Borussia Dortmund 2-4 VfL Wolfsburg: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 17 May 2008
Result
Borussia Dortmund 2-4 VfL Wolfsburg
Bundesliga · Saturday 17 May 2008, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-2
Borussia Dortmund 2-4 VfL Wolfsburg: match report
Borussia Dortmund lost to VfL Wolfsburg 2-4 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 17 May 2008. The half-time score was 1-2.
Sascha Riether opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Borussia Dortmund's goals came from Alex Frei (25') and Alex Frei (69'). VfL Wolfsburg scored through Sascha Riether (3'), Marcelinho Paraíba (6'), Marcel Schäfer (62') and Grafite (76').
Discipline: Borussia Dortmund received 2 yellow cards; VfL Wolfsburg received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Borussia Dortmund were 13th on 40 points from 33 and VfL Wolfsburg 6th on 51 points from 33. Borussia Dortmund went on to finish that season 13th with 40 points, and VfL Wolfsburg 5th with 54.
Borussia Dortmund lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and VfL Wolfsburg in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Borussia Dortmund wins, 1 draw and 1 for VfL Wolfsburg.
Going into the match Borussia Dortmund's last five read D-W-D-D-L and VfL Wolfsburg's W-W-D-D-L.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Sascha Riether
- 6'Goal · Marcelinho Paraíba
- 8'Yellow card · Tinga
- 25'Goal · Alex Frei
- 41'Yellow card · Diego Benaglio
- 42'Missed penalty · Alex Frei
- 43'Yellow card · Marc-Andre Kruska
- 62'Goal · Marcel Schäfer
- 69'Goal · Alex Frei
- 73'Yellow card · Marcel Schäfer
- 76'Goal · Grafite
Head-to-head
Team news
Borussia Dortmund expected line-up (4-3-1-2)
Marcel Höttecke, Robert Kovač, Dedé, Marc-Andre Kruska, Tinga, Florian Kringe, Giovanni Federico, Jakub Błaszczykowski, Mladen Petric, Alex Frei
VfL Wolfsburg line-up (4-3-1-2)
Diego Benaglio, Ricardo Costa, Jan Simunek, Makoto Hasebe, Sascha Riether, Marcel Schäfer, Josué, Marcelinho Paraíba, Edin Džeko, Grafite, Christian Gentner