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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Sascha RietherVfL Wolfsburg · 0-1
  • 6'Goal · Marcelinho ParaíbaVfL Wolfsburg · 0-2
  • 8'Yellow card · TingaBorussia Dortmund
  • 25'Goal · Alex FreiBorussia Dortmund · 1-2
  • 41'Yellow card · Diego BenaglioVfL Wolfsburg
  • 42'Missed penalty · Alex FreiBorussia Dortmund
  • 43'Yellow card · Marc-Andre KruskaBorussia Dortmund
  • 62'Goal · Marcel SchäferVfL Wolfsburg · 1-3
  • 69'Goal · Alex FreiBorussia Dortmund · 2-3
  • 73'Yellow card · Marcel SchäferVfL Wolfsburg
  • 76'Goal · GrafiteVfL Wolfsburg · 2-4

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Borussia Dortmund 3, draws 1, VfL Wolfsburg 1.

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