

Germany

B.date30/04/1999

Age24 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

3Bornauw78

Sebastiaan Bornauw

Belgium

B.date22/03/1999

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

12Pervan

Pavao Pervan

Austria

B.date13/11/1987

Age35 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Pavao Pervan		35	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Sebastiaan Bornauw	78	24	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Maxence Lacroix	41	23	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Moritz Jenz		24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Joakim Maehle	65	26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Mattias Svanberg	71	24	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	M	Yannick Gerhardt	78	29	218	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Maximilian Arnold	36	29	393	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Ridle Baku	45	25	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Tiago Tomas	46	21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Jonas Wind		24	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Bayer Leverkusen

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

22Boniface

Victor Boniface

Nigeria

B.date23/12/2000

Age22 years

H1m73

positionCentre forward

21Adli6056

Amine Adli

Morocco

B.date10/05/2000

Age23 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

7Hofmann8874

Jonas Hofmann

Germany

B.date14/07/1992

Age31 years

H1m76

positionLeft central midfielder

34Xhaka55

Granit Xhaka

Switzerland

B.date27/09/1992

Age31 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

25Palacios37

Exequiel Palacios

Argentina

B.date05/10/1998

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

20Grimaldo62

Alejandro Grimaldo

Spain

B.date15/09/1995

Age28 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

30Frimpong1388

Jeremie Frimpong

Netherlands

B.date10/12/2000

Age22 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

12Tapsoba86

Edmond Tapsoba

Burkina Faso

B.date02/02/1999

Age24 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

4Tah

Jonathan Tah

Germany

B.date11/02/1996

Age27 years

H1m95

positionRight central defender

2Stanisic88

Josip Stanisic

Croatia

B.date02/04/2000

Age23 years

H1m86

positionRight full-back

1Hradecky

Lucas Hradecky

Finland

B.date24/11/1989

Age33 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Lucas Hradecky		33	225	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Edmond Tapsoba	86	24	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Jonathan Tah		27	316	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Jeremie Frimpong	1388	22	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Josip Stanisic	88	23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Alejandro Grimaldo	62	28	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Jonas Hofmann	8874	31	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Exequiel Palacios	37	25	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	M	Granit Xhaka	55	31	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Amine Adli	6056	23	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Victor Boniface		22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
35	G	Philipp Schulze		20
5	D	Cédric Zesiger		25
8	D	Nicolas Cozza		24
40	M	Kevin Paredes	78	20	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Lovro Majer	71	25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Jakub Kaminski	78	21	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
39	M	Patrick Wimmer		22
9	F	Amin Sarr	46	22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Dzenan Pejcinovic		18

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
17	G	Matej Kovar		23
6	D	Odilon Kossounou	88	22	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Piero Hincapié		21
11	M	Nadiem Amiri	88	26	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Robert Andrich		29
10	M	Florian Wirtz	60	20	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Nathan Tella	88	24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Adam Hlozek		21
14	F	Patrik Schick		27

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Pavao Pervan

Koen Casteels

OUT

Sebastiaan Bornauw

Cédric Zesiger

OUT

Moritz Jenz

Lovro Majer

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Josip Stanisic

Odilon Kossounou

OUT

Amine Adli

Florian Wirtz

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Niko Kovac

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Kovac vs Bayer Leverkusen

3 victories

1 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on October 21, 2023

Kovac vs Alonso

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 21, 2023

Manager

Age

Match num

Xabi Alonso

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Alonso vs Wolfsburg

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 21, 2023

Alonso vs Kovac

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 21, 2023

Referee

Marco Fritz

9 victories	4 draws	13 losses	Wolfsburg26 matches	General total	Bayer Leverkusen23 matches	12 victories	4 draws	7 losses
0 victory	0 draw	2 losses	Wolfsburg2 matches	Season total	Bayer Leverkusen1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on December 09, 2023					Latest figure on October 21, 2023

Videos

October 21, 2023

Comments

Key figures

Only back at the time of Jupp Heynckes head of (05/06/2009-01/07/2011), you can see a maanger go beneath Xabi Alonso with 1.13 goals conceded per game (1.12).

