VfL Wolfsburg 1-2 Napoli: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 16 April 2015
Result
VfL Wolfsburg 1-2 Napoli
Europa League · Thursday 16 April 2015, 19:05 UTC · half-time 0-2
VfL Wolfsburg 1-2 Napoli: match report
VfL Wolfsburg lost to Napoli 1-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 16 April 2015. The half-time score was 0-2.
Gonzalo Higuaín opened the scoring in the 15th minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goal came from Nicklas Bendtner (80'). Napoli scored through Gonzalo Higuaín (15'), Marek Hamsik (23'), Marek Hamsik (64') and Manolo Gabbiadini (76').
Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 2 yellow cards; Napoli received no yellow cards.
Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 15th on 18 points from 10 and Napoli 9th on 21 points from 10. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Napoli in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match VfL Wolfsburg's last five read D-W-D-W-W and Napoli's D-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 23'Goal · Marek Hamsik
- 64'Goal · Marek Hamsik
- 76'Goal · Manolo Gabbiadini
- 80'Yellow card · Nicklas Bendtner
- 80'Yellow card · Nicklas Bendtner
- 80'Goal · Nicklas Bendtner
Team news
VfL Wolfsburg line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego Benaglio, Vieirinha, Naldo, Robin Knoche, Ricardo Rodríguez, Daniel Caligiuri, Kevin De Bruyne, Luiz Gustavo, Josuha Guilavogui, Bas Dost, Andre Schürrle
Napoli line-up (4-2-3-1)
Mariano Andújar, Miguel Britos, Christian Maggio, David López, Faouzi Ghoulam, Raúl Albiol, Dries Mertens, Marek Hamšík, Gökhan Inler, Juanmi Callejón, Gonzalo Higuaín