VfL Wolfsburg vs AS Saint-Etienne, Europe 2019-20 GROUP STAGE
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Match Preview
VfL Wolfsburg vs AS Saint-Etienne — Europe at Volkswagen Arena.
- VfL Wolfsburg 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- AS Saint-Etienne 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee David Coote
- Referee Paul Tierney
- Referee Constantine Hatzidakis
- Referee Eddie Smart
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21 2 Aston Villa FC 8 21 3 FC Midtjylland 8 19 4 Real Betis Balompie 8 17 5 FC Porto 8 17 6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17 7 SC Freiburg 8 17 8 AS Roma 8 16 9 KRC Genk 8 16 10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15 11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15 12 Ferencvarosi TC 8 15 13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14 14 FC Viktoria Plzen 8 14 15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14 16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13 17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12 18 Lille OSC 8 12 19 Fenerbahce SK 8 12 20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12 21 Celtic FC 8 11 22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10 23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10 24 SK Brann 8 9 25 BSC Young Boys 8 9 26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7 27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7 28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7 29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6 30 FC Basel 1893 8 6 31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6 32 Rangers FC 8 4 33 OGC Nice 8 3 34 FC Utrecht 8 1 35 Malmo FF 8 1 36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 12 Dec AS Saint-Etienne H 1–0 W 07 Dec SC Freiburg A 0–1 L 01 Dec SV Werder Bremen H 2–3 L 28 Nov FK Oleksandriya A 1–0 W 23 Nov Eintracht Frankfurt A 2–0 W 10 Nov Bayer 04 Leverkusen H 0–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 12 Dec VfL Wolfsburg A 0–1 L 08 Dec Stade de Reims A 1–3 L 04 Dec OGC Nice H 4–1 W 01 Dec Stade Rennais FC 1901 A 1–2 L 28 Nov KAA Gent H 0–0 D 24 Nov Montpellier HSC H 0–0 D Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
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Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for VfL Wolfsburg to score. At the same time, AS Saint-Etienne does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' AS Saint-Etienne is showing some good football. However, AS Saint-Etienne are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
- 15' VfL Wolfsburg seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 20' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering AS Saint-Etienne that had 417 games and scored 332 goals.
- 21' Robert Beric was booked on 21.
- 24' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Kevin Mbabu.
- 29' Assane Diousse has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 32 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 34' Supporters expect more eagerness from Xaver Schlager, as he is very good at scoring at Volkswagen Arena with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
- 39' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 44' Arnaud Nordin needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 46' The supporters are chanting for Franck Honorat. He replaces Jean-Eudes Aholou on 46 minute.
- 51' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 52' Goal! Paulo Otavio scores his 3 goal in 169 matches.
- 55' AS Saint-Etienne manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Bilal Benkhedim is hanging Romain Hamouma on the field on 55 minute.
- 60' VfL Wolfsburg started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 60.
- 64' Another substitution for VfL Wolfsburg to replace Xaver Schlager by Yunus Malli on 64 minute.
- 69' The travelling AS Saint-Etienne supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 74' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Sergi Palencia suffering a number of foals already.
- 77' It is a substitution in AS Saint-Etienne team. Assane Diousse is replaced by Gabriel Silva on 77 minute.
- 78' The referee calls foul for Timothee Kolodziejczak. He receives a Yellow card.
- 79' VfL Wolfsburg manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jerome Roussillon is hanging Paulo Otavio on the field on 79 minute.
- 84' AS Saint-Etienne is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 89' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. AS Saint-Etienne needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 90' Renato Steffen was booked on 90.
- With this win, VfL Wolfsburg is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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VfL Wolfsburg
Starting XI-
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Daniel Ginczek ↓ Lukas Nmecha 64'
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- 32
- 13
- 37
- 8
- 7
- 12
- 6
- 19
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24
Xaver Schlager ↓ Yunus Malli 64'
Bench-
22
Lukas Nmecha ↑ 64'
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15
Jerome Roussillon ↑ 79'
- 25
- 23
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10
Yunus Malli ↑ 64'
- 40
- 35
Coach Oliver GlasnerAS Saint-Etienne
Starting XI- 17
- 18
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25
Assane Diousse ↓ Gabriel Silva 77'
- 30
- 21
- 6
- 27
- 5
- 28
- 23
- 2
Bench- 9
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11
Gabriel Silva ↑ 77'
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Franck Honorat ↑ 46'
- 42
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15
Bilal Benkhedim ↑ 55'
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Coach Claude Puel -
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