VfL Wolfsburg 5-2 Fortuna Düsseldorf: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 16 March 2019

Result

VfL Wolfsburg 5-2 Fortuna Düsseldorf

Bundesliga · Saturday 16 March 2019, 14:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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VfL Wolfsburg 5-2 Fortuna Düsseldorf: match report

VfL Wolfsburg defeated Fortuna Düsseldorf 5-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 16 March 2019. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Kaan Ayhan opened the scoring in the 30th minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goals came from A. Mehmedi (34'), Wout Weghorst (54'), Robin Knoche (57'), Wout Weghorst (59') and Wout Weghorst (88'). Fortuna Düsseldorf scored through Kaan Ayhan (30') and Benito Raman (65').

Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 1 yellow card; Fortuna Düsseldorf received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 7th on 39 points from 25 and Fortuna Düsseldorf 12th on 31 points from 25. VfL Wolfsburg went on to finish that season 6th with 55 points, and Fortuna Düsseldorf 10th with 44.

VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-3-3 and Fortuna Düsseldorf in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Wout Weghorst of VfL Wolfsburg (10.0), ahead of Kevin Stöger (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 VfL Wolfsburg wins, 1 draw and 0 for Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Josuha GuilavoguiVfL Wolfsburg
  • 16'Yellow card · Dodi LukébakioFortuna Düsseldorf
  • 30'Goal · Kaan AyhanFortuna Düsseldorf · 0-1
  • 34'Goal · A. MehmediVfL Wolfsburg · 1-1
  • 54'Goal · Wout WeghorstVfL Wolfsburg · 2-1
  • 57'Goal · Robin KnocheVfL Wolfsburg · 3-1
  • 59'Goal · Wout WeghorstVfL Wolfsburg · 4-1
  • 65'Goal · Benito RamanFortuna Düsseldorf · 4-2
  • 88'Goal · Wout WeghorstVfL Wolfsburg · 5-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: VfL Wolfsburg 2, draws 1, Fortuna Düsseldorf 0.

Team news

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

Koen Casteels, William, Robin Knoche, John Brooks, Jérôme Roussillon, Yannick Gerhardt, Josuha Guilavogui, Maximilian Arnold, Admir Mehmedi, Wout Weghorst, Josip Brekalo

Fortuna Düsseldorf line-up (4-1-4-1)

Michael Rensing, Matthias Zimmermann, Kaan Ayhan, Marcin Kamiński, Niko Gießelmann, Adam Bodzek, Dodi Lukébakio, Aymen Barkok, Kevin Stöger, Benito Raman, Rouwen Hennings