§ Bundesliga · 2025-26 · Matchday 5

VfL Wolfsburg 0–1 RB Leipzig

  • Bakayoko 8'

27 September 2025

The match in data

RB Leipzig got the better of VfL Wolfsburg, 1–0, on 27 September 2025, on matchday 5 of the 2025-26 Bundesliga.

Player of the match: Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg), rated 67, thanks above all to 2 big chances created and 3 key passes. Arnold produced 1.3 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.

It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.

For RB Leipzig, the highest-rated player was Péter Gulácsi, with 62.

Christoph Baumgartner missed a penalty at 90'.

67
Player of the match

Maximilian Arnold

VfL Wolfsburg · 90'

Produced 1.28× and cost 0.41× their position's average

Added
  • 2 big chances created 4.0×
  • 3 key passes 2.6×
  • 5 final-third passes 0.9×
Took away
  • 5 misplaced passes 0.7×
  • 1 time dribbled past 1.3×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.

VfL Wolfsburg
PlayerPositionMinRating
Maximilian Arnold ★ Midfielder 90 67
Kamil Grabara Goalkeeper 90 58
Vinicius de Souza Costa Midfielder 90 56
Moritz Jenz Defender 90 54
Patrick Wimmer Forward 46 54
Joakim Maehle Defender 90 52
Kilian Fischer Defender 90 52
Mohamed Amoura Forward 90 51
Mattias Svanberg Midfielder 70 49
Dzenan Pejcinovic Forward 20 39
Adam Daghim Forward 44 38
Jonas Wind Forward 70 37
Christian Eriksen Midfielder 20 37
Konstantinos Koulierakis Defender 90 36
Aaron Zehnter Defender 1 no rating
Lovro Majer Midfielder 1 no rating
RB Leipzig
PlayerPositionMinRating
Péter Gulácsi Goalkeeper 90 62
Ezechiel Banzuzi Midfielder 26 59
Johan Bakayoko Forward 90 58
Willi Orbán Defender 90 53
Yan Diomande Forward 79 50
Christoph Baumgartner Midfielder 90 47
Castello Lukeba Defender 90 44
David Raum Defender 90 44
Nicolas Seiwald Midfielder 90 44
Rômulo Forward 79 42
Assan Ouédraogo Midfielder 64 41
Ridle Baku Defender 90 36
Antonio Nusa Forward 11 no rating
Conrad Harder Forward 11 no rating
Kevin Kampl Midfielder 1 no rating
Timo Werner Forward 1 no rating

Did you know?

La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.

Which RB Leipzig player recovered the most balls?

Yan Diomande, with 8 recoveries. Next: Ridle Baku 6, David Raum 6.

In a tight 0–1 victory, Yan Diomande led RB Leipzig with 8 recoveries. Diomande outperformed Ridle Baku and David Raum, who each recorded 6.

Which VfL Wolfsburg player recovered the most balls?

Joakim Maehle, with 12 recoveries. Next: Vinicius de Souza Costa 6, Mohamed Amoura 4.

Despite the 0–1 defeat, Joakim Maehle stood out for VfL Wolfsburg with 12 ball recoveries. Maehle doubled the tally of Vinicius de Souza Costa, who had 6, while Mohamed Amoura registered 4.

How is the rating calculated?

The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.

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VfL Wolfsburg 0–1 RB Leipzig, Bundesliga 2025-26. Player of the match: Maximilian Arnold, 67
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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.