Ridle Baku and Lukas Nmecha were on target as Wolfsburg beat Red Bull Salzburg to record their first win in UEFA Champions League Group G.

Wolfsburg 2-1 RB Salzburg
Goals: 1-0 Baku 3' (assist: Gerhardt), 1-1 Wöber (30'), 2-1 Nmecha 60' (assist: Arnold)

Fresh off a morale-boosting 2-0 victory at Bayer Leverkusen in Florian Kohfeldt’s first game as head coach, Wolfsburg survived an early scare when Germany international Karim Adeyemi screwed wide with the goal at his mercy. The Wolves heeded the warning and duly took the lead when Baku connected from close range with Yannick Gerhardt’s low cross. John Brooks succeeded in keeping Adeyemi at arm’s length, but there was nothing the US defender could do about Salzburg’s equaliser. After Wout Weghorst was penalised for a foul on Mohamed Camara, Maximilian Wöber thundered in a free-kick Koen Casteels could only get a hand to.

Weghorst was almost punished for failing to make the most of two late first-half opportunities as Salzburg emerged from the restart with the bit between their teeth. Adeyemi drove wide when through on goal, before Noah Okafor shot tamely at Casteels from 10 yards. Wolfsburg’s response was right on the money. Maximilian Arnold launched a stunning pass into the path of Nmecha, who brought the bouncing ball under wraps and smashed into the top corner for 2-1. Wolfsburg went in search of a third as Aster Vranckx tried his luck from range, but needed a pair of smart saves from Casteels to deny Salzburg a late leveller and keep their hopes of progressing alive with two group games to go.

Match stats

• Wolfsburg are up to third in Group G, level on five points with Lille. Salzburg have seven; Sevilla three.
• The Wolves have won four of their last six home European games, the draw with Sevilla ending a five-match winning Champions League run at the Volkswagen-Arena.
• Nmecha has scored five competitive goals this season, including two in the Champions League.
• Baku scored his fourth goal of the season.
• However, Weghorst - Wolfsburg's top scorer for three seasons running - has not found the net in six matches.
• Kohfeldt made his Champions League debut. He is one of four head coaches under the age of 40 in this season's Champions League, along with Bayern Munich's Julian Nagelsmann.

Line-ups

Wolfsburg: Casteels (c) - Lacroix, Guilavogui, Brooks - Baku, Vranckx (Mbabu 82'), Arnold, Otavio (Steffen 73') - L. Nmecha, Weghorst (Lukebakio 63'), Gerhardt (Roussillon 73')
Unused subs: Pervan, Van de Ven, Philipp, F. Nmecha, Ginczek
Out: Bialek (knee), Bornauw (ankle), Mehmedi (muscular), Schlager (knee), Waldschmidt (thigh), William (knee)
Coach: Florian Kohfeldt

Salzburg: Köhn - Kristensen, Onguene (Solet 77'), Wöber, Ulmer (c) - Sucic (Adamu 77'), Camara (Kjaergaard 89'), Seiwald - Aaronson - Adeyemi (Sesko 63'), Okafor
Unused subs: Mantl, Walke, Bernede, Diambou, Ludewig, Guindo, Bernardo
Out: Capaldo (suspended), Junuzovic (heel), Koita (ACL), Piatkowski (ankle), Vallci (Achilles tendon)
Coach: Matthias Jaissle

As it happened!

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