VfL Wolfsburg 2-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 16 October 2010

Result

VfL Wolfsburg 2-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Saturday 16 October 2010, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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VfL Wolfsburg 2-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

VfL Wolfsburg were beaten by Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-3 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 16 October 2010. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Diego opened the scoring in the 9th minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goals came from Diego (9') and Grafite (68'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Simon Rolfes (72'), A. Vidal (75', penalty) and Simon Rolfes (82').

Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 1 yellow card; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 11th on 10 points from 7 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 6th on 12 points from 7. VfL Wolfsburg went on to finish that season 15th with 38 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2nd with 68.

VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 VfL Wolfsburg wins, 2 draws and 5 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Going into the match VfL Wolfsburg's last five read D-W-W-W-L and Bayer 04 Leverkusen's D-W-W-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · DiegoVfL Wolfsburg · 1-0
  • 31'Yellow card · Tranquillo BarnettaBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 67'Yellow card · Stefan ReinartzBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 68'Goal · GrafiteVfL Wolfsburg · 2-0
  • 70'Yellow card · Manuel FriedrichBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 72'Goal · Simon RolfesBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-1
  • 75'Penalty goal · A. VidalBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-2
  • 77'Yellow card · Michal KadlecBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 82'Goal · Simon RolfesBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-3
  • 89'Yellow card · A. DejagahVfL Wolfsburg
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Sidney SamBayer 04 Leverkusen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: VfL Wolfsburg 3, draws 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5.

Team news

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

Marwin Hitz, Makoto Hasebe, Sascha Riether, Simon Kjær, Andrea Barzagli, Marcel Schäfer, Josué, Thomas Kahlenberg, Edin Džeko, Grafite, Diego

Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-4-2)

René Adler, Daniel Schwaab, Manuel Friedrich, Michal Kadlec, Stefan Reinartz, Tranquillo Barnetta, Sidney Sam, Arturo Vidal, Eren Derdiyok, Sami Hyypia, Patrick Helmes