VfL Wolfsburg 3-0 Energie Cottbus: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 8 November 2008

Result

VfL Wolfsburg 3-0 Energie Cottbus

Bundesliga · Saturday 8 November 2008, 14:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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VfL Wolfsburg 3-0 Energie Cottbus: match report

VfL Wolfsburg defeated Energie Cottbus 3-0 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 8 November 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Grafite opened the scoring in the 36th minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goals came from Grafite (36', penalty), Grafite (55') and Grafite (80'). Energie Cottbus did not score.

Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received no yellow cards; Energie Cottbus received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 10th on 16 points from 11 and Energie Cottbus 18th on 6 points from 11. VfL Wolfsburg went on to finish that season 1st with 69 points, and Energie Cottbus 16th with 30.

VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Energie Cottbus in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 VfL Wolfsburg wins, 1 draw and 1 for Energie Cottbus.

Going into the match VfL Wolfsburg's last five read L-W-L-W-D and Energie Cottbus's L-D-L-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Penalty goal · GrafiteVfL Wolfsburg · 1-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Dennis Dechmann SørensenEnergie Cottbus
  • 55'Goal · GrafiteVfL Wolfsburg · 2-0
  • 60'Yellow card · D. ZiebigEnergie Cottbus
  • 80'Goal · GrafiteVfL Wolfsburg · 3-0

Head-to-head

4 meetings: VfL Wolfsburg 2, draws 1, Energie Cottbus 1.

Team news

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

Diego Benaglio, Alexander Madlung, Sascha Riether, Andrea Barzagli, Marcel Schäfer, Josué, Zvjezdan Misimović, Ashkan Dejagah, Edin Džeko, Grafite, Christian Gentner

Energie Cottbus line-up (4-4-2)

Mariusz Kukielka, Daniel Ziebig, Savo Pavićević, Çagdas Atan, Gerhard Tremmel, Ervin Skela, Dimitar Rangelov, Emil Jula, Dennis Dechmann Sørensen, Timo Rost, Marco Kurth