VfL Wolfsburg 4-4 Energie Cottbus: result and report

2. Bundesliga · Saturday 5 September 2026

Result

VfL Wolfsburg 4-4 Energie Cottbus

2. Bundesliga · Saturday 5 September 2026, 11:00 UTC · Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg · half-time 3-1

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VfL Wolfsburg 4-4 Energie Cottbus: match report

VfL Wolfsburg drew with Energie Cottbus 4-4 in the 2. Bundesliga on Saturday 5 September 2026 at Volkswagen Arena. The half-time score was 3-1.

Robert Glatzel opened the scoring in the 4th minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goals came from Robert Glatzel (4', penalty), Vinicius de Souza Costa (25'), Robert Glatzel (34') and Mattias Svanberg (79'). Energie Cottbus scored through Luca Erlein (45+4'), King Manu (49'), Tolcay Cigerci (67', penalty) and Dmytro Bogdanov (90+1').

Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Energie Cottbus received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 3rd on 7 points from 3 and Energie Cottbus 14th on 3 points from 3. In the current table VfL Wolfsburg are 3rd on 19 points and Energie Cottbus are 14th on 10 points.

VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-3-3 and Energie Cottbus in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Robert Glatzel of VfL Wolfsburg (8.7), ahead of Alexander Bernhardsson (7.7).

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Penalty goal · Robert GlatzelVfL Wolfsburg · 1-0
  • 6'Yellow card · King ManuEnergie Cottbus
  • 25'Goal · Vinicius de Souza CostaVfL Wolfsburg · 2-0
  • 34'Goal · Robert GlatzelVfL Wolfsburg · 3-0
  • 45+4'Goal · Luca ErleinEnergie Cottbus · 3-1
  • 49'Goal · King ManuEnergie Cottbus · 3-2
  • 62'Yellow card · Elvis RexhbecajVfL Wolfsburg
  • 67'Penalty goal · Tolcay CigerciEnergie Cottbus · 3-3
  • 70'Yellow card · Mathys AngélyVfL Wolfsburg
  • 79'Goal · Mattias SvanbergVfL Wolfsburg · 4-3
  • 84'Yellow card · Tolcay CigerciEnergie Cottbus
  • 88'Second yellow · Mathys AngélyVfL Wolfsburg
  • 90+1'Goal · Dmytro BogdanovEnergie Cottbus · 4-4
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Dmytro BogdanovEnergie Cottbus
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Moritz HannemannEnergie Cottbus

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
3VfL Wolfsburg105412514+1119WDWDW
14Energie Cottbus102441820-210DLDDL

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Head-to-head

6 meetings: VfL Wolfsburg 3, draws 1, Energie Cottbus 2.

Team news

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

Jakub Zieliński, Kilian Fischer, Hauke Wahl, Mathys Angély, Joakim Maehle, Maximilian Arnold, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Elvis Rexhbecaj, Alexander Bernhardsson, Robert Glatzel, Fabian Reese

Energie Cottbus line-up (4-2-3-1)

Marcel Lotka, Luca Erlein, King Manu, Fousseny Doumbia, Axel Borgmann, Lukas Michelbrink, Leonardo Bittencourt, Henry Rorig, Lucas Copado, Justin Butler, Tolcay Cigerci

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