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

Bundesliga · Saturday 21 October 2023

Result

VfL Wolfsburg 1-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Saturday 21 October 2023, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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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 21 October 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Jeremie Frimpong opened the scoring in the 13th minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goal came from Maxence Lacroix (41'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Jeremie Frimpong (13') and Alejandro Grimaldo (62').

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

Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 7th on 12 points from 7 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2nd on 19 points from 7. VfL Wolfsburg went on to finish that season 12th with 37 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1st with 90.

VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jeremie Frimpong of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (8.5), ahead of Jonas Wind (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 VfL Wolfsburg wins, 3 draws and 3 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Jeremie FrimpongBayer 04 Leverkusen · 0-1
  • 36'Yellow card · Maximilian ArnoldVfL Wolfsburg
  • 37'Yellow card · Exequiel PalaciosBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 41'Goal · Maxence LacroixVfL Wolfsburg · 1-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Ridle BakuVfL Wolfsburg
  • 55'Yellow card · Granit XhakaBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 56'Yellow card · Amine AdliBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 62'Goal · Alejandro GrimaldoBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-2
  • 65'Yellow card · Joakim MæhleVfL Wolfsburg
  • 74'Yellow card · Jonas HofmannBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 86'Yellow card · Edmond TapsobaBayer 04 Leverkusen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: VfL Wolfsburg 4, draws 3, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3.

Team news

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

Pavao Pervan, Sebastiaan Bornauw, Moritz Jenz, Maxence Lacroix, Ridle Baku, Mattias Svanberg, Maximilian Arnold, Joakim Maehle, Yannick Gerhardt, Tiago Tomás, Jonas Wind

Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (3-4-2-1)

Lukas Hradecky, Josip Stanisic, Jonathan Tah, Edmond Tapsoba, Jeremie Frimpong, Exequiel Palacios, Granit Xhaka, Alejandro Grimaldo, Jonas Hofmann, Amine Adli, Victor Boniface