Borussia Dortmund 2-3 VfL Wolfsburg: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 8 December 2012
Result
Borussia Dortmund 2-3 VfL Wolfsburg
Bundesliga · Saturday 8 December 2012, 14:30 UTC · half-time 1-2
Borussia Dortmund 2-3 VfL Wolfsburg: match report
Borussia Dortmund were beaten by VfL Wolfsburg 2-3 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 8 December 2012. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Marco Reus opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Borussia Dortmund's goals came from Marco Reus (6') and Jakub Błaszczykowski (61', penalty). VfL Wolfsburg scored through Diego (36', penalty), Naldo (41') and Bas Dost (73').
Discipline: Borussia Dortmund received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; VfL Wolfsburg received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Borussia Dortmund were 3rd on 27 points from 15 and VfL Wolfsburg 15th on 16 points from 15. Borussia Dortmund went on to finish that season 3rd with 62 points, and VfL Wolfsburg 11th with 43.
Borussia Dortmund lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and VfL Wolfsburg in a 4-2-3-1.
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-D-W-W-W and VfL Wolfsburg's D-L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Marco Reus
- 35'Red card · Marcel Schmelzer
- 36'Penalty goal · Diego
- 41'Goal · Naldo
- 49'Yellow card · Marco Reus
- 61'Yellow card · Simon Kjær
- 61'Penalty goal · Jakub Błaszczykowski
- 63'Yellow card · Josué
- 64'Yellow card · İlkay Gündoğan
- 73'Goal · Bas Dost
- 83'Yellow card · Mario Götze
- 90'Yellow card · Thomas Kahlenberg
- 90'Yellow card · Thomas Kahlenberg
Head-to-head
Team news
Borussia Dortmund line-up (4-2-3-1)
Roman Weidenfeller, Mats Hummels, Łukasz Piszczek, Felipe Santana, Marcel Schmelzer, İlkay Gündoğan, Mario Götze, Marco Reus, Robert Lewandowski, Jakub Błaszczykowski, Moritz Leitner
VfL Wolfsburg line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego Benaglio, Vieirinha, Makoto Hasebe, Naldo, Fagner, Simon Kjær, Marcel Schäfer, Josué, Diego, Jan Polak, Bas Dost