Werder Bremen 2-1 VfL Wolfsburg: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 16 April 2016

Result

Werder Bremen 2-1 VfL Wolfsburg

Bundesliga · Saturday 16 April 2016, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Werder Bremen 2-1 VfL Wolfsburg: match report

Werder Bremen defeated VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 16 April 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Claudio Pizarro opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Werder Bremen's goals came from Claudio Pizarro (32', penalty), Fin Bartels (64') and S. Yatabaré (83'). VfL Wolfsburg scored through Josuha Guilavogui (36') and Bas Dost (87').

Discipline: Werder Bremen received 1 yellow card; VfL Wolfsburg received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Werder Bremen were 16th on 28 points from 29 and VfL Wolfsburg 7th on 40 points from 29. Werder Bremen went on to finish that season 13th with 38 points, and VfL Wolfsburg 7th with 46.

Werder Bremen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and VfL Wolfsburg in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Zlatko Junuzović of Werder Bremen (9.5), ahead of Fin Bartels (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Werder Bremen win, 1 draw and 8 for VfL Wolfsburg.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Andre SchürrleVfL Wolfsburg
  • 26'Yellow card · S. GarcíaWerder Bremen
  • 31'Yellow card · VieirinhaVfL Wolfsburg
  • 32'Penalty goal · Claudio PizarroWerder Bremen · 1-0
  • 36'Goal · Josuha GuilavoguiVfL Wolfsburg · 1-1
  • 64'Goal · Fin BartelsWerder Bremen · 2-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Luiz GustavoVfL Wolfsburg
  • 83'Goal · S. YatabaréWerder Bremen · 3-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Diego BenaglioVfL Wolfsburg
  • 87'Goal · Bas DostVfL Wolfsburg · 3-2
  • 88'Yellow card · M. ArnoldVfL Wolfsburg

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Werder Bremen 1, draws 1, VfL Wolfsburg 8.

Team news

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

Felix Wiedwald, Santiago García, Alejandro Gálvez, Jannik Vestergaard, Theodor Gebre Selassie, Sambou Yatabaré, Clemens Fritz, Zlatko Junuzović, Fin Bartels, Florian Grillitsch, Claudio Pizarro

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

Diego Benaglio, Vieirinha, Naldo, Robin Knoche, Ricardo Rodríguez, Bruno Henrique, Andre Schürrle, Luiz Gustavo, Josuha Guilavogui, Maximilian Arnold, Bas Dost