Werder Bremen 2-1 VfL Wolfsburg: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 13 December 2008

Result

Werder Bremen 2-1 VfL Wolfsburg

Bundesliga · Saturday 13 December 2008, 14:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Werder Bremen 2-1 VfL Wolfsburg: match report

Werder Bremen won against VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 13 December 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Christian Gentner opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Werder Bremen's goals came from Per Mertesacker (27') and an own goal by Josué (63'). VfL Wolfsburg scored through Christian Gentner (3').

Discipline: Werder Bremen received 1 yellow card; VfL Wolfsburg received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Werder Bremen were 10th on 23 points from 16 and VfL Wolfsburg 7th on 26 points from 16. Werder Bremen went on to finish that season 10th with 45 points, and VfL Wolfsburg 1st with 69.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Werder Bremen wins, 2 draws and 1 for VfL Wolfsburg.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Christian GentnerVfL Wolfsburg · 0-1
  • 18'Yellow card · Sebastian BoenischWerder Bremen
  • 27'Goal · Per MertesackerWerder Bremen · 1-1
  • 30'Yellow card · A. DejagahVfL Wolfsburg
  • 63'Own goal · JosuéWerder Bremen · 2-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Werder Bremen 3, draws 2, VfL Wolfsburg 1.

Team news

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

Tim Wiese, Sebastian Boenisch, Sebastian Prödl, Per Mertesacker, Jurica Vranjes, Clemens Fritz, Mesut Özil, Aaron Hunt, S. Husejinović, Markus Rosenberg, Torsten Frings

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

Diego Benaglio, Cristian Zaccardo, Ricardo Costa, Makoto Hasebe, Andrea Barzagli, Marcel Schäfer, Josué, Zvjezdan Misimović, Ashkan Dejagah, Edin Džeko, Christian Gentner