VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 Borussia Dortmund: result and report

Bundesliga · Sunday 22 December 2024

Result

VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 Borussia Dortmund

Bundesliga · Sunday 22 December 2024, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-3

VfL Wolfsburg · Borussia Dortmund · Bundesliga predictions

VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 Borussia Dortmund: match report

VfL Wolfsburg were beaten by Borussia Dortmund 1-3 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 22 December 2024. It was 0-3 at half-time.

Donyell Malen opened the scoring in the 25th minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goal came from Denis Vavro (58'). Borussia Dortmund scored through Donyell Malen (25'), Maximilian Beier (28') and Julian Brandt (30').

Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 3 yellow cards; Borussia Dortmund received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 11th on 21 points from 14 and Borussia Dortmund 10th on 22 points from 14. VfL Wolfsburg went on to finish that season 11th with 43 points, and Borussia Dortmund 4th with 57.

VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 3-5-2 and Borussia Dortmund in a 4-1-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Julian Brandt of Borussia Dortmund (8.5), ahead of Maximilian Beier (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 VfL Wolfsburg win, 1 draw and 8 for Borussia Dortmund.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

25'Goal · Donyell MalenBorussia Dortmund · 0-1
28'Goal · Maximilian BeierBorussia Dortmund · 0-2
30'Goal · Julian BrandtBorussia Dortmund · 0-3
50'Yellow card · Konstantinos KoulierakisVfL Wolfsburg
55'Yellow card · Yannick GerhardtVfL Wolfsburg
58'Goal · Denis VavroVfL Wolfsburg · 1-3
62'Red card · Pascal GroßBorussia Dortmund
63'Yellow card · Donyell MalenBorussia Dortmund
70'Yellow card · Denis VavroVfL Wolfsburg
90+4'Yellow cardBorussia Dortmund
90+4'Yellow card · Yan CoutoBorussia Dortmund

Head-to-head

10 meetings: VfL Wolfsburg 1, draws 1, Borussia Dortmund 8.

VfL Wolfsburg 1-1 Borussia DortmundBundesliga · 17 Feb 2024
Borussia Dortmund 1-0 VfL WolfsburgBundesliga · 23 Sep 2023
Borussia Dortmund 6-0 VfL WolfsburgBundesliga · 7 May 2023
VfL Wolfsburg 2-0 Borussia DortmundBundesliga · 8 Nov 2022
Borussia Dortmund 6-1 VfL WolfsburgBundesliga · 16 Apr 2022
VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 Borussia DortmundBundesliga · 27 Nov 2021

Team news

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RogérioVfL Wolfsburg · injury (Knee Surgery)
Bartosz BialekVfL Wolfsburg · injury (Knee Injury)
Kevin ParedesVfL Wolfsburg · injury (Foot Injury)
Aster VranckxVfL Wolfsburg · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Niklas KlingerVfL Wolfsburg · injury (Wrist Injury)
Lovro MajerVfL Wolfsburg · injury (Torn Muscle Fiber)
Filippo ManeBorussia Dortmund · injury (Calf Injury)
Sebastiaan BornauwVfL Wolfsburg · injury (Muscle Injury)
Niklas SüleBorussia Dortmund · injury (Syndesmotic Ligament Tear)
Julian RyersonBorussia Dortmund · injury (Circulation Problems)
Marcel SabitzerBorussia Dortmund · injury (Knock)

VfL Wolfsburg line-up (3-5-2)

Kamil Grabara, Kilian Fischer, Denis Vavro, Konstantinos Koulierakis, Ridle Baku, Mattias Svanberg, Maximilian Arnold, Yannick Gerhardt, Joakim Maehle, Jonas Wind, Mohamed Amoura

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

Gregor Kobel, Pascal Groß, Emre Can, Nico Schlotterbeck, Ramy Bensebaini, Felix Nmecha, Donyell Malen, Julian Brandt, Jamie Gittens, Maximilian Beier, Serhou Guirassy