VfL Wolfsburg vs Borussia Dortmund, 2024-25 German Bundesliga
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Quickfire strikes help Dortmund to 3-1 win at Wolfsburg
Borussia Dortmund struck three times in five first-half minutes to secure a 3-1 win at VfL Wolfsburg on Sunday and climb to sixth in the Bundesliga.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Attempt missed. Maximilian Beier (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Donyell Malen with a cross.
- 2': Attempt missed. Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Maximilian Beier.
- 3': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Maximilian Arnold.
- 5': Foul by Mohammed Amoura (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 5': Ramy Bensebaini (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Foul by Ridle Baku (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 7': Jamie Gittens (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 10': Attempt blocked. Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Maximilian Beier.
- 11': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Kilian Fischer.
- 12': Foul by Jamie Gittens (Borussia Dortmund).
- 12': Ridle Baku (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Attempt missed. Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jamie Gittens.
- 15': Attempt missed. Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Serhou Guirassy.
- 18': Attempt missed. Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jamie Gittens with a through ball.
- 24': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Denis Vavro.
- 25': Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 0, Borussia Dortmund 1. Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ramy Bensebaini with a cross following a corner.
- 28': Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 0, Borussia Dortmund 2. Maximilian Beier (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Julian Brandt with a through ball.
- 30': Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 0, Borussia Dortmund 3. Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Maximilian Beier.
- 35': Attempt saved. Mattias Svanberg (VfL Wolfsburg) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jonas Wind with a headed pass.
- 36': Attempt blocked. Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Julian Brandt.
- 40': Foul by Maximilian Beier (Borussia Dortmund).
- 40': Mohammed Amoura (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 43': Foul by Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund).
- 43': Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 44': Attempt blocked. Jonas Wind (VfL Wolfsburg) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Maximilian Arnold with a cross.
- 45': Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45': Foul by Jonas Wind (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, VfL Wolfsburg 0, Borussia Dortmund 3.
- 45': Second Half begins VfL Wolfsburg 0, Borussia Dortmund 3.
- 45': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Lukas Nmecha replaces Mattias Svanberg.
- 45': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Tiago Tomás replaces Kilian Fischer.
- 49': Attempt saved. Lukas Nmecha (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ridle Baku with a through ball.
- 49': Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Gregor Kobel.
- 50': Foul by Konstantinos Koulierakis (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 50': Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 50': Konstantinos Koulierakis (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 52': Attempt missed. Maximilian Beier (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Pascal Groß.
- 53': Attempt missed. Mohammed Amoura (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Tiago Tomás.
- 54': Foul by Yannick Gerhardt (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 54': Maximilian Beier (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 55': Yannick Gerhardt (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 55': Offside, Borussia Dortmund. Donyell Malen is caught offside.
- 57': Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Jamie Gittens.
- 57': Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Felix Nmecha.
- 58': Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 1, Borussia Dortmund 3. Denis Vavro (VfL Wolfsburg) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Maximilian Arnold with a cross following a corner.
- 62': Foul by Pascal Groß (Borussia Dortmund).
- 62': Lukas Nmecha (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 62': Pascal Groß (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the red card.
- 63': Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card.
- 64': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Waldemar Anton replaces Donyell Malen.
- 64': Attempt blocked. Denis Vavro (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ridle Baku.
- 65': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Kamil Grabara.
- 68': Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Felix Nmecha.
- 68': Attempt blocked. Mohammed Amoura (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 69': Attempt saved. Jamie Gittens (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Julian Brandt.
- 70': Foul by Denis Vavro (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 70': Jamie Gittens (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 70': Denis Vavro (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 73': Foul by Jonas Wind (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 73': Waldemar Anton (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 74': Foul by Konstantinos Koulierakis (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 74': Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Yan Couto replaces Maximilian Beier.
- 75': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Salih Özcan replaces Yannick Gerhardt.
- 78': Attempt saved. Tiago Tomás (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joakim Mæhle.
- 81': Foul by Emre Can (Borussia Dortmund).
- 81': Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Attempt blocked. Tiago Tomás (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohammed Amoura.
- 82': Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Nico Schlotterbeck.
- 83': Attempt missed. Mohammed Amoura (VfL Wolfsburg) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
- 83': Attempt blocked. Joakim Mæhle (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 84': Attempt saved. Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ridle Baku.
- 84': Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Emre Can.
- 85': Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Jamie Gittens.
- 85': Attempt blocked. Mohammed Amoura (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 86': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Patrick Wimmer replaces Mohammed Amoura.
- 86': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Jakub Kaminski replaces Joakim Mæhle.
- 87': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Karim Adeyemi replaces Jamie Gittens.
- 87': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Giovanni Reyna replaces Julian Brandt.
- 89': Foul by Yan Couto (Borussia Dortmund).
- 89': Tiago Tomás (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Ramy Bensebaini.
- 90': Foul by Giovanni Reyna (Borussia Dortmund).
- 90': Salih Özcan (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
- 90'+2': Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Ramy Bensebaini.
- 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Lukas Nmecha (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 90'+4': Yan Couto (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+6': Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Ramy Bensebaini.
- 90'+7': Foul by Karim Adeyemi (Borussia Dortmund).
- 90'+7': Patrick Wimmer (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+8': Second Half ends, VfL Wolfsburg 1, Borussia Dortmund 3.
- 0': Match ends, VfL Wolfsburg 1, Borussia Dortmund 3.
Statistics
 DOR |
WOB |
|
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fouls | 8 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 1 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 0 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 10 |
| 4 | Saves | 1 |
| 50.1 | Possession | 49.9 |
| 12 | SHOTS | 14 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 407 | Accurate Passes | 362 |
| 471 | Passes | 449 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 7 |
| 12 | Crosses | 30 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 49 | Long Balls | 44 |
| 26 | Accurate Long Balls | 22 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 7 |
| 9 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 13 | Tackles | 15 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 11 | Interceptions | 6 |
| 36 | Effective Clearances | 15 |
| 36 | Clearances | 15 |
Game Information
Competition: German Bundesliga
Venue: Volkswagen Arena
Location: Wolfsburg, Germany
Attendance: 28,917
Venue: Volkswagen Arena
Location: Wolfsburg, Germany
Attendance: 28,917
Bundesliga Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 3 | +12 | 9 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 3 | +5 | 7 |
| 3 | FC Cologne | 3 | +4 | 7 |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 3 | +3 | 6 |
Line-Ups
VfL Wolfsburg (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kamil Grabara (GK) |
| 18 | Denis Vavro |
| 4 | Konstantinos Koulierakis  |
| 2 | Kilian Fischer |
| 31 | Yannick Gerhardt |
| 32 | Mattias Svanberg |
| 27 | Maximilian Arnold |
| 21 | Joakim Maehle |
| 20 | Ridle Baku |
| 9 | Mohamed Amoura |
| 23 | Jonas Wind |
Borussia Dortmund (4-1-3-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Gregor Kobel (GK) |
| 4 | Nico Schlotterbeck |
| 23 | Emre Can |
| 8 | Felix Nmecha |
| 5 | Ramy Bensebaini |
| 13 | Pascal Groß  |
| 10 | Julian Brandt |
| 43 | Jamie Gittens |
| 21 | Donyell Malen |
| 9 | Serhou Guirassy |
| 14 | Maximilian Beier |
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