VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 Borussia Mönchengladbach: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 2 October 2021

Result

VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 Borussia Mönchengladbach

Bundesliga · Saturday 2 October 2021, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

VfL Wolfsburg · Borussia Mönchengladbach · Bundesliga predictions

VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 Borussia Mönchengladbach: match report

VfL Wolfsburg were beaten by Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-3 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 2 October 2021. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Breel Embolo opened the scoring in the 5th minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goal came from Luca Waldschmidt (24'). Borussia Mönchengladbach scored through Breel Embolo (5'), Jonas Hofmann (7') and Joe Scally (90+5').

Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card; Borussia Mönchengladbach received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 3rd on 13 points from 6 and Borussia Mönchengladbach 11th on 7 points from 6. VfL Wolfsburg went on to finish that season 12th with 42 points, and Borussia Mönchengladbach 10th with 45.

VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Borussia Mönchengladbach in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Breel Embolo of Borussia Mönchengladbach (8.8), ahead of Jonas Hofmann (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 VfL Wolfsburg wins, 4 draws and 2 for Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

4'Yellow card · Sebastiaan BornauwVfL Wolfsburg
5'Goal · Breel EmboloBorussia Mönchengladbach · 0-1
7'Goal · Jonas HofmannBorussia Mönchengladbach · 0-2
10'Yellow card · Ridle BakuVfL Wolfsburg
24'Goal · Luca WaldschmidtVfL Wolfsburg · 1-2
35'Yellow card · Lars StindlBorussia Mönchengladbach
36'Yellow card · Denis ZakariaBorussia Mönchengladbach
59'Yellow card · Kevin MbabuVfL Wolfsburg
67'Yellow card · Maxence LacroixVfL Wolfsburg
71'Yellow card · J. BeyerBorussia Mönchengladbach
76'Second yellow · Maxence LacroixVfL Wolfsburg
78'Missed penalty · Lars StindlBorussia Mönchengladbach
81'Yellow card · Wout WeghorstVfL Wolfsburg
90+3'Yellow card · Jérôme RoussillonVfL Wolfsburg
90+5'Goal · Joe ScallyBorussia Mönchengladbach · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: VfL Wolfsburg 4, draws 4, Borussia Mönchengladbach 2.

VfL Wolfsburg 0-0 Borussia MönchengladbachBundesliga · 14 Feb 2021
Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-1 VfL WolfsburgBundesliga · 17 Oct 2020
Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-0 VfL WolfsburgBundesliga · 16 Jun 2020
VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 Borussia MönchengladbachBundesliga · 15 Dec 2019
Borussia Mönchengladbach 0-3 VfL WolfsburgBundesliga · 23 Feb 2019
VfL Wolfsburg 2-2 Borussia MönchengladbachBundesliga · 29 Sep 2018

Team news

Unavailable

Bartosz BialekVfL Wolfsburg · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Xaver SchlagerVfL Wolfsburg · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Marcus ThuramBorussia Mönchengladbach · injury (Ruptured intraarticular ligament initiation in knee)
Stefan LainerBorussia Mönchengladbach · injury (Ankle Fracture)
Paulo OtávioVfL Wolfsburg · injury (Ankle Injury)
Mamadou DoucouréBorussia Mönchengladbach · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)
Ramy BensebainiBorussia Mönchengladbach · injury (Groin Injury)

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

Koen Casteels, Kevin Mbabu, Maxence Lacroix, Sebastiaan Bornauw, Yannick Gerhardt, Josuha Guilavogui, Maximilian Arnold, Ridle Baku, Dodi Lukébakio, Luca Waldschmidt, Wout Weghorst

Borussia Mönchengladbach line-up (3-5-2)

Yann Sommer, Matthias Ginter, Nico Elvedi, Jordan Beyer, Joe Scally, Jonas Hofmann, Denis Zakaria, Manu Koné, Luca Netz, Breel Embolo, Lars Stindl