VfL Wolfsburg 5-1 Darmstadt 98: result and report

2. Bundesliga · Friday 18 September 2026

Result

VfL Wolfsburg 5-1 Darmstadt 98

2. Bundesliga · Friday 18 September 2026, 16:30 UTC · Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg · half-time 2-1

VfL Wolfsburg · Darmstadt 98 · 2. Bundesliga predictions

VfL Wolfsburg 5-1 Darmstadt 98: match report

VfL Wolfsburg won against Darmstadt 98 5-1 in the 2. Bundesliga on Friday 18 September 2026 at Volkswagen Arena. The half-time score was 2-1.

Alexander Bernhardsson opened the scoring in the 14th minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goals came from Alexander Bernhardsson (14'), Robert Glatzel (40'), Alexander Bernhardsson (61'), Muhammed Damar (67') and Robert Glatzel (79'). Darmstadt 98 scored through Milan Smit (29').

Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 3 yellow cards; Darmstadt 98 received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 5th on 8 points from 5 and Darmstadt 98 16th on 4 points from 5. In the current table VfL Wolfsburg are 3rd on 19 points and Darmstadt 98 are 16th on 9 points.

VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Darmstadt 98 in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Fabian Reese of VfL Wolfsburg (9.6), ahead of Alexander Bernhardsson (9.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 VfL Wolfsburg wins, 1 draw and 1 for Darmstadt 98.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Alexander BernhardssonVfL Wolfsburg · 1-0
  • 29'Goal · Milan SmitDarmstadt 98 · 1-1
  • 38'Yellow card · Raoul PetrettaDarmstadt 98
  • 40'Goal · Robert GlatzelVfL Wolfsburg · 2-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Muhammed DamarVfL Wolfsburg
  • 51'Yellow card · Nicolas VerkooijenDarmstadt 98
  • 61'Goal · Alexander BernhardssonVfL Wolfsburg · 3-1
  • 67'Goal · Muhammed DamarVfL Wolfsburg · 4-1
  • 70'Yellow card · Saël Kumbedi NsekeVfL Wolfsburg
  • 79'Goal · Robert GlatzelVfL Wolfsburg · 5-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Pharell HenselVfL Wolfsburg

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
3VfL Wolfsburg105412514+1119WDWDW
16Darmstadt 9810235919-109LWLDD

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Head-to-head

6 meetings: VfL Wolfsburg 4, draws 1, Darmstadt 98 1.

Team news

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

Jakub Zieliński, Saël Kumbedi Nseke, Hauke Wahl, Cleiton, Joakim Maehle, Yannick Gerhardt, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Alexander Bernhardsson, Muhammed Damar, Fabian Reese, Robert Glatzel

Darmstadt 98 line-up (4-2-3-1)

Marcel Schuhen, Christopher Lannert, Patric Pfeiffer, Aleksandar Vukotic, Raoul Petretta, Carlo Sickinger, Kai Klefisch, Nicolas Verkooijen, Milan Smit, Noah Weißhaupt, Ho-jae Lee

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