VfL Wolfsburg vs Borussia Dortmund, Bundesliga 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

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Bundesliga · 2021-22

VfL Wolfsburg

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Borussia Dortmund

Sat 27 Nov 2021 · 14:30 UTC Volkswagen Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

Dodi Lukebakio 25' Y

Maxence Lacroix 32' Y

Lukas Nmecha 37' Y

Maximilian Arnold 42' Y

Y 60' Marius Wolf

Overview

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VfL Wolfsburg vs Borussia Dortmund — Bundesliga at Volkswagen Arena.

VfL Wolfsburg 34 games · 29 pts (2025/26)
Borussia Dortmund 34 games · 73 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

Referee Norbert Grudzinski
Referee Alexander Sather
Referee Arno Blos
Referee Sven Jablonski
Referee Tobias Reichel
Referee Markus Schuller

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Bayern München	34	89
2	Borussia Dortmund	34	73
3	RB Leipzig	34	65
4	VfB Stuttgart	34	62
5	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	34	61
6	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	34	59
7	SC Freiburg	34	47
8	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	44
9	FC Augsburg	34	43
10	1. FSV Mainz 05	34	40
11	1. FC Union Berlin	34	39
12	Borussia Monchengladbach	34	38
13	Hamburger SV	34	38
14	1. FC Koln	34	32
15	SV Werder Bremen	34	32
16	VfL Wolfsburg	34	29
17	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	34	26
18	FC St. Pauli 1910	34	26

Head-to-Head

VfL Wolfsburg 17 games · Avg 2.8 goals Borussia Dortmund

Last 5 meetings

2021-11-27 VfL Wolfsburg 1–3 Borussia Dortmund 2021-04-24 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 Borussia Dortmund 2021-01-03 Borussia Dortmund 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg 2020-05-23 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 Borussia Dortmund 2019-11-02 Borussia Dortmund 3–0 VfL Wolfsburg

Recent Form

VfL Wolfsburg

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Nov	Borussia Dortmund	H	1–3	L
23 Nov	Sevilla FC	A	0–2	L
20 Nov	Arminia Bielefeld	A	2–2	D
06 Nov	FC Augsburg	H	1–0	W
02 Nov	FC Red Bull Salzburg	H	2–1	W
30 Oct	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	A	2–0	W

Borussia Dortmund

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Nov	VfL Wolfsburg	A	3–1	W
24 Nov	Sporting Clube de Portugal	A	1–3	L
20 Nov	VfB Stuttgart	H	2–1	W
06 Nov	RB Leipzig	A	1–2	L
03 Nov	AFC Ajax	H	1–3	L
30 Oct	1. FC Koln	H	2–0	W

Season Stats

VfL Wolfsburg		Borussia Dortmund
#16	Position	#2
29	Points	73
34	Played	34
7 / 8 / 19	W / D / L	22 / 7 / 5
45	Scored	70
69	Conceded	34
-24	GD	+36
0.85	PPG	2.15
21%	Win %	65%

Key Stats

29% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

41% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

6% Clean Sheets
VfL Wolfsburg this season

44% Clean Sheets
Borussia Dortmund this season

VfL Wolfsburg are 16th (29 pts). Borussia Dortmund are 2nd (73 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

