VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 Hannover 96: result and report

Bundesliga · Sunday 7 December 2008

Result

VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 Hannover 96

Bundesliga · Sunday 7 December 2008, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 Hannover 96: match report

VfL Wolfsburg defeated Hannover 96 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 7 December 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

Cristian Zaccardo opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goals came from Cristian Zaccardo (32') and an own goal by Jiri Stajner (63'). Hannover 96 scored through Jiri Stajner (59').

Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 2 yellow cards; Hannover 96 received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 10th on 23 points from 15 and Hannover 96 13th on 16 points from 15. VfL Wolfsburg went on to finish that season 1st with 69 points, and Hannover 96 11th with 40.

VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Hannover 96 in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 VfL Wolfsburg wins, 2 draws and 1 for Hannover 96.

Going into the match VfL Wolfsburg's last five read D-W-L-W-L and Hannover 96's W-L-D-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · Cristian ZaccardoVfL Wolfsburg · 1-0
  • 45'Yellow card · A. DejagahVfL Wolfsburg
  • 59'Goal · Jiri StajnerHannover 96 · 1-1
  • 63'Own goal · Jiri StajnerVfL Wolfsburg · 2-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Ricardo CostaVfL Wolfsburg
  • 80'Red card · Florian FromlowitzHannover 96
  • 82'Missed penalty · Edin DzekoVfL Wolfsburg
  • 86'Yellow card · Jiri StajnerHannover 96
  • 88'Yellow card · Christian SchulzHannover 96

Head-to-head

6 meetings: VfL Wolfsburg 3, draws 2, Hannover 96 1.

Team news

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

Diego Benaglio, Cristian Zaccardo, Ricardo Costa, Makoto Hasebe, Andrea Barzagli, Marcel Schäfer, Josué, Zvjezdan Misimović, Ashkan Dejagah, Edin Džeko, Christian Gentner

Hannover 96 line-up (4-4-2)

Florian Fromlowitz, Szabolcs Huszti, Hanno Balitsch, Chavdar Yankov, Jiri Stajner, Jan Rosenthal, Mike Hanke, Mikael Forssell, Christian Schulz, Frank Fahrenhorst, Konstantin Rausch