VfL Wolfsburg 0-1 RB Leipzig: result and report
Bundesliga · Sunday 16 October 2016
Result
VfL Wolfsburg 0-1 RB Leipzig
Bundesliga · Sunday 16 October 2016, 15:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
VfL Wolfsburg 0-1 RB Leipzig: match report
VfL Wolfsburg were beaten by RB Leipzig 0-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 16 October 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Emil Forsberg of RB Leipzig in the 70th minute.
Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 2 yellow cards; RB Leipzig received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 14th on 6 points from 6 and RB Leipzig 6th on 12 points from 6. VfL Wolfsburg went on to finish that season 16th with 37 points, and RB Leipzig 2nd with 67.
VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and RB Leipzig in a 4-2-2-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Yussuf Poulsen of RB Leipzig (7.8), ahead of Julian Draxler (7.7).
Going into the match VfL Wolfsburg's last five read D-L-L-D-D and RB Leipzig's W-D-D-W-W.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Koen Casteels
- 17'Missed penalty · Emil Forsberg
- 69'Yellow card · Marcel Halstenberg
- 70'Goal · Emil Forsberg
- 90+3'Yellow card · M. Arnold
Team news
VfL Wolfsburg line-up (4-2-3-1)
Koen Casteels, Christian Träsch, Jeffrey Bruma, Robin Knoche, Ricardo Rodríguez, Paul Seguin, Luiz Gustavo, Vieirinha, Maximilian Arnold, Julian Draxler, Mario Gómez
RB Leipzig line-up (4-2-2-2)
Péter Gulácsi, Bernardo, Willi Orbán, Marvin Compper, Marcel Halstenberg, Stefan Ilsanker, Diego Demme, Marcel Sabitzer, Emil Forsberg, Timo Werner, Yussuf Poulsen