VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 FC Bayern München: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 20 October 2018

Result

VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 FC Bayern München

Bundesliga · Saturday 20 October 2018, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 FC Bayern München: match report

VfL Wolfsburg lost to FC Bayern München 1-3 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 20 October 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.

Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring in the 30th minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goal came from Wout Weghorst (63'). FC Bayern München scored through Robert Lewandowski (30'), Robert Lewandowski (48') and J. Rodríguez (72').

Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 2 yellow cards; FC Bayern München received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 9th on 9 points from 7 and FC Bayern München 7th on 13 points from 7. VfL Wolfsburg went on to finish that season 6th with 55 points, and FC Bayern München 1st with 78.

VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-3-3 and FC Bayern München in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Robert Lewandowski of FC Bayern München (9.5), ahead of Koen Casteels (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 VfL Wolfsburg win, 2 draws and 7 for FC Bayern München.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · Robert LewandowskiFC Bayern München · 0-1
  • 33'Yellow card · Milovan MilovicFC Bayern München
  • 35'Yellow card · M. ArnoldVfL Wolfsburg
  • 44'Yellow card · Arjen RobbenFC Bayern München
  • 48'Goal · Robert LewandowskiFC Bayern München · 0-2
  • 57'Second yellow · Arjen RobbenFC Bayern München
  • 63'Goal · Wout WeghorstVfL Wolfsburg · 1-2
  • 72'Goal · J. RodríguezFC Bayern München · 1-3
  • 81'Yellow card · Wout WeghorstVfL Wolfsburg
  • 88'Yellow card · Manuel NeuerFC Bayern München

Head-to-head

10 meetings: VfL Wolfsburg 1, draws 2, FC Bayern München 7.

Team news

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

Koen Casteels, William, Robin Knoche, John Brooks, Jérôme Roussillon, Yannick Gerhardt, Maximilian Arnold, Elvis Rexhbecaj, Renato Steffen, Wout Weghorst, Josip Brekalo

FC Bayern München line-up (4-1-4-1)

Manuel Neuer, Joshua Kimmich, Niklas Süle, Mats Hummels, David Alaba, Javi Martínez, Arjen Robben, James Rodríguez, Thiago Alcântara, Serge Gnabry, Robert Lewandowski