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Wolfsburg 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen - April 18, 2009 / Bundesliga 2008/2009

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Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Round 28

Volkswagen Arena - Wolfsburg - Germany

April 18, 2009

30 000

Wolfsburg

2 - 1

Bayer Leverkusen

(penalty) Grafite

23'

(right foot) Grafite

85'

53'

Toni Kroos (right foot)

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23' - Goal Grafite23

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53' - Goal Toni Kroos

59' - Substitution Peter Pekarikis substituted by Ashkan Dejagah59

78' - Substitution Patrick Helmesis substituted by Angelos Charisteas

85' - Goal Grafite85

88' - Substitution Christian Gentneris substituted by Alexander Madlung88

90' - Substitution Lukasz Sinkiewiczis substituted by Gonzalo Castro photo Sascha Dum

90' - Substitution Arturo Vidalis substituted by Sascha Dum

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Wolfsburg

2 - 1

Bayer Leverkusen

Wolfsburg Bayer Leverkusen

Team line-ups

Wolfsburg

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Dzeko

Edin Dzeko

Bosnia and Herzegovina

B.date17/03/1986

Age23 years

H1m92

positionStriker

23Grafite2385

Grafite

Brazil

B.date02/04/1979

Age30 years

H1m89

positionStriker

10Misimovic

Zvjezdan Misimovic

Bosnia and Herzegovina

B.date05/06/1982

Age26 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

25Gentner88

Christian Gentner

Germany

B.date14/08/1985

Age23 years

H1m89

positionLeft central midfielder

20Riether

Sascha Riether

Germany

B.date23/03/1983

Age26 years

H1m74

positionRight full-back

7Josué

Josué

Brazil

B.date19/07/1979

Age29 years

H1m69

positionDefensive Midfielder

4Schäfer

Marcel Schäfer

Germany

B.date07/06/1984

Age24 years

H1m84

positionLeft full-back

43Barzagli

Andrea Barzagli

Italy

B.date08/05/1981

Age27 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

6Simunek

Jan Simunek

Czech Republic

B.date20/02/1987

Age22 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

19Pekarik59

Peter Pekarik

Slovakia

B.date30/10/1986

Age22 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

1Benaglio

Diego Benaglio

Switzerland

B.date08/09/1983

Age25 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Diego Benaglio		25	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Jan Simunek		22	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
43	D	Andrea Barzagli		27	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Peter Pekarik	59	22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Marcel Schäfer		24	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Sascha Riether		26	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Josué		29	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Christian Gentner	88	23	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Zvjezdan Misimovic		26	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Grafite	2385	30	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Edin Dzeko		23	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Bayer Leverkusen

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Kiessling

Stefan Kiessling

Germany

B.date25/01/1984

Age25 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Helmes78

Patrick Helmes

Germany

B.date01/03/1984

Age25 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Vidal90

Arturo Vidal

Chile

B.date22/05/1987

Age21 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Kroos53

Toni Kroos

Germany

B.date04/01/1990

Age19 years

H1m82

positionPlaymaker

Renato Augusto

Brazil

B.date08/02/1988

Age21 years

H1m86

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Rolfes

Simon Rolfes

Germany

B.date21/01/1982

Age27 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

Kadlec

Michal Kadlec

Czech Republic

B.date13/12/1984

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Sinkiewicz90

Lukasz Sinkiewicz

Germany

B.date09/10/1985

Age23 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Friedrich

Manuel Friedrich

Germany

B.date13/09/1979

Age29 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Henrique

Brazil

B.date14/10/1986

Age22 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

Adler

René Adler

Germany

B.date15/01/1985

Age24 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	René Adler		24	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lukasz Sinkiewicz	90	23	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Manuel Friedrich		29	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michal Kadlec		24	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Henrique		22	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Simon Rolfes		27	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Arturo Vidal	90	21	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Toni Kroos	53	19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Renato Augusto		21	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Patrick Helmes	78	25	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stefan Kiessling		25	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
17	D		Alexander Madlung	88	26	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M		Ashkan Dejagah	59	22	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Gonzalo Castro	90	21	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sascha Dum	90	22	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Angelos Charisteas	78	29	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Arturo Vidal

Tranquillo Barnetta

OUT

Renato Augusto

Tomasz Zdebel

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Felix Magath

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Magath vs Bayer Leverkusen

9 victories

2 draws

13 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 2009

Magath vs Labbadia

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 18, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

Bruno Labbadia

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Labbadia vs Wolfsburg

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 18, 2009

Labbadia vs Magath

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 18, 2009

Referee

Jochen Drees

9 victories	3 draws	7 losses	Wolfsburg19 matches	General total	Bayer Leverkusen21 matches	12 victories	3 draws	6 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Wolfsburg2 matches	Season total	Bayer Leverkusen3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 07, 2017					Latest figure on February 03, 2017

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Key figures

Jan Simunek played his game number 50 in his professional career with

Wolfsburg keeps its 12 consecutive wins at home in Bundesliga running (since 21/09/2008). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 13/11/2004 (6 matches)

End of streak for Bayer Leverkusen after 6 matches with only one goal conceded at most away from home (since 06/12/2008). It was the best streak for the club since 04/03/2001-08/08/2001 (7 matches).

