VfL Wolfsburg 2-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 12 September 2009

Result

VfL Wolfsburg 2-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Saturday 12 September 2009, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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VfL Wolfsburg 2-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

VfL Wolfsburg were beaten by Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-3 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 12 September 2009. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Simon Rolfes opened the scoring in the 38th minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goals came from Zvjezdan Misimović (76') and Grafite (80', penalty). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Simon Rolfes (38'), Simon Rolfes (51', penalty) and Stefan Kießling (58').

Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 7th on 6 points from 4 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2nd on 10 points from 4. VfL Wolfsburg went on to finish that season 8th with 50 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4th with 59.

VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 VfL Wolfsburg wins, 2 draws and 3 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Red card · Diego BenaglioVfL Wolfsburg
  • 38'Goal · Simon RolfesBayer 04 Leverkusen · 0-1
  • 40'Yellow card · GrafiteVfL Wolfsburg
  • 48'Yellow card · Eren DerdiyokBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 51'Penalty goal · Simon RolfesBayer 04 Leverkusen · 0-2
  • 51'Yellow card · Andrea BarzagliVfL Wolfsburg
  • 53'Second yellow · Eren DerdiyokBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 58'Goal · Stefan KießlingBayer 04 Leverkusen · 0-3
  • 64'Yellow card · Gonzalo CastroBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 75'Yellow card · Sami HyypiaBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 76'Goal · Zvjezdan MisimovićVfL Wolfsburg · 1-3
  • 78'Yellow card · Obafemi MartinsVfL Wolfsburg
  • 78'Yellow card · Sascha RietherVfL Wolfsburg
  • 80'Penalty goal · GrafiteVfL Wolfsburg · 2-3

Head-to-head

8 meetings: VfL Wolfsburg 3, draws 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3.

Team news

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

Diego Benaglio, Makoto Hasebe, Alexander Madlung, Sascha Riether, Andrea Barzagli, Marcel Schäfer, Josué, Zvjezdan Misimović, Obafemi Martins, Grafite, Christian Gentner

Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-3-3)

René Adler, Manuel Friedrich, Hans Adu Sarpei, Simon Rolfes, Tranquillo Barnetta, Renato Augusto, Arturo Vidal, Gonzalo Castro, Stefan Kießling, Eren Derdiyok, Sami Hyypia