VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 1. FSV Mainz 05 — Bundesliga 2025/26 Match Stats

Bundesliga · 2025Sun, 31 Aug 2025, 13:30 UTCVolkswagen Arena

VfL Wolfsburg

1–1Historical match

1. FSV Mainz 05

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

VfL Wolfsburg and 1. FSV Mainz 05 drew 1–1.

Shots: 1117
Shots on target: 33
Expected goals: 0.621.95
Possession: 40%60%

Full time

What the match recorded

VfL Wolfsburg and FSV Mainz 05 drew 1–1. Recorded in this match (VfL Wolfsburg – FSV Mainz 05): shots 11–17, shots on target 3–3, expected goals 0.62–1.95, possession 40%–60%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots11 shots17 shotsVfL Wolfsburg 11 shots, 1. FSV Mainz 05 17 shots
Shots on target3 shots3 shotsVfL Wolfsburg 3 shots, 1. FSV Mainz 05 3 shots
Expected goals0.62 xG1.95 xGVfL Wolfsburg 0.62 xG, 1. FSV Mainz 05 1.95 xG
Possession40%60%VfL Wolfsburg 40%, 1. FSV Mainz 05 60%
Corners3 corners10 cornersVfL Wolfsburg 3 corners, 1. FSV Mainz 05 10 corners
Fouls15 fouls14 foulsVfL Wolfsburg 15 fouls, 1. FSV Mainz 05 14 fouls
Yellow cards3 cards5 cardsVfL Wolfsburg 3 cards, 1. FSV Mainz 05 5 cards

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

VfL Wolfsburg: 11 shots, 3 on target, 0.61 xG. FSV Mainz 05: 17 shots, 3 on target, 1.98 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: VfL Wolfsburg 0.61 xG · FSV Mainz 05 1.98 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2VfL Wolfsburg

2Draws

11. FSV Mainz 05

19 Apr 20251. FSV Mainz 05 — VfL Wolfsburg · Bundesliga2–2

8 Dec 2024VfL Wolfsburg — 1. FSV Mainz 05 · Bundesliga4–3

18 May 2024VfL Wolfsburg — 1. FSV Mainz 05 · Bundesliga1–3

13 Jan 20241. FSV Mainz 05 — VfL Wolfsburg · Bundesliga1–1

30 Apr 2023VfL Wolfsburg — 1. FSV Mainz 05 · Bundesliga3–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

8 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 31 Aug 2025, 17:30 UTC · analysis-v4