VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 Borussia Dortmund: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 7 April 2012

Result

VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 Borussia Dortmund

Bundesliga · Saturday 7 April 2012, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 Borussia Dortmund: match report

VfL Wolfsburg lost to Borussia Dortmund 1-3 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 7 April 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.

Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goal came from Mario Mandžukić (62'). Borussia Dortmund scored through Robert Lewandowski (22'), Ilkay Gündogan (49') and Robert Lewandowski (90').

Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Borussia Dortmund received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 9th on 40 points from 28 and Borussia Dortmund 1st on 63 points from 28. VfL Wolfsburg went on to finish that season 8th with 44 points, and Borussia Dortmund 1st with 81.

VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-4-2 and Borussia Dortmund in a 4-2-3-1.

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

Going into the match VfL Wolfsburg's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Borussia Dortmund's D-W-W-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Neven SubotićBorussia Dortmund
  • 22'Goal · Robert LewandowskiBorussia Dortmund · 0-1
  • 24'Yellow card · Alexander MadlungVfL Wolfsburg
  • 38'Yellow card · A. DejagahVfL Wolfsburg
  • 49'Goal · Ilkay GündoganBorussia Dortmund · 0-2
  • 62'Goal · Mario MandžukićVfL Wolfsburg · 1-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Sebastian KehlBorussia Dortmund
  • 84'Second yellow · Alexander MadlungVfL Wolfsburg
  • 90'Goal · Robert LewandowskiBorussia Dortmund · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: VfL Wolfsburg 3, draws 2, Borussia Dortmund 5.

Team news

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

Diego Benaglio, Felipe Lopes, Alexander Madlung, Ricardo Rodríguez, Marcel Schäfer, Josué, Christian Träsch, Ashkan Dejagah, Jan Polak, Mario Mandžukić, Patrick Helmes

Borussia Dortmund line-up (4-2-3-1)

Roman Weidenfeller, Neven Subotić, Mats Hummels, Łukasz Piszczek, Sebastian Kehl, Ivan Perisic, İlkay Gündoğan, S. Kagawa, Robert Lewandowski, Jakub Błaszczykowski, Marcel Schmelzer