Match highlights
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VfL Wolfsburg vs 1. FSV Mainz 05 highlights
How the goals came
8' Jonas Wind opens the scoring for VfL Wolfsburg (the winner) → 24' Max Kruse extends VfL Wolfsburg's lead → 35' Max Kruse extends VfL Wolfsburg's lead → 42' Jonas Wind extends VfL Wolfsburg's lead → 45+2' Max Kruse extends VfL Wolfsburg's lead. Full time: 5-0, VfL Wolfsburg win.
The match, goal by goal
0 of the 5 goals came after half-time.
8' Jonas Wind (VfL Wolfsburg) 1-0
VfL Wolfsburg hosted 1. FSV Mainz 05 at the Volkswagen Arena on Matchday 31 of the Bundesliga on April 22, 2022, and Jonas Wind opened the scoring in the 8th minute. His goal made it 1-0 and stood as the winner in a match that finished 5-0. It was the first of five goals Wolfsburg scored before half-time.
24' Max Kruse (VfL Wolfsburg) 2-0
With Wolfsburg leading 1-0, Max Kruse added a second in the 24th minute to double the advantage at 2-0. It was the first of three goals Kruse would score on the day.
35' Max Kruse (VfL Wolfsburg) 3-0
Max Kruse struck again in the 35th minute, his second of the match, to make it 3-0. Coming just 11 minutes after his first, the goal gave the home side a three-goal cushion well before the break.
42' Jonas Wind (VfL Wolfsburg) 4-0
Jonas Wind, who had opened the scoring, added his second goal in the 42nd minute. The score moved to 4-0, leaving Mainz four goals behind before half-time.
45'+2 Max Kruse (VfL Wolfsburg) 5-0
In first-half stoppage time, at 45+2, Max Kruse scored his third of the afternoon to complete a hat-trick before the interval. The goal made it 5-0, which held as the final score. Neither side scored after the break, so Wolfsburg's comfortable home win was built entirely in the first half.
