German Bundesliga

VfL Wolfsburg vs Borussia Dortmund, 2024-25 German Bundesliga

· German Bundesliga
VfL Wolfsburg
  • 58': Denis Vavro
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Borussia Dortmund
  • 25': Donyell Malen
  • 28': Maximilian Beier
  • 30': Julian Brandt
  • Red Card 62': Pascal Groß

Quickfire strikes help Dortmund to 3-1 win at Wolfsburg

Borussia Dortmund struck three times in five first-half minutes to secure a 3-1 win at VfL Wolfsburg on Sunday and climb to sixth in the Bundesliga.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Attempt missed. Maximilian Beier (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Donyell Malen with a cross.
  • 2': Attempt missed. Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Maximilian Beier.
  • 3': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Maximilian Arnold.
  • 5': Foul by Mohammed Amoura (VfL Wolfsburg).
  • 5': Ramy Bensebaini (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 7': Foul by Ridle Baku (VfL Wolfsburg).
  • 7': Jamie Gittens (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 10': Attempt blocked. Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Maximilian Beier.
  • 11': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Kilian Fischer.
  • 12': Foul by Jamie Gittens (Borussia Dortmund).
  • 12': Ridle Baku (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Attempt missed. Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jamie Gittens.
  • 15': Attempt missed. Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Serhou Guirassy.
  • 18': Attempt missed. Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jamie Gittens with a through ball.
  • 24': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Denis Vavro.
  • 25': Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 0, Borussia Dortmund 1. Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ramy Bensebaini with a cross following a corner.
  • 28': Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 0, Borussia Dortmund 2. Maximilian Beier (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Julian Brandt with a through ball.
  • 30': Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 0, Borussia Dortmund 3. Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Maximilian Beier.
  • 35': Attempt saved. Mattias Svanberg (VfL Wolfsburg) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jonas Wind with a headed pass.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Julian Brandt.
  • 40': Foul by Maximilian Beier (Borussia Dortmund).
  • 40': Mohammed Amoura (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 43': Foul by Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund).
  • 43': Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 44': Attempt blocked. Jonas Wind (VfL Wolfsburg) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Maximilian Arnold with a cross.
  • 45': Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45': Foul by Jonas Wind (VfL Wolfsburg).
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, VfL Wolfsburg 0, Borussia Dortmund 3.
  • 45': Second Half begins VfL Wolfsburg 0, Borussia Dortmund 3.
  • 45': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Lukas Nmecha replaces Mattias Svanberg.
  • 45': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Tiago Tomás replaces Kilian Fischer.
  • 49': Attempt saved. Lukas Nmecha (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ridle Baku with a through ball.
  • 49': Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Gregor Kobel.
  • 50': Foul by Konstantinos Koulierakis (VfL Wolfsburg).
  • 50': Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 50': Konstantinos Koulierakis (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 52': Attempt missed. Maximilian Beier (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Pascal Groß.
  • 53': Attempt missed. Mohammed Amoura (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Tiago Tomás.
  • 54': Foul by Yannick Gerhardt (VfL Wolfsburg).
  • 54': Maximilian Beier (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 55': Yannick Gerhardt (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 55': Offside, Borussia Dortmund. Donyell Malen is caught offside.
  • 57': Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Jamie Gittens.
  • 57': Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Felix Nmecha.
  • 58': Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 1, Borussia Dortmund 3. Denis Vavro (VfL Wolfsburg) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Maximilian Arnold with a cross following a corner.
  • 62': Foul by Pascal Groß (Borussia Dortmund).
  • 62': Lukas Nmecha (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 62': Pascal Groß (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the red card.
  • 63': Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card.
  • 64': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Waldemar Anton replaces Donyell Malen.
  • 64': Attempt blocked. Denis Vavro (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ridle Baku.
  • 65': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Kamil Grabara.
  • 68': Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Felix Nmecha.
  • 68': Attempt blocked. Mohammed Amoura (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
  • 69': Attempt saved. Jamie Gittens (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Julian Brandt.
  • 70': Foul by Denis Vavro (VfL Wolfsburg).
  • 70': Jamie Gittens (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 70': Denis Vavro (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 73': Foul by Jonas Wind (VfL Wolfsburg).
  • 73': Waldemar Anton (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Foul by Konstantinos Koulierakis (VfL Wolfsburg).
  • 74': Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Yan Couto replaces Maximilian Beier.
  • 75': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Salih Özcan replaces Yannick Gerhardt.
  • 78': Attempt saved. Tiago Tomás (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joakim Mæhle.
  • 81': Foul by Emre Can (Borussia Dortmund).
  • 81': Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 82': Attempt blocked. Tiago Tomás (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohammed Amoura.
  • 82': Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Nico Schlotterbeck.
  • 83': Attempt missed. Mohammed Amoura (VfL Wolfsburg) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
  • 83': Attempt blocked. Joakim Mæhle (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 84': Attempt saved. Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ridle Baku.
  • 84': Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Emre Can.
  • 85': Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Jamie Gittens.
  • 85': Attempt blocked. Mohammed Amoura (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
  • 86': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Patrick Wimmer replaces Mohammed Amoura.
  • 86': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Jakub Kaminski replaces Joakim Mæhle.
  • 87': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Karim Adeyemi replaces Jamie Gittens.
  • 87': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Giovanni Reyna replaces Julian Brandt.
  • 89': Foul by Yan Couto (Borussia Dortmund).
  • 89': Tiago Tomás (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Ramy Bensebaini.
  • 90': Foul by Giovanni Reyna (Borussia Dortmund).
  • 90': Salih Özcan (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+2': Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Ramy Bensebaini.
  • 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Lukas Nmecha (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 90'+4': Yan Couto (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+6': Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Ramy Bensebaini.
  • 90'+7': Foul by Karim Adeyemi (Borussia Dortmund).
  • 90'+7': Patrick Wimmer (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+8': Second Half ends, VfL Wolfsburg 1, Borussia Dortmund 3.
  • 0': Match ends, VfL Wolfsburg 1, Borussia Dortmund 3.

