Borussia Dortmund 2-3 VfL Wolfsburg: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 8 December 2012

Result

Borussia Dortmund 2-3 VfL Wolfsburg

Bundesliga · Saturday 8 December 2012, 14:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Borussia Dortmund 2-3 VfL Wolfsburg: match report

Borussia Dortmund were beaten by VfL Wolfsburg 2-3 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 8 December 2012. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Marco Reus opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Borussia Dortmund's goals came from Marco Reus (6') and Jakub Błaszczykowski (61', penalty). VfL Wolfsburg scored through Diego (36', penalty), Naldo (41') and Bas Dost (73').

Discipline: Borussia Dortmund received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; VfL Wolfsburg received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Borussia Dortmund were 3rd on 27 points from 15 and VfL Wolfsburg 15th on 16 points from 15. Borussia Dortmund went on to finish that season 3rd with 62 points, and VfL Wolfsburg 11th with 43.

Borussia Dortmund lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and VfL Wolfsburg in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Borussia Dortmund wins, 2 draws and 3 for VfL Wolfsburg.

Going into the match Borussia Dortmund's last five read D-D-W-W-W and VfL Wolfsburg's D-L-D-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Marco ReusBorussia Dortmund · 1-0
  • 35'Red card · Marcel SchmelzerBorussia Dortmund
  • 36'Penalty goal · DiegoVfL Wolfsburg · 1-1
  • 41'Goal · NaldoVfL Wolfsburg · 1-2
  • 49'Yellow card · Marco ReusBorussia Dortmund
  • 61'Yellow card · Simon KjærVfL Wolfsburg
  • 61'Penalty goal · Jakub BłaszczykowskiBorussia Dortmund · 2-2
  • 63'Yellow card · JosuéVfL Wolfsburg
  • 64'Yellow card · İlkay GündoğanBorussia Dortmund
  • 73'Goal · Bas DostVfL Wolfsburg · 2-3
  • 83'Yellow card · Mario GötzeBorussia Dortmund
  • 90'Yellow card · Thomas KahlenbergVfL Wolfsburg
  • 90'Yellow card · Thomas KahlenbergVfL Wolfsburg

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Borussia Dortmund 5, draws 2, VfL Wolfsburg 3.

Team news

Borussia Dortmund line-up (4-2-3-1)

Roman Weidenfeller, Mats Hummels, Łukasz Piszczek, Felipe Santana, Marcel Schmelzer, İlkay Gündoğan, Mario Götze, Marco Reus, Robert Lewandowski, Jakub Błaszczykowski, Moritz Leitner

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

Diego Benaglio, Vieirinha, Makoto Hasebe, Naldo, Fagner, Simon Kjær, Marcel Schäfer, Josué, Diego, Jan Polak, Bas Dost