VfL Wolfsburg 2-3 Hertha BSC: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 3 December 2016

Result

VfL Wolfsburg 2-3 Hertha BSC

Bundesliga · Saturday 3 December 2016, 14:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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VfL Wolfsburg 2-3 Hertha BSC: match report

VfL Wolfsburg lost to Hertha BSC 2-3 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 3 December 2016. The half-time score was 2-1.

Borja Mayoral opened the scoring in the 12th minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goals came from Borja Mayoral (12') and Paul Seguin (18'). Hertha BSC scored through Marvin Plattenhardt (16'), Alexander Esswein (69') and S. Kalou (90+1', penalty).

Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Hertha BSC received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 14th on 10 points from 12 and Hertha BSC 3rd on 24 points from 12. VfL Wolfsburg went on to finish that season 16th with 37 points, and Hertha BSC 6th with 49.

VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Hertha BSC in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marvin Plattenhardt of Hertha BSC (7.8), ahead of Robin Knoche (7.7).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Borja MayoralVfL Wolfsburg · 1-0
  • 16'Goal · Marvin PlattenhardtHertha BSC · 1-1
  • 18'Goal · Paul SeguinVfL Wolfsburg · 2-1
  • 28'Yellow card · Josuha GuilavoguiVfL Wolfsburg
  • 31'Yellow card · Daniel CaligiuriVfL Wolfsburg
  • 59'Yellow card · Marvin PlattenhardtHertha BSC
  • 62'Yellow card · M. ArnoldVfL Wolfsburg
  • 69'Goal · Alexander EssweinHertha BSC · 2-2
  • 76'Yellow card · Paul SeguinVfL Wolfsburg
  • 87'Second yellow · Paul SeguinVfL Wolfsburg
  • 90+1'Penalty goal · S. KalouHertha BSC · 2-3
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Julian SchieberHertha BSC

Head-to-head

10 meetings: VfL Wolfsburg 5, draws 2, Hertha BSC 3.

Team news

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

Diego Benaglio, Robin Knoche, Jeffrey Bruma, Ricardo Rodríguez, Josuha Guilavogui, Daniel Caligiuri, Paul Seguin, Maximilian Arnold, Yannick Gerhardt, Mario Gómez, Borja Mayoral

Hertha BSC line-up (4-2-3-1)

Rune Jarstein, Peter Pekarík, Sebastian Langkamp, John Brooks, Marvin Plattenhardt, Niklas Stark, Fabian Lustenberger, Genki Haraguchi, Valentin Stocker, Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou, Julian Schieber