It's the first time Maxence Lacroix scores a goal in his professional career since the 10/09/2022 (with Bayer Leverkusen vs )

Lucas Hradecky played his game number 10 vs Bayer Leverkusen in his professional career with

Read the next 10 key stats

General ranking

+1	7	Eintracht Frankfurt	13 pts	8 rd
+1	8	Freiburg	13 pts	8 rd
-2	9	Wolfsburg	12 pts	8 rd
	10	Heidenheim	7 pts	7 rd
	11	Darmstadt	7 pts	8 rd

General ranking

+1	1	Bayer Leverkusen	22 pts	8 rd
+1	2	Stuttgart	21 pts	8 rd
+1	3	Bayern Munich	20 pts	8 rd
-3	4	Borussia Dortmund	20 pts	8 rd
+1	5	RB Leipzig	17 pts	8 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWolfsburg 3-0 Mainz30/04/2023

VWolfsburg 2-1 Hoffenheim13/05/2023

LWolfsburg 1-2 Hertha Berlin27/05/2023

VWolfsburg 2-0 Heidenheim19/08/2023

VWolfsburg 2-1 Union Berlin16/09/2023

VWolfsburg 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt30/09/2023

Overall

VFC Köln 1-2 Wolfsburg26/08/2023

LHoffenheim 3-1 Wolfsburg02/09/2023

VWolfsburg 2-1 Union Berlin16/09/2023

LBorussia Dortmund 1-0 Wolfsburg23/09/2023

VWolfsburg 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt30/09/2023

LStuttgart 3-1 Wolfsburg07/10/2023

Current form

Away

DStuttgart 1-1 Bayer Leverkusen14/05/2023

LBochum 3-0 Bayer Leverkusen27/05/2023

VBorussia M'gladbach 0-3 Bayer Leverkusen26/08/2023

DBayern Munich 2-2 Bayer Leverkusen15/09/2023

VMainz 0-3 Bayer Leverkusen30/09/2023

VMolde 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen05/10/2023

Overall

DBayern Munich 2-2 Bayer Leverkusen15/09/2023

VBayer Leverkusen 4-0 Häcken21/09/2023

VBayer Leverkusen 4-1 Heidenheim24/09/2023

VMainz 0-3 Bayer Leverkusen30/09/2023

VMolde 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen05/10/2023

VBayer Leverkusen 3-0 FC Köln08/10/2023

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	6	14
Scoring streak	6	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	5
Unbeaten streak	4	10
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	4	10
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

7	General ranking (Competition total)	2
5	General ranking (Home / Away)	2
67	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	23
7	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
4	Victories (Competition total)	6
3	Victories (Home / Away)	2
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
3	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

10	Goals scored (Competition total)	23
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
9	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1.43	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3.29
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.67
1.29	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.86
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.67

Betting aid

4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	7
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	4
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
2-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-0 (2 times)

Bookings

16	Yellow cards (Competition total)	15
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	7
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Jonas Wind	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Victor Boniface
Jonas Wind	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Alejandro Grimaldo
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Exequiel Palacios
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Exequiel Palacios
Mattias Svanberg	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Alejandro Grimaldo
Mattias Svanberg	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Alejandro Grimaldo
Jonas Wind	7 goals, 1 assist during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	4 goals, 3 assists during the last 7 matches	Jonas Hofmann

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

15 v

3 d

10 l

45 gf

36 ga

Away

28 matches

7 v

6 d

15 l

39 gf

61 ga

Total

56 matches

22 v

9 d

25 l

84 gf

97 ga

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

15 v

6 d

7 l

61 gf

39 ga

Away

28 matches

10 v

3 d

15 l

36 gf

45 ga

Total

56 matches

25 v

9 d

22 l

97 gf

84 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	May 26, 2020
Home	4 - 1	September 21, 2014

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	February 08, 2006
Away	3 - 0	January 26, 2019

Latest head to head

April 16, 2023 - Bundesliga 2022/2023

Wolfsburg

0 - 0

Bayer Leverkusen logo Bayer Leverkusen

October 22, 2022 - Bundesliga 2022/2023

Bayer Leverkusen

1 - 2

Wolfsburg

March 20, 2022 - Bundesliga 2021/2022

Wolfsburg

0 - 2

Bayer Leverkusen logo Bayer Leverkusen

October 30, 2021 - Bundesliga 2021/2022

Bayer Leverkusen

0 - 2

Wolfsburg

January 23, 2021 - Bundesliga 2020/2021

Bayer Leverkusen

0 - 1

Wolfsburg

Best historical scorers against Bayer Leverkusen

Bas Dost	7 goals	2012 - 2015
Tomislav Maric	4 goals	2001 - 2003
Grafite	4 goals	2009 - 2010
Maximilian Arnold	4 goals	2016 - 2022
Mario Gómez	3 goals	2017 - 2017
Andrzej Juskowiak	3 goals	1999 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/10/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Wolfsburg

