VfL Wolfsburg 1-2 Shakhtar Donetsk: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 12 March 2020

Result

VfL Wolfsburg 1-2 Shakhtar Donetsk

Europa League · Thursday 12 March 2020, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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VfL Wolfsburg 1-2 Shakhtar Donetsk: match report

VfL Wolfsburg were beaten by Shakhtar Donetsk 1-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 12 March 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Júnior Moraes opened the scoring in the 16th minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goal came from John Anthony Brooks (48'). Shakhtar Donetsk scored through Júnior Moraes (16') and Marcos Antônio (73').

Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 3 yellow cards; Shakhtar Donetsk received no yellow cards.

Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 18th on 17 points from 8 and Shakhtar Donetsk 100th on 4 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-3-3 and Shakhtar Donetsk in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marcos Antônio of Shakhtar Donetsk (8.1), ahead of Josip Brekalo (7.7).

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Júnior MoraesShakhtar Donetsk · 0-1
  • 18'Yellow card · Wout WeghorstVfL Wolfsburg
  • 22'Missed penalty · Viktor KovalenkoShakhtar Donetsk
  • 45+2'Missed penalty · Wout WeghorstVfL Wolfsburg
  • 48'Goal · John Anthony BrooksVfL Wolfsburg · 1-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Renato SteffenVfL Wolfsburg
  • 71'Yellow card · John Anthony BrooksVfL Wolfsburg
  • 73'Goal · Marcos AntônioShakhtar Donetsk · 1-2

Team news

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

Koen Casteels, Renato Steffen, Robin Knoche, John Brooks, Paulo Otávio, Yannick Gerhardt, Maximilian Arnold, Xaver Schlager, Admir Mehmedi, Wout Weghorst, Josip Brekalo

Shakhtar Donetsk line-up (4-1-4-1)

Andriy Pyatov, Dodô, Serhiy Kryvtsov, Mykola Matvienko, Ismaily, Marcos Antônio, Tetê, Viktor Kovalenko, Alan Patrick, Taison, Júnior Moraes