VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 18 April 2009
Result
VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Bundesliga · Saturday 18 April 2009, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
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VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report
VfL Wolfsburg beat Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 18 April 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Grafite opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goals came from Grafite (23', penalty) and Grafite (85'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Toni Kroos (53').
Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 1 yellow card; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 1st on 54 points from 27 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 9th on 42 points from 27. VfL Wolfsburg went on to finish that season 1st with 69 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 9th with 49.
VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-1-3-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 VfL Wolfsburg wins, 2 draws and 3 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
Going into the match VfL Wolfsburg's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Bayer 04 Leverkusen's D-W-D-L-D.
Key events
- 23'Penalty goal · Grafite
- 24'Yellow card · Manuel Friedrich
- 39'Yellow card · Sascha Riether
- 53'Goal · Toni Kroos
- 60'Yellow card · Michal Kadlec
- 85'Goal · Grafite
- 90+1'Yellow card · Gonzalo Castro
Head-to-head
Team news
VfL Wolfsburg line-up (4-1-3-2)
Diego Benaglio, Jan Simunek, Peter Pekarík, Sascha Riether, Andrea Barzagli, Marcel Schäfer, Josué, Zvjezdan Misimović, Edin Džeko, Grafite, Christian Gentner
Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-1-3-2)
René Adler, Henrique, Manuel Friedrich, Michal Kadlec, Simon Rolfes, Renato Augusto, Lukas Sinkiewicz, Arturo Vidal, Toni Kroos, Stefan Kießling, Patrick Helmes