Stefan Kiessling	10 goals	2007 - 2013
Ulf Kirsten	7 goals	1997 - 2000
Simon Rolfes	4 goals	2009 - 2010
Tranquillo Barnetta	3 goals	2006 - 2008
Eren Derdiyok	3 goals	2010 - 2012
Bernd Schneider	3 goals	2003 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/10/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bayer Leverkusen

Maximilian Arnold	18 matches	2013 - 2022
Diego Benaglio	17 matches	2008 - 2016
Marcel Schäfer	17 matches	2007 - 2016
Robin Knoche	13 matches	2012 - 2020
Miroslav Karhan	11 matches	2001 - 2007
Josuha Guilavogui	11 matches	2015 - 2023

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/10/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wolfsburg

Stefan Kiessling	23 matches	2006 - 2018
Lars Bender	19 matches	2010 - 2021
Gonzalo Castro	19 matches	2005 - 2015
Carsten Ramelow	19 matches	1997 - 2007
Simon Rolfes	16 matches	2006 - 2015
Bernd Schneider	15 matches	1999 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/10/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Hans Adu Sarpei

158 matches

55 matches

2001 - 2010

Admir Mehmedi

84 matches

86 matches

2015 - 2021

Robson Ponte

69 matches

105 matches

1999 - 2005

Jacek Krzynowek

68 matches

2004 - 2008

André Schürrle

63 matches

83 matches

2011 - 2016

Claudio Reyna

49 matches

29 matches

1995 - 1999

Total : 15 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/08/1988. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Thomas Brdarić

33 matches

125 matches

1999 - 2005

Robson Ponte

69 matches

105 matches

1999 - 2005

Markus Feldhoff

23 matches

93 matches

1995 - 2001

Admir Mehmedi

84 matches

86 matches

2015 - 2021

André Schürrle

63 matches

83 matches

2011 - 2016

Patrick Helmes

30 matches

72 matches

2008 - 2013

Total : 15 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/08/1988. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

October 20, 2023

Dortmund

1 0

Werder Bremen

Video availableLine-ups available

October 21, 2023

Union Berlin

0 3

Stuttgart

Video availableLine-ups available

Freiburg

2 1

Bochum

Video availableLine-ups available

Hoffenheim

1 3

E.Francfort

Video availableLine-ups available

Darmstadt

1 3

RB Leipzig

Video availableLine-ups available

Mainz

1 3

Bayern Munich

Video availableLine-ups available

October 22, 2023

FC Köln

3 1

M'gladbach

Video availableLine-ups available

Heidenheim

2 5

Augsburg

Video availableLine-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+11	Bayer Leverkusen	22	8	7	1	0	25	7	+18
+12	Stuttgart	21	8	7	0	1	25	8	+17
+13	Bayern Munich	20	8	6	2	0	26	7	+19
-34	Borussia Dortmund	20	8	6	2	0	17	8	+9
+15	RB Leipzig	17	8	5	2	1	19	7	+12
-16	Hoffenheim	15	8	5	0	3	17	14	+3
+17	Eintracht Frankfurt	13	8	3	4	1	9	6	+3
+18	Freiburg	13	8	4	1	3	9	14	-5
-29	Wolfsburg	12	8	4	0	4	11	11	0
10	Heidenheim	7	7	2	1	4	10	15	-5
11	Darmstadt	7	8	2	1	5	13	22	-9
12	Borussia M'gladbach	6	7	1	3	3	13	16	-3
+113	Werder Bremen	6	8	2	0	6	12	18	-6
-114	Union Berlin	6	8	2	0	6	11	17	-6
15	Augsburg	5	7	1	2	4	10	17	-7
16	Bochum	4	8	0	4	4	6	21	-15
17	Mainz	2	8	0	2	6	7	22	-15
18	FC Köln	1	7	0	1	6	4	14	-10

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Wolfsburg 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen - October 21, 2023 / Bundesliga 2023/2024

Wolfsburg

1 - 2

Bayer Leverkusen

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Kovac vs Bayer Leverkusen

Kovac vs Alonso

Manager

Alonso vs Wolfsburg

Alonso vs Kovac

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Bayer Leverkusen

Best historical scorers against Wolfsburg

Players with most games played vs Bayer Leverkusen

Players with most games played vs Wolfsburg

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking