Borussia Dortmund 6-1 VfL Wolfsburg: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 16 April 2022

Result

Borussia Dortmund 6-1 VfL Wolfsburg

Bundesliga · Saturday 16 April 2022, 13:30 UTC · half-time 5-0

Borussia Dortmund · VfL Wolfsburg · Bundesliga predictions

Borussia Dortmund 6-1 VfL Wolfsburg: match report

Borussia Dortmund beat VfL Wolfsburg 6-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 16 April 2022. It was 5-0 at half-time.

T. Rothe opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Borussia Dortmund's goals came from T. Rothe (24'), Axel Witsel (26'), Manuel Akanji (28'), Emre Can (34'), Erling Haaland (38') and Erling Haaland (54'). VfL Wolfsburg scored through Ridle Baku (81').

Discipline: Borussia Dortmund received no yellow cards; VfL Wolfsburg received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Borussia Dortmund were 2nd on 60 points from 29 and VfL Wolfsburg 13th on 34 points from 29. Borussia Dortmund went on to finish that season 2nd with 69 points, and VfL Wolfsburg 12th with 42.

Borussia Dortmund lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and VfL Wolfsburg in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Erling Haaland of Borussia Dortmund (9.1), ahead of Julian Brandt (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Borussia Dortmund wins, 1 draw and 0 for VfL Wolfsburg.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

24'Goal · T. RotheBorussia Dortmund · 1-0
26'Goal · Axel WitselBorussia Dortmund · 2-0
28'Goal · Manuel AkanjiBorussia Dortmund · 3-0
33'Yellow card · Ridle BakuVfL Wolfsburg
34'Goal · Emre CanBorussia Dortmund · 4-0
38'Goal · Erling HaalandBorussia Dortmund · 5-0
41'Yellow card · Yannick GerhardtVfL Wolfsburg
54'Goal · Erling HaalandBorussia Dortmund · 6-0
81'Goal · Ridle BakuVfL Wolfsburg · 6-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Borussia Dortmund 9, draws 1, VfL Wolfsburg 0.

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VfL Wolfsburg 0-2 Borussia DortmundBundesliga · 23 May 2020
Borussia Dortmund 3-0 VfL WolfsburgBundesliga · 2 Nov 2019
Borussia Dortmund 2-0 VfL WolfsburgBundesliga · 30 Mar 2019

Team news

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Steffen TiggesBorussia Dortmund · injury (Fracture Dislocation Of The Ankle)
Admir MehmediVfL Wolfsburg · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Felix PasslackBorussia Dortmund · injury (Muscle Injury)
Mahmoud DahoudBorussia Dortmund · injury (Shoulder Injury)
Mats HummelsBorussia Dortmund · injury (Muscle Injury)
Micky van de VenVfL Wolfsburg · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Paulo OtávioVfL Wolfsburg · injury (Knee Injury)
Raphaël GuerreiroBorussia Dortmund · injury (Muscular problems)
Daniel GinczekVfL Wolfsburg · injury (Muscular problems)
Thorgan HazardBorussia Dortmund · injury (Back Trouble)
Donyell MalenBorussia Dortmund · injury (Injury)
Luca WaldschmidtVfL Wolfsburg · injury (Ankle Problems)
Thomas MeunierBorussia Dortmund · injury (Torn Tendon)

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

Gregor Kobel, Emre Can, Manuel Akanji, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Marius Wolf, Axel Witsel, Jude Bellingham, Tom Rothe, Julian Brandt, Marco Reus, Erling Haaland

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

Koen Casteels, Maxence Lacroix, Sebastiaan Bornauw, John Brooks, Ridle Baku, Maximilian Arnold, Xaver Schlager, Yannick Gerhardt, Jonas Wind, Zoran Zekic, Lukas Nmecha