Wolfsburg vs Sevilla 2021-22 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage
Sevilla's Rakitic snatches point with disputed penalty at Wolfsburg
Sevilla's Ivan Rakitic scored a hotly-disputed penalty three minutes from time as they rescued a 1-1 draw at Wolfsburg.
Match Commentary
- 1': Maxence Lacroix (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 16': Renato Steffen (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 24': Suso (Sevilla) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+3': Rafa Mir (Sevilla) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+5': First Half ends, VfL Wolfsburg 0, Sevilla 0.
- 45': Substitution, Sevilla. Karim Rekik replaces Marcos Acuña because of an injury.
- 45': Second Half begins VfL Wolfsburg 0, Sevilla 0.
- 48': Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 1, Sevilla 0. Renato Steffen (VfL Wolfsburg) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
- 50': Kevin Mbabu (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card.
- 52': Substitution, Sevilla. Erik Lamela replaces Suso.
- 53': Substitution, Sevilla. Ivan Rakitic replaces Rafa Mir.
- 62': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Lukas Nmecha replaces Kevin Mbabu.
- 70': Substitution, Sevilla. Iván Romero replaces Joan Jordán.
- 74': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Gian-Luca Waldschmidt replaces Renato Steffen.
- 74': Substitution, Sevilla. Munir El Haddadi replaces Lucas Ocampos.
- 79': Josuha Guilavogui (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 82': Karim Rekik (Sevilla) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 85': Second yellow card to Josuha Guilavogui (VfL Wolfsburg) for a bad foul.
- 85': Wout Weghorst (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card.
- 87': Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 1, Sevilla 1. Ivan Rakitic (Sevilla) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 90'+2': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Yannick Gerhardt replaces Wout Weghorst.
- 90'+5': Jérôme Roussillon (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Game Information
Venue: Volkswagen Arena
Location: Wolfsburg, Germany
Attendance: 11,733
Statistics
SEV |
WOB![]() |
|
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Fouls | 15 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 5 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 1 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 11 | Corner Kicks | 1 |
| 1 | Saves | 3 |
| 69.5 | Possession | 30.5 |
| 10 | SHOTS | 9 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 2 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 504 | Accurate Passes | 181 |
| 588 | Passes | 265 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 5 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 34 | Crosses | 3 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 1.0 |
| 61 | Long Balls | 46 |
| 40 | Accurate Long Balls | 18 |
| 0.7 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 2 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 5 | Tackles | 17 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
| 6 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 6 | Effective Clearances | 30 |
| 6 | Clearances | 30 |
VfL Wolfsburg (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Koen Casteels (GK) |
| 3 | Sebastiaan Bornauw |
| 4 | Maxence Lacroix |
| 15 | Jérôme Roussillon |
| 19 | Kevin Mbabu |
| 28 | Dodi Lukebakio |
| 27 | Maximilian Arnold |
| 23 | Josuha Guilavogui |
| 9 | Wout Weghorst |
| 11 | Renato Steffen |
| 20 | Ridle Baku |
Sevilla (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 13 | Yassine Bounou (GK) |
| 20 | Diego Carlos |
| 23 | Jules Koundé |
| 19 | Marcos Acuña |
| 16 | Jesús Navas |
| 24 | Alejandro Gómez |
| 8 | Joan Jordán |
| 25 | Fernando |
| 12 | Rafa Mir |
| 5 | Lucas Ocampos |
| 7 | Suso |
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