Manchester United 1-0 VfL Wolfsburg: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 30 September 2015

Result

Manchester United 1-0 VfL Wolfsburg

Champions League · Wednesday 30 September 2015, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Manchester United 1-0 VfL Wolfsburg: match report

Manchester United beat VfL Wolfsburg 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 30 September 2015. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Daniel Caligiuri opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Juan Mata (34', penalty) and Chris Smalling (53'). VfL Wolfsburg scored through Daniel Caligiuri (4').

Discipline: Manchester United received 4 yellow cards; VfL Wolfsburg received 1 yellow card.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and VfL Wolfsburg in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Juan Mata of Manchester United (8.7), ahead of Chris Smalling (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 0 for VfL Wolfsburg.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Daniel CaligiuriVfL Wolfsburg · 0-1
  • 33'Yellow card · Daniel CaligiuriVfL Wolfsburg
  • 34'Penalty goal · Juan MataManchester United · 1-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Morgan SchneiderlinManchester United
  • 41'Yellow card · Bastian SchweinsteigerManchester United
  • 53'Goal · Chris SmallingManchester United · 2-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Memphis DepayManchester United
  • 79'Yellow card · A. YoungManchester United

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Manchester United 2, draws 0, VfL Wolfsburg 0.

Team news

Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

David de Gea, Chris Smalling, Daley Blind, Antonio Valencia, Matteo Darmian, Memphis Depay, Juan Mata, Wayne Mark Rooney, Morgan Schneiderlin, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Anthony Martial

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

Diego Benaglio, Christian Träsch, Dante, Naldo, Ricardo Rodríguez, Daniel Caligiuri, Julian Draxler, Josuha Guilavogui, Maximilian Arnold, Zoran Zekic, Bas Dost