VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 Manchester United: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 8 December 2009

Result

VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 Manchester United

Champions League · Tuesday 8 December 2009, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 Manchester United: match report

VfL Wolfsburg lost to Manchester United 1-3 in the Champions League on Tuesday 8 December 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.

Michael Owen opened the scoring in the 44th minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goal came from Edin Dzeko (56'). Manchester United scored through Michael Owen (44'), Michael Owen (83') and Michael Owen (90+1').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 29th on 7 points from 5 and Manchester United 16th on 10 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Manchester United in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 VfL Wolfsburg wins, 0 draws and 1 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Goal · Michael OwenManchester United · 0-1
  • 56'Goal · Edin DzekoVfL Wolfsburg · 1-1
  • 83'Goal · Michael OwenManchester United · 1-2
  • 90+1'Goal · Michael OwenManchester United · 1-3

Head-to-head

1 meetings: VfL Wolfsburg 0, draws 0, Manchester United 1.

Team news

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

Diego Benaglio, Ricardo Costa, Makoto Hasebe, Sascha Riether, Andrea Barzagli, Marcel Schäfer, Josué, Zvjezdan Misimović, Edin Džeko, Grafite, Christian Gentner

Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Tomasz Kuszczak, Patrice Evra, Anderson, Park Ji-Sung, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Darron Gibson, Michael Owen, Nani, Danny Welbeck, Paul Scholes