VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 Hamburger SV: result and report

Bundesliga · Friday 23 March 2012

Result

VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 Hamburger SV

Bundesliga · Friday 23 March 2012, 19:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 Hamburger SV: match report

VfL Wolfsburg beat Hamburger SV 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Friday 23 March 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.

Mario Mandžukić opened the scoring in the 46th minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goals came from Mario Mandžukić (46') and Marcel Schäfer (75'). Hamburger SV scored through Marcus Berg (47').

Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 4 yellow cards; Hamburger SV received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 9th on 34 points from 26 and Hamburger SV 14th on 27 points from 26. VfL Wolfsburg went on to finish that season 8th with 44 points, and Hamburger SV 15th with 36.

VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-4-2 and Hamburger SV in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 VfL Wolfsburg wins, 4 draws and 3 for Hamburger SV.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Yellow card · JosuéVfL Wolfsburg
  • 46'Goal · Mario MandžukićVfL Wolfsburg · 1-0
  • 47'Goal · Marcus BergHamburger SV · 1-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Jan PolakVfL Wolfsburg
  • 72'Yellow card · Felipe LopesVfL Wolfsburg
  • 74'Yellow card · Petr JiráčekVfL Wolfsburg
  • 74'Yellow card · Heiko WestermannHamburger SV
  • 75'Goal · Marcel SchäferVfL Wolfsburg · 2-1
  • 86'Yellow card · T. RincónHamburger SV

Head-to-head

10 meetings: VfL Wolfsburg 3, draws 4, Hamburger SV 3.

Team news

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

Diego Benaglio, Felipe Lopes, Makoto Hasebe, Marco Russ, Ricardo Rodríguez, Marcel Schäfer, Josué, Ashkan Dejagah, Jan Polak, Mario Mandžukić, Patrick Helmes

Hamburger SV line-up (4-4-2)

Jaroslav Drobný, Dennis Diekmeier, Michael Mancienne, Heiko Westermann, Dennis Aogo, Marcell Jansen, Tomás Rincón, Ivo Iličević, David Jarolím, Mladen Petric, Marcus Berg