VfL Wolfsburg 0-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 26 January 2019

Result

VfL Wolfsburg 0-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Saturday 26 January 2019, 14:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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VfL Wolfsburg 0-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

VfL Wolfsburg were beaten by Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0-3 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 26 January 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Kai Havertz opened the scoring in the 45th minute. VfL Wolfsburg did not score. Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Kai Havertz (45', penalty), Kevin Volland (62') and Julian Brandt (88').

Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 5 yellow cards; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 6th on 28 points from 18 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 10th on 24 points from 18. VfL Wolfsburg went on to finish that season 6th with 55 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4th with 58.

VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Koen Casteels of VfL Wolfsburg (8.6), level with Kevin Volland (8.6).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Yellow card · Elvis RexhbecajVfL Wolfsburg
  • 44'Yellow card · WilliamVfL Wolfsburg
  • 45'Penalty goal · Kai HavertzBayer 04 Leverkusen · 0-1
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Charles AránguizBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 54'Yellow card · John Anthony BrooksVfL Wolfsburg
  • 55'Yellow card · WendellBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 62'Goal · Kevin VollandBayer 04 Leverkusen · 0-2
  • 76'Yellow card · L. BaileyBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 86'Yellow card · M. ArnoldVfL Wolfsburg
  • 88'Goal · Julian BrandtBayer 04 Leverkusen · 0-3
  • 90'Yellow card · Jérôme RoussillonVfL Wolfsburg

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Koen Casteels, William, Robin Knoche, John Brooks, Jérôme Roussillon, Yannick Gerhardt, Maximilian Arnold, Elvis Rexhbecaj, Admir Mehmedi, Wout Weghorst, Renato Steffen

Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-3-3)

Lukas Hradecky, Lars Bender, Jonathan Tah, Sven Bender, Wendell, Kai Havertz, Charles Aránguiz, Julian Brandt, Leon Bailey, Kevin Volland, Karim Bellarabi