VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 Borussia Mönchengladbach: result and report

Bundesliga · Sunday 15 December 2019

Result

VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 Borussia Mönchengladbach

Bundesliga · Sunday 15 December 2019, 14:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

VfL Wolfsburg · Borussia Mönchengladbach · Bundesliga predictions

VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 Borussia Mönchengladbach: match report

VfL Wolfsburg won against Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 15 December 2019. The half-time score was 1-1.

Xaver Schlager opened the scoring in the 13th minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goals came from Xaver Schlager (13') and M. Arnold (90+1'). Borussia Mönchengladbach scored through Breel Embolo (15').

Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 3 yellow cards; Borussia Mönchengladbach received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 9th on 20 points from 14 and Borussia Mönchengladbach 2nd on 31 points from 14. VfL Wolfsburg went on to finish that season 7th with 49 points, and Borussia Mönchengladbach 4th with 65.

VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Borussia Mönchengladbach in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Maximilian Arnold of VfL Wolfsburg (8.2), level with Victor Sá (8.2).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Xaver SchlagerVfL Wolfsburg · 1-0
  • 15'Goal · Breel EmboloBorussia Mönchengladbach · 1-1
  • 20'Yellow card · John Anthony BrooksVfL Wolfsburg
  • 34'Yellow card · Breel EmboloBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Jérôme RoussillonVfL Wolfsburg
  • 51'Yellow card · Tobias StroblBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 71'Yellow card · Xaver SchlagerVfL Wolfsburg
  • 72'Yellow card · J. BeyerBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 90+1'Goal · M. ArnoldVfL Wolfsburg · 2-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Koen Casteels, Kevin Mbabu, Robin Knoche, John Brooks, Jérôme Roussillon, Josuha Guilavogui, Renato Steffen, Maximilian Arnold, Xaver Schlager, Victor Sá, Wout Weghorst

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

Yann Sommer, Stefan Lainer, Matthias Ginter, Nico Elvedi, Ramy Bensebaini, Tobias Strobl, Jonas Hofmann, Alassane Pléa, László Bénes, Marcus Thuram, Breel Embolo