Statistics

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8 Fouls 8
2 Yellow Cards 3
1 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
4 Corner Kicks 10
4 Saves 1
50.1 Possession 49.9
12 SHOTS 14
4 ON GOAL 5
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
407 Accurate Passes 362
471 Passes 449
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 7
12 Crosses 30
0.3 Cross % 0.2
49 Long Balls 44
26 Accurate Long Balls 22
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
2 Blocked Shots 7
9 Effective Tackles 8
13 Tackles 15
0.7 Tackle % 0.5
11 Interceptions 6
36 Effective Clearances 15
36 Clearances 15

Game Information

Competition: German Bundesliga

Venue: Volkswagen Arena
Location: Wolfsburg, Germany
Attendance: 28,917

Bundesliga Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Bayern Munich 17 +40 42
2 Bayer Leverkusen 17 +18 38
3 Eintracht Frankfurt 17 +16 33
4 RB Leipzig 17 +5 30
Full Table

Line-Ups

WOB VfL Wolfsburg (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Kamil Grabara (GK)
18 Denis Vavro
4 Konstantinos Koulierakis Yellow Card
2 Kilian Fischer
31 Yannick Gerhardt Yellow Card
32 Mattias Svanberg
27 Maximilian Arnold
21 Joakim Maehle
20 Ridle Baku
9 Mohamed Amoura
23 Jonas Wind
VfL Wolfsburg Substitutes:
Cédric Zesiger, Marius Müller, Patrick Wimmer, Bence Dárdai, Tiago Tomas, Lukas Nmecha, Kevin Behrens, Salih Özcan, Jakub Kaminski.

DOR Borussia Dortmund (4-1-3-2)

No. Name
1 Gregor Kobel (GK)
4 Nico Schlotterbeck
23 Emre Can
8 Felix Nmecha
5 Ramy Bensebaini
13 Pascal Groß Red Card
10 Julian Brandt
43 Jamie Gittens
21 Donyell Malen
9 Serhou Guirassy
14 Maximilian Beier
Borussia Dortmund Substitutes:
Julien Duranville, Waldemar Anton, Alexander Meyer, Ayman Azhil, Giovanni Reyna, Almugera Kabar, Yan Couto, Karim Adeyemi.

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