Schalke 04 4-1 VfL Wolfsburg: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 8 April 2017

Result

Schalke 04 4-1 VfL Wolfsburg

Bundesliga · Saturday 8 April 2017, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Schalke 04 4-1 VfL Wolfsburg: match report

Schalke 04 won against VfL Wolfsburg 4-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 8 April 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.

Guido Burgstaller opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Schalke 04's goals came from Guido Burgstaller (6'), Leon Goretzka (23'), Daniel Caligiuri (48') and Guido Burgstaller (77'). VfL Wolfsburg scored through Mario Gómez (79', penalty).

Discipline: Schalke 04 received 1 yellow card; VfL Wolfsburg received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Schalke 04 were 12th on 34 points from 27 and VfL Wolfsburg 13th on 30 points from 27. Schalke 04 went on to finish that season 10th with 43 points, and VfL Wolfsburg 16th with 37.

Schalke 04 lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and VfL Wolfsburg in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Guido Burgstaller of Schalke 04 (8.3), ahead of Leon Goretzka (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Schalke 04 wins, 2 draws and 2 for VfL Wolfsburg.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · M. ArnoldVfL Wolfsburg
  • 6'Goal · Guido BurgstallerSchalke 04 · 1-0
  • 23'Goal · Leon GoretzkaSchalke 04 · 2-0
  • 48'Goal · Daniel CaligiuriSchalke 04 · 3-0
  • 58'Yellow card · Matija NastasićSchalke 04
  • 77'Goal · Guido BurgstallerSchalke 04 · 4-0
  • 79'Penalty goal · Mario GómezVfL Wolfsburg · 4-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Riechedly BazoerVfL Wolfsburg

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Schalke 04 6, draws 2, VfL Wolfsburg 2.

Team news

Schalke 04 line-up (4-2-3-1)

R. Fährmann, Thilo Kehrer, Benedikt Höwedes, Matija Nastasić, Sead Kolasinac, Leon Goretzka, Nabil Bentaleb, Daniel Caligiuri, Max Meyer, Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting, Guido Burgstaller

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

Koen Casteels, Sebastian Jung, Robin Knoche, Luiz Gustavo, Jannes Horn, Josuha Guilavogui, Daniel Didavi, Riechedly Bazoer, Maximilian Arnold, Yunus Mallı, Mario Gómez