VfL Wolfsburg 4-3 Schalke 04: result and report

Bundesliga · Friday 13 March 2009

Result

VfL Wolfsburg 4-3 Schalke 04

Bundesliga · Friday 13 March 2009, 19:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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VfL Wolfsburg 4-3 Schalke 04: match report

VfL Wolfsburg beat Schalke 04 4-3 in the Bundesliga on Friday 13 March 2009. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Heiko Westermann opened the scoring in the 9th minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goals came from Grafite (25', penalty), Edin Dzeko (44'), Grafite (74') and Grafite (84'). Schalke 04 scored through Heiko Westermann (9'), Jermaine Jones (76') and Kevin Kuranyi (90').

Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 2 yellow cards; Schalke 04 received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game VfL Wolfsburg were 4th on 42 points from 23 and Schalke 04 8th on 37 points from 23. VfL Wolfsburg went on to finish that season 1st with 69 points, and Schalke 04 8th with 50.

VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Schalke 04 in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 VfL Wolfsburg win, 5 draws and 1 for Schalke 04.

Going into the match VfL Wolfsburg's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Schalke 04's W-W-D-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Heiko WestermannSchalke 04 · 0-1
  • 25'Penalty goal · GrafiteVfL Wolfsburg · 1-1
  • 44'Goal · Edin DzekoVfL Wolfsburg · 2-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Peter PekarikVfL Wolfsburg
  • 52'Yellow card · Kevin KuranyiSchalke 04
  • 66'Yellow card · Danny LatzaSchalke 04
  • 74'Goal · GrafiteVfL Wolfsburg · 3-1
  • 76'Goal · Jermaine JonesSchalke 04 · 3-2
  • 80'Yellow card · GrafiteVfL Wolfsburg
  • 84'Goal · GrafiteVfL Wolfsburg · 4-2
  • 90'Goal · Kevin KuranyiSchalke 04 · 4-3

Head-to-head

7 meetings: VfL Wolfsburg 1, draws 5, Schalke 04 1.

Team news

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

Diego Benaglio, Jan Simunek, Alexander Madlung, Peter Pekarík, Andrea Barzagli, Marcel Schäfer, Josué, Zvjezdan Misimović, Edin Džeko, Grafite, Christian Gentner

Schalke 04 line-up (4-2-3-1)

Mathias Schober, Heiko Westermann, Levan Kobiashvili, Tore André Flo, Benedikt Höwedes, Ivan Rakitić, Jermaine Jones, Kevin Kuranyi, Vicente Sánchez Bragunde, Jefferson Farfán, Mladen Krstajić