VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 St. Pauli
- Eriksen 25' (pen.)
- Pejcinovic 88'
- Smith 40'
14 January 2026
The match in data
VfL Wolfsburg got the better of St. Pauli, 2–1, on 14 January 2026, on matchday 17 of the 2025-26 Bundesliga.
Player of the match: Lovro Majer (VfL Wolfsburg), rated 75, thanks above all to 1 big chance created and 6 final-third passes. Majer produced 1.7 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For St. Pauli, the highest-rated player was Karol Mets, with 58.
Lovro Majer
VfL Wolfsburg · 61'
Produced 1.68× and cost 0.47× their position's average
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 6 final-third passes 1.6×
- 2 completed dribbles 4.0×
- 3 misplaced passes 0.6×
- 0.19 xG not converted 4.0×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lovro Majer ★ | Midfielder | 61 | 75 |
| Maximilian Arnold | Midfielder | 90 | 65 |
| Dzenan Pejcinovic | Forward | 90 | 57 |
| Patrick Wimmer | Forward | 73 | 57 |
| Aaron Zehnter | Defender | 83 | 55 |
| Christian Eriksen | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Moritz Jenz | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Konstantinos Koulierakis | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Yannick Gerhardt | Midfielder | 83 | 43 |
| Mohamed Amoura | Forward | 29 | 42 |
| Saël Kumbedi | Defender | 73 | 30 |
| Kamil Grabara | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Adam Daghim | Forward | 17 | no rating |
| Kilian Fischer | Defender | 17 | no rating |
| Kevin Paredes | Midfielder | 7 | no rating |
| Mattias Svanberg | Midfielder | 7 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karol Mets | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Ricky-Jade Jones | Forward | 68 | 50 |
| Louis Oppie | Defender | 22 | 47 |
| Joel Chima Fujita | Midfielder | 90 | 45 |
| Arkadiusz Pyrka | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Mathias Pereira Lage | Forward | 90 | 42 |
| James Sands | Midfielder | 90 | 41 |
| Eric Smith | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Martijn Kaars | Forward | 22 | 38 |
| Adam Dzwigala | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Hauke Wahl | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Lars Ritzka | Defender | 68 | 33 |
| Nikola Vasilj | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Abdoulie Ceesay | Forward | 1 | no rating |
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.