UEFA Champions League

Wolfsburg vs RB Salzburg 2021-22 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

  • 3': Ridle Baku
  • 60': Lukas Nmecha
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2 - 1
  • 30': Maximilian Wöber

Salzburg's Champions League push stalls in loss to Wolfsburg

— Salzburg was made to wait to secure qualification for the Champions League knockout rounds after losing 2-1 at Wolfsburg on Tuesday.

Match Commentary

  • 3': Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 1, FC Red Bull Salzburg 0. Ridle Baku (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yannick Gerhardt.
  • 28': Wout Weghorst (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card.
  • 30': Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 1, FC Red Bull Salzburg 1. Maximilian Wöber (FC Red Bull Salzburg) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 45': Second Half begins VfL Wolfsburg 1, FC Red Bull Salzburg 1.
  • 60': Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 2, FC Red Bull Salzburg 1. Lukas Nmecha (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Maximilian Arnold.
  • 63': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Dodi Lukébakio replaces Wout Weghorst.
  • 63': Substitution, FC Red Bull Salzburg. Benjamin Sesko replaces Karim Adeyemi.
  • 68': John Brooks (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 73': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Renato Steffen replaces Paulo Otávio.
  • 73': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Jérôme Roussillon replaces Yannick Gerhardt.
  • 77': Substitution, FC Red Bull Salzburg. Oumar Solet replaces Jérôme Onguéné.
  • 77': Substitution, FC Red Bull Salzburg. Junior Chukwubuike Adamu replaces Luka Sucic.
  • 82': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Kevin Mbabu replaces Aster Vranckx.
  • 83': Lukas Nmecha (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card.
  • 87': Andreas Ulmer (FC Red Bull Salzburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 89': Substitution, FC Red Bull Salzburg. Maurits Kjærgaard replaces Mohamed Camara.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, VfL Wolfsburg 2, FC Red Bull Salzburg 1.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Volkswagen Arena
Location: Wolfsburg, Germany
Attendance: 16,112

UEFA Champions League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
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Statistics

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13 Fouls 14
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 1
4 Corner Kicks 1
2 Saves 5
57.6 Possession 42.4
12 SHOTS 8
6 ON GOAL 4
0.5 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
436 Accurate Passes 296
549 Passes 409
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
1 Accurate Crosses 1
24 Crosses 7
0.0 Cross % 0.1
71 Long Balls 84
35 Accurate Long Balls 44
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
1 Blocked Shots 2
14 Effective Tackles 13
23 Tackles 23
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
11 Interceptions 12
6 Effective Clearances 28
6 Clearances 28

Line-Ups

WOB VfL Wolfsburg (3-4-3)

No. Name
1 Koen Casteels (GK)
23 Josuha Guilavogui
25 John Brooks Yellow Card
4 Maxence Lacroix
27 Maximilian Arnold
8 Aster Vranckx
6 Paulo Otávio
20 Ridle Baku
9 Wout Weghorst Yellow Card
31 Yannick Gerhardt
10 Lukas Nmecha

SLZ RB Salzburg (4-1-2-1-2)

No. Name
18 Philipp Köhn (GK)
39 Maximilian Wöber
6 Jerome Onguene
19 Mohamed Camara
17 Andreas Ulmer Yellow Card
43 Rasmus Kristensen
11 Brenden Aaronson
21 Luka Sucic
13 Nicolas Seiwald
27 Karim Adeyemi
77 Noah Okafor

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