Werder Bremen 2-1 VfL Wolfsburg: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 24 September 2016

Result

Werder Bremen 2-1 VfL Wolfsburg

Bundesliga · Saturday 24 September 2016, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Werder Bremen 2-1 VfL Wolfsburg: match report

Werder Bremen won against VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 24 September 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Werder Bremen's goals came from Lennart Thy (86') and Theodor Gebre Selassie (90+1'). VfL Wolfsburg scored through an own goal by Robert Bauer (69').

Discipline: Werder Bremen received 1 yellow card; VfL Wolfsburg received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Werder Bremen were 18th on 0 points from 4 and VfL Wolfsburg 12th on 5 points from 4. Werder Bremen went on to finish that season 8th with 45 points, and VfL Wolfsburg 16th with 37.

Werder Bremen lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and VfL Wolfsburg in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Philipp Wollscheid of VfL Wolfsburg (7.8), ahead of Zlatko Junuzović (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Werder Bremen wins, 1 draw and 7 for VfL Wolfsburg.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Jeffrey BrumaVfL Wolfsburg
  • 40'Yellow card · Paul SeguinVfL Wolfsburg
  • 49'Yellow card · Jannes HornVfL Wolfsburg
  • 61'Yellow card · Zlatko JunuzovićWerder Bremen
  • 69'Own goal · Robert BauerVfL Wolfsburg · 0-1
  • 86'Goal · Lennart ThyWerder Bremen · 1-1
  • 90+1'Goal · Theodor Gebre SelassieWerder Bremen · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Werder Bremen 2, draws 1, VfL Wolfsburg 7.

Team news

Werder Bremen line-up (4-1-4-1)

Jaroslav Drobný, Theodor Gebre Selassie, Milos Veljkovic, Niklas Moisander, Robert Bauer, Florian Grillitsch, Izet Hajrovic, Clemens Fritz, Zlatko Junuzović, Serge Gnabry, Ousman Manneh

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

Koen Casteels, Vieirinha, Jeffrey Bruma, Philipp Wollscheid, Jannes Horn, Maximilian Arnold, Jakub Błaszczykowski, Paul Seguin, Yannick Gerhardt, Julian Draxler, Mario Gómez