The highlights from the first half:
6th minute: Phew! Wolfsburg almost take the lead! A cross is whipped in from the right hand side and Joao Victor meets it but can’t keep his header down and the ball flies over the crossbar.
11th minute: VAR is checking for a potential penalty after the ball hit the hand of Guilavogui in his own box...
12th minute: Penalty to Werder! The referee points to the spot after reviewing the incident. Huge chance for Werder!
13th minute: GOAL FOR WERDER! Rashica stays ice-cold from 12 yards and gives Werder the lead. The Kosovan sends the keeper the wrong way and finds the back of the net!
17th minute: What a save by Pavlenka! Weghorst steals the ball off Groß in his own half and plays in Joao Victor who only has the keeper to beat. Pavlenka makes himself big and makes a great save with his foot to deny the hosts an equaliser.
36th minute: Goal for Wolfsburg. 1-1. Mehmedi whips in the cross, finding Brooks who manages to get his head on it. Weghorst pounces on the second ball quickest and bundles the ball over the line with his knee. Game on!
39th minute: GOAL FOR WERDER! 2-1! What a reply from the visitors. Leonardo Bittencourt restores their lead. Klaassen carries the ball through the midfield and lays it off for Augustinsson. The full-back runs onto the ball with pace and whips it into the middle, finding Bittencourt who stoops down to head the ball into the net. What a goal!
45th minute + 1: Half time! Werder lead 2-1 in a tense game. If the Green-Whites play in the second half as they did in the first then they have a great chance of picking up their first Bundesliga win since September.