Borussia Dortmund destroys VfL Wolfsburg 6-1

DORTMUND. Borussia Dortmund wipes out VfL Wolfsburg 6-1 with goals of

April 17, 2022

DORTMUND. Borussia Dortmund annihilates VfL Wolfsburg 6-1 with goals of T. Rothe (24′), A. Witsel (26′), M. Akanji (28′), E. Can (35′), E. Haaland (38′) and E. Haaland (54′). Talking about the opposition, VfL Wolfsburg scored with R. Baku (82′). Borussia Dortmund made the most of its superior ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Signal-Iduna-Park stadium in Dortmund on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Robert Schröder with the assistance of Jan Clemens Neitzel and René Rohde. The 4th official was Patrick Ittrich. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15.6 degrees Celsius or 59.99 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 37%.

Match Statistics

Borussia Dortmund

6 - 1

VfL Wolfsburg

60 Ball Possession 40

Shots

14 Total 8
8 On Target 2
6 Off Target 6
2 Shots blocked 0

115 Attack 84
36 Dangerous attack 48
78 Ball safe 65

0 Penalties 0
4 Corners 6

Fouls

13 Total 9
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Borussia Dortmund had a superior ball possession 60% while VfL Wolfsburg was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

VfL Wolfsburg was more pushing with 48 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Borussia Dortmund was capable to find the solution to win this match.

Borussia Dortmund shot 14 times, 8 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, VfL Wolfsburg shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Borussia Dortmund didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, VfL Wolfsburg received 2 yellow cards (R. Baku and Y. Gerhardt).

Match Timeline

24'

26'

28'

33'

Ridle Baku- Yellow

Emre Can (goal)M. Wolf

35'

38'

41'

Yannick Gerhardt- Yellow

45'

46'

54'

62'

Aster Vranckx- sub ->Xaver Schlager

Felix Nmecha- sub ->Lukas Nmecha

62'

Youssoufa Moukoko- sub ->Julian Brandt

65'

77'

82'

Ridle Baku(goal)

83'

89'

Jamie Bynoe-Gittens- sub ->T. Rothe

89'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Borussia Mönchengladbach

DSC Arminia Bielefeld

SpVgg Greuther Fürth

After this match, Borussia Dortmund will have 63 points to remain in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, VfL Wolfsburg will stay with 34 points to remain in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund will play away with FC Bayern München on the 23rd of April with a 22-10 head to head record in favor of FC Bayern München (10 draws).

VfL Wolfsburg will host FSV Mainz 05 on the 22nd of April with a 10-8 head to head statistic in favor of VfL Wolfsburg (11 draws).

Borussia Dortmund – Formation

Borussia Dortmund

Gregor Kobel 1.Switzerland

7.0

Manuel Akanji 16.Switzerland

7.7

65'

28'

Dan-Axel Zagadou 5.France

7.0

Emre Can 23.Germany

7.3

35'

Tom Rothe 36.Germany

7.2

89'

24'

Axel Witsel 28.Belgium

8.1

77'

26'

Marius Wolf 39.Germany

7.0

89'

Jude Bellingham 22.England

6.8

Julian Brandt 19.Germany

8.6

65'

Marco Reus 11.Germany

7.8

Erling Haaland 9.Norway

8.8

38', 54'

Substitutes

Marwin Hitz 35.Switzerland

Marin Pongracic 34.Croatia

5.6

65'

Nico Schulz 14.Germany

Lion Semić 37.Germany

89'

Jamie Bynoe-Gittens 43.England

89'

Reinier 20.Brazil

6.4

77'

Antonios Papadopoulos 47.Germany

Youssoufa Moukoko 18.Germany

6.2

65'

Borussia Dortmund adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Marco Rose decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Borussia Dortmund made 5 changes: M. Akanji for M. Pongracic (65′), J. Brandt for Y. Moukoko (65′), A. Witsel for Reinier (77′), M. Wolf for L. Semic (89′) and T. Rothe for J. Bynoe-Gittens (89′).

VfL Wolfsburg – Formation

VfL Wolfsburg

Koen Casteels 1.Belgium

4.4

Sebastiaan Bornauw 3.Belgium

6.3

Maxence Lacroix 4.France

6.4

45'

John Anthony Brooks 25.United States

5.2

Ridle Baku 20.Germany

6.4

33'

82'

M. Arnold 27.Germany

6.6

Yannick Gerhardt 31.Germany

6.1

41'

Xaver Schlager 24.Austria

6.5

62'

Max Kruse 9.Germany

6.1

46'

Lukas Nmecha 10.Germany

6.4

62'

Jonas Wind 23.Denmark

7.2

83'

Substitutes

Pavao Pervan 12.Austria

Kevin Mbabu 19.Switzerland

6.5

45'

Jérôme Roussillon 15.Guadeloupe

6.6

46'

Aster Vranckx 8.Belgium

6.2

62'

Felix Nmecha 22.Germany

6.7

62'

Renato Steffen 11.Switzerland

Dodi Lukébakio 28.Belgium

Maximilian Philipp 17.Germany

Bartosz Bialek 21.Poland

6.2

83'

Also VfL Wolfsburg adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Florian Kohfeldt played with: .

VfL Wolfsburg could not rely on the presence of A. Vranckx (injured).

Substitutions

VfL Wolfsburg made 5 changes: M. Lacroix for K. Mbabu (45′), M. Kruse for J. Roussillon (46′), L. Nmecha for F. Nmecha (62′), X. Schlager for A. Vranckx (63′) and J. Wind for B. Bialek (83′).