Werder Bremen 2-1 VfL Wolfsburg: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 28 January 2023
Result
Werder Bremen 2-1 VfL Wolfsburg
Bundesliga · Saturday 28 January 2023, 14:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Werder Bremen 2-1 VfL Wolfsburg: match report
Werder Bremen beat VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 28 January 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Niclas Füllkrug opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Werder Bremen's goals came from Niclas Füllkrug (24', penalty) and Niclas Füllkrug (77'). VfL Wolfsburg scored through K. Paredes (90').
Discipline: Werder Bremen received 3 yellow cards; VfL Wolfsburg received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Werder Bremen were 11th on 21 points from 17 and VfL Wolfsburg 7th on 29 points from 17. Werder Bremen went on to finish that season 13th with 36 points, and VfL Wolfsburg 8th with 49.
Werder Bremen lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and VfL Wolfsburg in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Niclas Füllkrug of Werder Bremen (8.9), ahead of Kevin Paredes (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Werder Bremen wins, 3 draws and 3 for VfL Wolfsburg.
Key events
- 24'Penalty goal · Niclas Füllkrug
- 39'Yellow card · Niklas Stark
- 66'Yellow card · Ridle Baku
- 77'Goal · Niclas Füllkrug
- 90'Goal · K. Paredes
- 90+2'Yellow card · Marco Friedl
- 90+6'Yellow card · K. Paredes
- 90+6'Yellow card · M. van de Ven
- 90+6'Yellow card · Mitchell Weiser
Head-to-head
Team news
Werder Bremen line-up (3-1-4-2)
Jiri Pavlenka, Amos Pieper, Niklas Stark, Marco Friedl, Christian Groß, Mitchell Weiser, Jens Stage, Niklas Schmidt, Anthony Jung, Niclas Füllkrug, Marvin Ducksch
VfL Wolfsburg line-up (4-5-1)
Koen Casteels, Ridle Baku, Sebastiaan Bornauw, Micky van de Ven, Paulo Otávio, Patrick Wimmer, Mattias Svanberg, Maximilian Arnold, Yannick Gerhardt, Jakub Kamiński, Jonas Wind