VfL Wolfsburg 1-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 29 October 2016

Result

VfL Wolfsburg 1-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Saturday 29 October 2016, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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VfL Wolfsburg 1-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

VfL Wolfsburg were beaten by Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 29 October 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

M. Arnold opened the scoring in the 37th minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goal came from M. Arnold (37'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through A. Mehmedi (79') and T. Jedvaj (83').

Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 1 yellow card; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 16th on 6 points from 8 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 11th on 10 points from 8. VfL Wolfsburg went on to finish that season 16th with 37 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 12th with 41.

VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tin Jedvaj of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (7.8), level with Lars Bender (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 VfL Wolfsburg wins, 1 draw and 3 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Goal · M. ArnoldVfL Wolfsburg · 1-0
  • 59'Yellow card · A. MehmediBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 65'Yellow card · Lars BenderBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 71'Yellow card · WendellBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 79'Goal · A. MehmediBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Josip BrekaloVfL Wolfsburg
  • 83'Goal · T. JedvajBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: VfL Wolfsburg 6, draws 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3.

Team news

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

Diego Benaglio, Jakub Błaszczykowski, Robin Knoche, Ricardo Rodríguez, Yannick Gerhardt, Paul Seguin, Luiz Gustavo, Daniel Caligiuri, Maximilian Arnold, Julian Draxler, Mario Gómez

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

Bernd Leno, Benjamin Henrichs, Tin Jedvaj, Aleksandar Dragovic, Wendell, Admir Mehmedi, Lars Bender, Charles Aránguiz, Julian Brandt, Kevin Kampl, Javier Hernández Balcázar