On February 18, one of the matches of the 21st round of the German Football Championship took place. Wolfsburg (Germany) and RB Leipzig (Germany) met.
Wolfsburg - RB Leipzig - 0:3. German Championship, round 21German Championship, round 21
"Wolfsburg" (Germany) — "RB Leipzig" (Germany) — 0:3 (0:1)
Goals: Forsberg (14), Laimer (85), Soboslai (90+3)
Warnings: David Raum (65), Sebastian Bornau (90+1)
On a cool Wednesday evening at the Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg hosted RB Leipzig in a tense Bundesliga match. Despite a tough fight in the first half, RB Leipzig managed to break the deadlock in the 14th minute thanks to a good shot by E. Forsberg, who was later replaced by K. Laimer in the 75th minute. Wolfsburg tried to attack and regain the lead in the second half, but their efforts were limited by the RB Leipzig organization.
Trying to strengthen the attack, Wolfsburg made several substitutions in the second half, relying on players such as L. Waldschmidt, O. Marmus, Paulo Otavio, M. Lacroix, J. Wind, L. Nmecha, P. Wimmer. , M. Swanberg and F. Nmecha. Despite all efforts, Wolfsburg failed to level the score, which allowed the guests to take advantage of the opponent's mistake by scoring the second goal in the 85th minute after K. Laimer's kick. RB Leipzig made a few more personnel changes that proved to be decisive and rounded the score to 0-3 in the 90th minute thanks to D. Soboslai after a neat blow to curling. The hosts' efforts were further hampered by a 90th-minute yellow card issued by S. Bornau and RB Leipzig ended up winning 3–0.
In the next round, the opponents are waiting for such matches: Cologne - Wolfsburg, RB Leipzig - Eintracht.
Match stats Wolfsburg - RB Leipzig:
| wolfsburg | RB Leipzig | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | shots on target | 5 |
| 7 | blows | 16 |
| 2 | Blocked punches | 2 |
| 3 | Kicks from the box | eleven |
| 4 | Kicks from outside the box | 5 |
| 16 | Violations | 15 |
| 2 | corner | 5 |
| 0 | offsides | 1 |
| 43% | Ball possession | 57% |
| 1 | yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 1 | Goalie saves | 2 |
| 458 | Total transfers | 602 |
| 371 | Accurate gear | 524 |
| 81% | Gear Accuracy | 87% |