VfL Wolfsburg

0-15

1/–

16-30

1/2

31-45

3/2

46-60

2/3

61-75

–/3

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Borussia Dortmund

0-15

2/1

16-30

–/–

31-45

3/2

46-60

1/–

61-75

1/–

76+

5/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Volkswagen Arena that hosts another battle between VfL Wolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund.
2' The Netherlands Wout Weghorst breaks the deadlock on 2 minutes. 1-0!
7' Borussia Dortmund has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
12' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Borussia Dortmund needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
17' Both keepers have barely been tested. VfL Wolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
22' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
25' Dodi Lukebakio catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 25.
30' Marco Reus has been relatively quiet despite scoring 96 goals in his last 521 appearances.
32' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Maxence Lacroix.
35' The Germany Emre Can breaks the deadlock on 35 minutes. 1-1!
37' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Lukas Nmecha on 37 minutes.
42' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Maximilian Arnold.
47' Borussia Dortmund come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
52' The home supporters are growing impatient. VfL Wolfsburg must find a spark to ignite this game.
55' GOAL! Donyell Malen fires home to make it 1-2!
60' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Marius Wolf.
61' Paulo Otavio gets the nod from VfL Wolfsburg. He replaces Jerome Roussillon and will look to change the dynamic.
62' Borussia Dortmund manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ansgar Knauff is hanging Marius Wolf on the field on 62 minute.
67' VfL Wolfsburg started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 67.
72' Dan-Axel Zagadou needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
73' Erling Haaland is replacing Donyell Malen for the Borussia Dortmund side.
74' A change in the VfL Wolfsburg ranks — Ridle Baku exits the field as Kevin Mbabu enters on 74.
79' VfL Wolfsburg is showing some good football. However, VfL Wolfsburg are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
81' What composure from Erling Haaland! The Norway international strokes it home. 1-3.
85' Another substitution for Borussia Dortmund to replace Nico Schulz by Dan-Axel Zagadou on 85 minute.
90' Fresh legs for VfL Wolfsburg! Maximilian Philipp comes on to replace Josuha Guilavogui.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Borussia Dortmund to claim maximum points.

Lineups

VfL Wolfsburg Lineups

Starting XI

10
Lukas Nmecha ↓ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt 61'
4
Maxence Lacroix
9
Wout Weghorst
15
Jerome Roussillon ↓ Paulo Otavio 61'
25
John Brooks
27
Maximilian Arnold
23
Josuha Guilavogui ↓ Maximilian Philipp 90'
12
Pavao Pervan
20
Ridle Baku ↓ Kevin Mbabu 74'
28
Dodi Lukebakio
8
Aster Vranckx

Bench

Coach Florian Kohfeldt

Borussia Dortmund Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Marco Rose

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Erling Haaland	5
Jude Bellingham	4
Karim Adeyemi	4
Donyell Malen	3
Raphael Guerreiro	2
Ridle Baku	2
Sehrou Guirassy	2
Manuel Akanji	2

Head to Head

VfL Wolfsburg Form

2021-11-27 VfL Wolfsburg 1–3 Borussia Dortmund L 2021-11-23 Sevilla FC 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg L 2021-11-20 Arminia Bielefeld 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg D 2021-11-06 VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 FC Augsburg W 2021-11-02 VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 FC Red Bull Salzburg W 2021-10-30 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0–2 VfL Wolfsburg W

Borussia Dortmund Form

2021-11-27 VfL Wolfsburg 1–3 Borussia Dortmund W 2021-11-24 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–1 Borussia Dortmund L 2021-11-20 Borussia Dortmund 2–1 VfB Stuttgart W 2021-11-06 RB Leipzig 2–1 Borussia Dortmund L 2021-11-03 Borussia Dortmund 1–3 AFC Ajax L 2021-10-30 Borussia Dortmund 2–0 1. FC Koln W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.02 VfL Wolfsburg xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

2.27 Borussia Dortmund xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 63% + Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

VfL Wolfsburg20% Draw23% Borussia Dortmund57%

Actual: Borussia Dortmund win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 3.29

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	63%	37%
± 3.5	41%	59%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

VfL Wolfsburg or Draw

43%

Draw or Borussia Dortmund

80%

VfL Wolfsburg or Borussia Dortmund

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

VfL Wolfsburg14% Draw39% Borussia Dortmund47%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 2

9.5%

1 – 2

9.5%

1 – 1

9.4%

0 – 1

1 – 3

Actual

0 – 3

0 – 0

5.2%

2 – 2

4.8%

2 – 1

4.3%

1 – 4

4.1%

0 – 4

2 – 3

3.7%

Asian Handicap — VfL Wolfsburg

Handicap	VfL Wolfsburg covers	Push	Borussia Dortmund covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	4%	94%
-1.5	6%	—	94%
-1	6%	10%	85%
-0.5	15%	—	85%
+0.5	36%	—	64%
+1	36%	22%	42%
+1.5	58%	—	42%
+2	58%	19%	23%
+2.5	77%	—	23%

Clean Sheet

VfL Wolfsburg keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

Borussia Dortmund keeps clean sheet

37% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.