Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-3 VfL Wolfsburg: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 1 September 2018

Result

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-3 VfL Wolfsburg

Bundesliga · Saturday 1 September 2018, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-3 VfL Wolfsburg: match report

Bayer 04 Leverkusen were beaten by VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 1 September 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

L. Bailey opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goal came from L. Bailey (24'). VfL Wolfsburg scored through an own goal by Ramazan Özcan (36'), Wout Weghorst (55') and Renato Steffen (60').

Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 3 yellow cards; VfL Wolfsburg received 3 yellow cards.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 4th with 58 points, and VfL Wolfsburg 6th with 55.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and VfL Wolfsburg in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Kai Havertz of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (7.8), level with Wout Weghorst (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins, 2 draws and 4 for VfL Wolfsburg.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Ignacio CamachoVfL Wolfsburg
  • 24'Goal · L. BaileyBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-0
  • 36'Own goal · Ramazan ÖzcanVfL Wolfsburg · 1-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Jérôme RoussillonVfL Wolfsburg
  • 55'Goal · Wout WeghorstVfL Wolfsburg · 1-2
  • 60'Goal · Renato SteffenVfL Wolfsburg · 1-3
  • 72'Yellow card · Aleksandar DragovicBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 73'Yellow card · Isaac Kiese ThelinBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 89'Yellow card · Mitchell WeiserBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Daniel GinczekVfL Wolfsburg

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4, draws 2, VfL Wolfsburg 4.

Team news

Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ramazan Özcan, Mitchell Weiser, Jonathan Tah, Aleksandar Dragovic, Wendell, Kai Havertz, Lars Bender, Leon Bailey, Kevin Volland, Julian Brandt, Lucas Alario

VfL Wolfsburg line-up (4-3-3)

Pavao Pervan, William, Robin Knoche, John Brooks, Jérôme Roussillon, Maximilian Arnold, Ignacio Camacho, Yannick Gerhardt, Renato Steffen, Wout Weghorst, Josip Brekalo