VfL Wolfsburg 5-1 Werder Bremen: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 23 May 2009

Result

VfL Wolfsburg 5-1 Werder Bremen

Bundesliga · Saturday 23 May 2009, 13:30 UTC · half-time 3-1

VfL Wolfsburg · Werder Bremen · Bundesliga predictions

VfL Wolfsburg 5-1 Werder Bremen: match report

VfL Wolfsburg won against Werder Bremen 5-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 23 May 2009. It was 3-1 at half-time.

Zvjezdan Misimović opened the scoring in the 6th minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goals came from Zvjezdan Misimović (6'), Grafite (15'), an own goal by Sebastian Prödl (26'), Grafite (56') and Edin Dzeko (74'). Werder Bremen scored through Diego (31').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 1st on 66 points from 33 and Werder Bremen 10th on 45 points from 33. VfL Wolfsburg went on to finish that season 1st with 69 points, and Werder Bremen 10th with 45.

VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Werder Bremen in a 4-3-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 VfL Wolfsburg win, 2 draws and 4 for Werder Bremen.

Going into the match VfL Wolfsburg's last five read W-W-L-W-L and Werder Bremen's L-W-W-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Zvjezdan MisimovićVfL Wolfsburg · 1-0
  • 15'Goal · GrafiteVfL Wolfsburg · 2-0
  • 26'Own goal · Sebastian PrödlVfL Wolfsburg · 3-0
  • 31'Goal · DiegoWerder Bremen · 3-1
  • 56'Goal · GrafiteVfL Wolfsburg · 4-1
  • 74'Goal · Edin DzekoVfL Wolfsburg · 5-1

Head-to-head

7 meetings: VfL Wolfsburg 1, draws 2, Werder Bremen 4.

Team news

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

Diego Benaglio, Makoto Hasebe, Alexander Madlung, Sascha Riether, Andrea Barzagli, Marcel Schäfer, Josué, Zvjezdan Misimović, Edin Džeko, Grafite, Christian Gentner

Werder Bremen line-up (4-3-1-2)

Tim Wiese, Petri Pasanen, Naldo, Sebastian Prödl, Frank Baumann, Clemens Fritz, Aaron Hunt, Hugo Almeida, Claudio Pizarro, Diego, Torsten Frings