VfL Wolfsburg opened up Matchday 19 with a floodlit draw. Head coach Ralph Hasenhüttl’s men shared the points on Friday after Holstein Kiel held them at 2-2. Patrick Wimmer (50’) and Jonas Wind (53’) grabbed the goals for the Green-and-Whites in front of 22,103 fans at the Volkswagen Arena. The point moves the Wolves up to sixth in the table, with the rest of the weekend’s matches still to be played.
New signing Andreas Skov Olsen made his debut in the second half, coming on in the 46th minute for Kilian Fischer.
VfL will next be in action on Sunday 2 February (kick-off at 15.30 CET) away to Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga.
Goals
- 0-1 Zec (14’): The Wolves have made goals from set-pieces a speciality of theirs this season, but it turns out that Kiel are no slouches either. After a corner is cleared, the ball is lofted back in and David Zec jumps highest before heading home an unchallenged but accurate header to make it 1-0 to the visitors.
- 1-1 Wimmer (50’): Wimmer lights up the match as soon as he comes on. The Austrian picks up the ball deep in his own half and launches an attack. Wind then sets him up inside the middle of the box and Wimmer fires it home between the keeper’s legs.
- 2-1 Wind (53’): With Kiel struggling to get organised, the Wolves realise that this is the time to go all-out for another goal. Wimmer chips a corner into the box and Wind pops up in the right place at the right time to head home from close range.
- 2-2 Skrzybski (80’): Out of nowhere, the Storks drag themselves back into the match. Benedikt Pichler feeds Steven Skrzybski down the right flank, and the striker cuts in and beats Kamil Grabara at the near post.