RB Leipzig 2-0 VfL Wolfsburg: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 27 August 2022
Result
RB Leipzig 2-0 VfL Wolfsburg
Bundesliga · Saturday 27 August 2022, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
RB Leipzig 2-0 VfL Wolfsburg: match report
RB Leipzig defeated VfL Wolfsburg 2-0 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 27 August 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.
Christopher Nkunku opened the scoring in the 5th minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Christopher Nkunku (5', penalty) and Christopher Nkunku (90'). VfL Wolfsburg did not score.
Discipline: RB Leipzig received 3 yellow cards; VfL Wolfsburg received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game RB Leipzig were 11th on 2 points from 3 and VfL Wolfsburg 14th on 2 points from 3. RB Leipzig went on to finish that season 3rd with 66 points, and VfL Wolfsburg 8th with 49.
RB Leipzig lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and VfL Wolfsburg in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Janis Blaswich of RB Leipzig (8.3), ahead of Christopher Nkunku (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 RB Leipzig wins, 5 draws and 2 for VfL Wolfsburg.
Key events
- 5'Penalty goal · Christopher Nkunku
- 8'Yellow card · B. Henrichs
- 26'Yellow card · M. Arnold
- 47'Yellow card · Konrad Laimer
- 51'Yellow card · Paulo Otávio
- 53'Yellow card · Ridle Baku
- 88'Yellow card · Timo Werner
- 90'Goal · Christopher Nkunku
Head-to-head
Team news
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- Yussuf Poulsen
- Jonas Wind
- Péter Gulácsi
- Patrick Wimmer
- Jérôme Roussillon
- Yannick Gerhardt
- Lukas Klostermann
RB Leipzig line-up (3-4-1-2)
Janis Blaswich, Mohamed Simakan, Willi Orbán, Marcel Halstenberg, Benjamin Henrichs, Konrad Laimer, Kevin Kampl, David Raum, Dani Olmo, André Silva, Christopher Nkunku
VfL Wolfsburg line-up (4-2-3-1)
Koen Casteels, Ridle Baku, Maxence Lacroix, Micky van de Ven, Paulo Otávio, Josuha Guilavogui, Maximilian Arnold, Jakub Kamiński, Zoran Zekic, Maximilian Philipp, Lukas Nmecha