VfL Wolfsburg 2-3 Hertha BSC: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 3 December 2016
Result
VfL Wolfsburg 2-3 Hertha BSC
Bundesliga · Saturday 3 December 2016, 14:30 UTC · half-time 2-1
VfL Wolfsburg 2-3 Hertha BSC: match report
VfL Wolfsburg lost to Hertha BSC 2-3 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 3 December 2016. The half-time score was 2-1.
Borja Mayoral opened the scoring in the 12th minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goals came from Borja Mayoral (12') and Paul Seguin (18'). Hertha BSC scored through Marvin Plattenhardt (16'), Alexander Esswein (69') and S. Kalou (90+1', penalty).
Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Hertha BSC received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 14th on 10 points from 12 and Hertha BSC 3rd on 24 points from 12. VfL Wolfsburg went on to finish that season 16th with 37 points, and Hertha BSC 6th with 49.
VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Hertha BSC in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marvin Plattenhardt of Hertha BSC (7.8), ahead of Robin Knoche (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 VfL Wolfsburg wins, 2 draws and 3 for Hertha BSC.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Borja Mayoral
- 16'Goal · Marvin Plattenhardt
- 18'Goal · Paul Seguin
- 28'Yellow card · Josuha Guilavogui
- 31'Yellow card · Daniel Caligiuri
- 59'Yellow card · Marvin Plattenhardt
- 62'Yellow card · M. Arnold
- 69'Goal · Alexander Esswein
- 76'Yellow card · Paul Seguin
- 87'Second yellow · Paul Seguin
- 90+1'Penalty goal · S. Kalou
- 90+2'Yellow card · Julian Schieber
Head-to-head
Team news
VfL Wolfsburg line-up (3-1-4-2)
Diego Benaglio, Robin Knoche, Jeffrey Bruma, Ricardo Rodríguez, Josuha Guilavogui, Daniel Caligiuri, Paul Seguin, Maximilian Arnold, Yannick Gerhardt, Mario Gómez, Borja Mayoral
Hertha BSC line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rune Jarstein, Peter Pekarík, Sebastian Langkamp, John Brooks, Marvin Plattenhardt, Niklas Stark, Fabian Lustenberger, Genki Haraguchi, Valentin Stocker, Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou, Julian Schieber