Werder Bremen 2-0 VfL Wolfsburg: result and report

Bundesliga · Friday 5 October 2018

Result

Werder Bremen 2-0 VfL Wolfsburg

Bundesliga · Friday 5 October 2018, 18:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Werder Bremen 2-0 VfL Wolfsburg: match report

Werder Bremen defeated VfL Wolfsburg 2-0 in the Bundesliga on Friday 5 October 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Davy Klaassen opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Werder Bremen's goals came from Davy Klaassen (35') and Johannes Eggestein (86'). VfL Wolfsburg did not score.

Discipline: Werder Bremen received 1 yellow card; VfL Wolfsburg received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Werder Bremen were 5th on 11 points from 6 and VfL Wolfsburg 7th on 9 points from 6. Werder Bremen went on to finish that season 8th with 53 points, and VfL Wolfsburg 6th with 55.

Werder Bremen lined up in a 4-3-3 and VfL Wolfsburg in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jiri Pavlenka of Werder Bremen (7.8), ahead of Niklas Moisander (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Werder Bremen wins, 1 draw and 5 for VfL Wolfsburg.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Goal · Davy KlaassenWerder Bremen · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Florian KainzWerder Bremen
  • 45+1'Yellow card · WilliamVfL Wolfsburg
  • 63'Yellow card · Daniel GinczekVfL Wolfsburg
  • 86'Goal · Johannes EggesteinWerder Bremen · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Werder Bremen 4, draws 1, VfL Wolfsburg 5.

Team news

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

Jiri Pavlenka, Theodor Gebre Selassie, Sebastian Langkamp, Niklas Moisander, Ludwig Augustinsson, Maximilian Eggestein, Philipp Bargfrede, Davy Klaassen, Yuya Osako, Zoran Zekic, Florian Kainz

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

Koen Casteels, William, Robin Knoche, John Brooks, Jérôme Roussillon, Marcel Tisserand, Renato Steffen, Yunus Mallı, Maximilian Arnold, Josip Brekalo, Wout Weghorst