VfL Wolfsburg failed to pick up points on Matchday 24, with head coach Niko Kovac’s men losing 3-2 at home to VfB Stuttgart on Saturday evening. Joakim Maehle (50’) and Lukas Nmecha (83’) were on the mark for the Green-and-Whites, but that was not enough to cancel out a double from Serhou Guirassy (14’/54’ pen.) and another from Josha Vagnoman (77’), in front of a capacity crowd of 28,917 fans at the Volkswagen Arena.
This means that the Wolves remain 13th in the table, with their next Bundesliga match coming away to leaders Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday 10 March (kick-off: 19.30 CET).
Goals
- 0-1 Guirassy (14’): Maximilian Mittelstädt finds himself with a lot of space on the left wing and fires an accurate cross into the Wolfsburg penalty area. Guirassy manages to outjump Moritz Jenz and flicks an unstoppable header from ten metres out into the far right corner.
- 1-1 Maehle (50’): The ideal way to come out of the half-time break… Kevin Paredes and Lovro Majer combine perfectly to cut through the Stuttgart defence. The ball comes to Maehle, whose first-time strike from the left side of the box flies into the back of the net.
- 1-2 Guirassy (54’, pen): Heartbreak just moments later as Stuttgart immediately restore their lead. Goalscorer Maehle is a step too late at the other end of the park this time around and Enzo Millot goes down in the box. Guirassy steps up and converts the penalty.
- 1-3 Vagnoman (77’): VfL press forward and that leaves gaps which VfB are clever enough to exploit. On the right-hand edge of the box, Vagnoman finds himself in space and curls a shot into the far left corner.
- 2-3 Nmecha (83’): Back on the scoresheet at last! Having only just come on, Nmecha finds himself in the right place at the right time with the ball bouncing around in the box, and he hands VfL a lifeline.
