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
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.
Key events
- 36'Yellow card · Josué
- 46'Goal · Mario Mandžukić
- 47'Goal · Marcus Berg
- 62'Yellow card · Jan Polak
- 72'Yellow card · Felipe Lopes
- 74'Yellow card · Petr Jiráček
- 74'Yellow card · Heiko Westermann
- 75'Goal · Marcel Schäfer
- 86'Yellow card · T. Rincón
Head-to-head
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