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWolfsburg 2-1 Hertha Berlin21/02/2009

LWolfsburg 1-3 Paris SG26/02/2009

LWolfsburg 2-5 Werder Bremen04/03/2009

VWolfsburg 1-0 Karlsruhe07/03/2009

VWolfsburg 4-3 Schalke 0413/03/2009

VWolfsburg 5-1 Bayern Munich04/04/2009

Overall

LWolfsburg 2-5 Werder Bremen04/03/2009

VWolfsburg 1-0 Karlsruhe07/03/2009

VWolfsburg 4-3 Schalke 0413/03/2009

VArminia Bielefeld 0-3 Wolfsburg21/03/2009

VWolfsburg 5-1 Bayern Munich04/04/2009

VBorussia M'gladbach 1-2 Wolfsburg11/04/2009

Current form

Away

VBorussia M'gladbach 1-3 Bayer Leverkusen06/12/2008

DBorussia Dortmund 1-1 Bayer Leverkusen31/01/2009

VHoffenheim 1-4 Bayer Leverkusen13/02/2009

LHannover 96 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen28/02/2009

LHertha Berlin 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen14/03/2009

VFC Köln 0-2 Bayer Leverkusen05/04/2009

Overall

VBayer Leverkusen 4-2 Bayern Munich04/03/2009

DBayer Leverkusen 1-1 Bochum08/03/2009

LHertha Berlin 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen14/03/2009

DBayer Leverkusen 1-1 Eintracht Frankfurt21/03/2009

VFC Köln 0-2 Bayer Leverkusen05/04/2009

DBayer Leverkusen 1-1 Werder Bremen12/04/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	5
Unbeaten streak	3	5
Drawless streak	17	12
Scoring streak	20	9
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

24	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	115
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	9

Results

27	Number of games (Competition total)	27
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
16	Victories (Competition total)	12
12	Victories (Home / Away)	7
6	Draws (Competition total)	6
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
5	Losses (Competition total)	9
0	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

60	Goals scored (Competition total)	49
37	Goals scored (Home / Away)	25
33	Goals conceded (Competition total)	34
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
2.22	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.81
2.85	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.92
1.22	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.26
0.85	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.15

Betting aid

21	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
2-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (4 times)

Bookings

45	Yellow cards (Competition total)	42
17	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	23
2	Red cards (Competition total)	4
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Grafite	20 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	18 goals	Patrick Helmes
Grafite	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	11 goals	Patrick Helmes
Grafite	6 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Patrick Helmes
Grafite	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Patrick Helmes
Zvjezdan Misimovic	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Tranquillo Barnetta
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Tranquillo Barnetta
Edin Dzeko	11 goals during the last 9 matches	The fittest player	10 goals during the last 16 matches	Patrick Helmes

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

8 v

1 d

3 l

20 gf

11 ga

Away

14 matches

1 v

3 d

10 l

13 gf

34 ga

Total

26 matches

9 v

4 d

13 l

33 gf

45 ga

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

10 v

3 d

1 l

34 gf

13 ga

Away

12 matches

3 v

1 d

8 l

11 gf

20 ga

Total

26 matches

13 v

4 d

9 l

45 gf

33 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	October 05, 2002
Home	2 - 0	October 05, 2002

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	February 08, 2006
Away	2 - 1	November 11, 2007

Latest head to head

October 31, 2008 - Bundesliga 2008/2009

Bayer Leverkusen

2 - 0

Wolfsburg

April 27, 2008 - Bundesliga 2007/2008

Bayer Leverkusen

2 - 2

Wolfsburg

November 11, 2007 - Bundesliga 2007/2008

Wolfsburg

1 - 2

Bayer Leverkusen logo Bayer Leverkusen

February 03, 2007 - Bundesliga 2006/2007

Wolfsburg

3 - 2

Bayer Leverkusen logo Bayer Leverkusen

August 26, 2006 - Bundesliga 2006/2007

Bayer Leverkusen

1 - 1

Wolfsburg

Best historical scorers against Bayer Leverkusen

Tomislav Maric	4 goals	2001 - 2003
Andrzej Juskowiak	3 goals	1999 - 2000
Diego Klimowicz	3 goals	2004 - 2007
Mike Hanke	2 goals	2007 - 2007
Pablo Thiam	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Roy Präger	1 goal	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/10/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Wolfsburg

Ulf Kirsten	7 goals	1997 - 2000
Tranquillo Barnetta	3 goals	2006 - 2008
Bernd Schneider	3 goals	2003 - 2006
Stefan Kiessling	3 goals	2007 - 2008
Dimitar Berbatov	3 goals	2004 - 2006
França	3 goals	2004 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/10/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bayer Leverkusen

Miroslav Karhan	11 matches	2001 - 2007
Claus Reitmaier	10 matches	1998 - 2003
Diego Klimowicz	9 matches	2001 - 2007
Stefan Schnoor	9 matches	2000 - 2005
Frank Greiner	9 matches	1997 - 2001
Patrick Weiser	9 matches	1999 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/10/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wolfsburg

Carsten Ramelow	19 matches	1997 - 2007
Bernd Schneider	15 matches	1999 - 2007
Hans-Jörg Butt	12 matches	2001 - 2007
Marko Babic	10 matches	2000 - 2007
Boris Zivkovic	10 matches	1998 - 2003
Jens Nowotny	10 matches	1998 - 2006