Hamburger SV 2-1 VfL Wolfsburg: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 20 May 2017

Result

Hamburger SV 2-1 VfL Wolfsburg

Bundesliga · Saturday 20 May 2017, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Hamburger SV 2-1 VfL Wolfsburg: match report

Hamburger SV defeated VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 20 May 2017. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Robin Knoche opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Hamburger SV's goals came from Filip Kostić (32') and Luca Waldschmidt (88'). VfL Wolfsburg scored through Robin Knoche (23').

Discipline: Hamburger SV received 4 yellow cards; VfL Wolfsburg received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hamburger SV were 16th on 35 points from 33 and VfL Wolfsburg 15th on 37 points from 33. Hamburger SV went on to finish that season 14th with 38 points, and VfL Wolfsburg 16th with 37.

Hamburger SV lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and VfL Wolfsburg in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Filip Kostic of Hamburger SV (8.4), ahead of Luca Waldschmidt (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Hamburger SV wins, 4 draws and 6 for VfL Wolfsburg.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Robin KnocheVfL Wolfsburg · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Gotoku SakaiHamburger SV
  • 32'Goal · Filip KostićHamburger SV · 1-1
  • 36'Yellow card · Josuha GuilavoguiVfL Wolfsburg
  • 59'Yellow card · VieirinhaVfL Wolfsburg
  • 80'Yellow card · Kyriakos PapadopoulosHamburger SV
  • 88'Goal · Luca WaldschmidtHamburger SV · 2-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Filip KostićHamburger SV
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Koen CasteelsVfL Wolfsburg
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Michael GregoritschHamburger SV

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Hamburger SV 0, draws 4, VfL Wolfsburg 6.

Team news

Hamburger SV line-up (4-2-3-1)

Christian Mathenia, Gotoku Sakai, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Mërgim Mavraj, Matthias Ostrzolek, Albin Ekdal, Gideon Jung, Nicolai Müller, Lewis Holtby, Filip Kostic, Bobby Wood

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

Koen Casteels, Sebastian Jung, Robin Knoche, Philipp Wollscheid, Yannick Gerhardt, Josuha Guilavogui, Luiz Gustavo, Jakub Błaszczykowski, Yunus Mallı, Paul-Georges Ntep, Mario Gómez