Matchday 30 · Bundesliga 2025-26 · April 18, 2026
Goals only: this source has no shots, so the replay comes from each side's goals over the season.
Union Berlin 1–2 Wolfsburg: lucky or expected?
Wolfsburg beat Union Berlin 2–1, but the goals lean toward Union Berlin: 5 wins in 10 to Wolfsburg’s 2, 3 end level. Rated on this season’s goals, Union Berlin were expected to score 1.8 here and Wolfsburg 1.4.
Full time
| Team | Goals |
|---|---|
 Union Berlin | 1 |
 VfL Wolfsburg | 2 |
What the goals say
Luck index +58 Wolfsburg lucky · −58 Union Berlin
Our source has this match’s goals but not its shots, so it is replayed from what each side’s goals over the season say: both teams rated on every goal scored and conceded, and the match played again 4,000 times from those ratings. How often does this result come out? How the goals-only replay works
Ten replays. Union Berlin win 5, 3 end level, Wolfsburg win 2.
- 1 FCU 2 WOB 1
- 2 FCU 3 WOB 2
- 3 FCU 4 WOB 2
- 4 FCU 3 WOB 1
- 5 FCU 3 WOB 0
- 6 FCU 1 WOB 1
- 7 FCU 4 WOB 4
- 8 FCU 3 WOB 3
- 9 FCU 1 WOB 3
- 10 FCU 1 WOB 2
The goals
Union Berlin’s chance of winning
As low as 0% and as high as 57%. Numbers mark the goals, listed below.
| Minute | Goal | Score | Win chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. 11' | Patrick Wimmer (Wolfsburg) | 0–1 | +23% Wolfsburg |
| 2. 46' | Dzenan Pejcinovic (Wolfsburg) | 0–2 | +17% Wolfsburg |
| 3. 85' | Oliver Burke (Union Berlin) | 1–2 | +4% Union Berlin |
Win chance: the scoring side’s chance of winning the moment before the goal against the moment after it, from the score and the minutes left. A draw counts half.
About these numbers
Scores and goals from openfootball (public domain), the newest also from OpenLigaDB (Open Database License). Neither has no shots, so there is no expected goals for this match and no finishing luck: the replay, the in-game win probability and the luck index are our own models, built from the season’s goals alone (methodology and validation). The luck index is how far the result was from what the goals say. Wolfsburg win 42% of replays (a draw counted as half).
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