Borussia Dortmund 5-1 VfL Wolfsburg: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 5 November 2011

Result

Borussia Dortmund 5-1 VfL Wolfsburg

Bundesliga · Saturday 5 November 2011, 14:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Borussia Dortmund 5-1 VfL Wolfsburg: match report

Borussia Dortmund defeated VfL Wolfsburg 5-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 5 November 2011. The half-time score was 2-0.

Mario Götze opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Borussia Dortmund's goals came from Mario Götze (12'), Shinji Kagawa (45'), Sven Bender (61'), Robert Lewandowski (66') and Mario Götze (78'). VfL Wolfsburg scored through Alexander Hleb (59').

Discipline: Borussia Dortmund received 1 yellow card; VfL Wolfsburg received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Borussia Dortmund were 3rd on 20 points from 11 and VfL Wolfsburg 12th on 13 points from 11. Borussia Dortmund went on to finish that season 1st with 81 points, and VfL Wolfsburg 8th with 44.

Borussia Dortmund lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and VfL Wolfsburg in a 4-3-2-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Borussia Dortmund wins, 2 draws and 3 for VfL Wolfsburg.

Going into the match Borussia Dortmund's last five read D-W-W-W-W and VfL Wolfsburg's L-D-W-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Mario GötzeBorussia Dortmund · 1-0
  • 15'Yellow card · Jan PolakVfL Wolfsburg
  • 40'Yellow card · Christian TräschVfL Wolfsburg
  • 45'Goal · Shinji KagawaBorussia Dortmund · 2-0
  • 59'Goal · Alexander HlebVfL Wolfsburg · 2-1
  • 61'Goal · Sven BenderBorussia Dortmund · 3-1
  • 66'Goal · Robert LewandowskiBorussia Dortmund · 4-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Kevin GrosskreutzBorussia Dortmund
  • 77'Yellow card · ChrisVfL Wolfsburg
  • 78'Goal · Mario GötzeBorussia Dortmund · 5-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Hasan SalihamidzicVfL Wolfsburg

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Borussia Dortmund 5, draws 2, VfL Wolfsburg 3.

Team news

Borussia Dortmund line-up (4-2-3-1)

Roman Weidenfeller, Neven Subotić, Mats Hummels, Sven Bender, Łukasz Piszczek, Mario Götze, Kevin Großkreutz, S. Kagawa, Robert Lewandowski, Moritz Leitner, Marcel Schmelzer

VfL Wolfsburg line-up (4-3-2-1)

Diego Benaglio, Patrick Ochs, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Chris, Marcel Schäfer, Josué, Hasan Salihamidzic, Christian Träsch, Ashkan Dejagah, Jan Polak, Mario Mandžukić