VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 Hamburger SV: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 28 April 2018

Result

VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 Hamburger SV

Bundesliga · Saturday 28 April 2018, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-2

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VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 Hamburger SV: match report

VfL Wolfsburg were beaten by Hamburger SV 1-3 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 28 April 2018. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Bobby Wood opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goal came from Josip Brekalo (78'). Hamburger SV scored through Bobby Wood (43', penalty), Lewis Holtby (45+1') and Luca Waldschmidt (90+3').

Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 3 yellow cards; Hamburger SV received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 14th on 30 points from 31 and Hamburger SV 17th on 25 points from 31. VfL Wolfsburg went on to finish that season 16th with 33 points, and Hamburger SV 17th with 31.

VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Hamburger SV in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Luca Waldschmidt of Hamburger SV (7.8), ahead of Maximilian Arnold (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 VfL Wolfsburg wins, 4 draws and 1 for Hamburger SV.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 43'Penalty goal · Bobby WoodHamburger SV · 0-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Paul VerhaeghVfL Wolfsburg
  • 45+1'Goal · Lewis HoltbyHamburger SV · 0-2
  • 51'Yellow card · Robin KnocheVfL Wolfsburg
  • 67'Yellow card · Julian PollersbeckHamburger SV
  • 78'Goal · Josip BrekaloVfL Wolfsburg · 1-2
  • 84'Yellow card · Josip BrekaloVfL Wolfsburg
  • 88'Yellow card · Kyriakos PapadopoulosHamburger SV
  • 90+3'Missed penalty · Filip KostićHamburger SV
  • 90+3'Goal · Luca WaldschmidtHamburger SV · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: VfL Wolfsburg 5, draws 4, Hamburger SV 1.

Team news

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

Koen Casteels, William, Paul Verhaegh, Felix Uduokhai, Robin Knoche, Renato Steffen, Jakub Błaszczykowski, Josuha Guilavogui, Maximilian Arnold, Marcel Tisserand, Divock Origi

Hamburger SV line-up (4-1-4-1)

Julian Pollersbeck, Douglas Santos, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Gotoku Sakai, Gideon Jung, Lewis Holtby, Aaron Hunt, Filip Kostic, Matti Ville Steinmann, Tatsuya Ito, Bobby Wood