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Wolfsburg vs Cottbus: match report

VfL Wolfsburg hosted Energie Cottbus at Volkswagen Arena on Saturday 5 September 2026, in the 2. Bundesliga (round 4). Lukas Benen is the referee, averaging 4.8 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.7.

Result and scorers

Wolfsburg 4-4 Cottbus. Goals: Robert Glatzel 4' (pen) for Wolfsburg; Vinicius Souza 25' for Wolfsburg; Robert Glatzel 34' for Wolfsburg; Luca Erlein 45'+4' for Cottbus; King Manu 49' for Cottbus; Tolcay Cigerci 67' (pen) for Cottbus; Mattias Svanberg 79' for Wolfsburg; Dmytro Bohdanov 90'+1' for Cottbus.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 4' Penalty: Robert Glatzel (Wolfsburg)
  • 6' Yellow card: King Manu (Cottbus)
  • 25' Goal: Vinicius Souza (Wolfsburg)
  • 34' Goal: Robert Glatzel (Wolfsburg)
  • 45'+4' Goal: Luca Erlein (Cottbus)
  • 49' Goal: King Manu (Cottbus)
  • 62' Yellow card: Elvis Rexhbecaj (Wolfsburg)
  • 67' Penalty: Tolcay Cigerci (Cottbus)
  • 70' Yellow card: Mathys Angély (Wolfsburg)
  • 79' Goal: Mattias Svanberg (Wolfsburg)
  • 84' Yellow card: Tolcay Cigerci (Cottbus)
  • 88' Red card: Mathys Angély (Wolfsburg)
  • 90'+1' Goal: Dmytro Bohdanov (Cottbus)
  • 90'+2' Yellow card: Dmytro Bohdanov (Cottbus)
  • 90'+4' Yellow card: Moritz Hannemann (Cottbus)
Match stats (contains the result)
51.1%Possession48.9%
19Shots21
7Shots on target9
4Corners9
13Fouls12
0Offsides3
5Saves3
1Yellow cards4
1Red cards0

Line-ups

Wolfsburg 4-3-3

Coach: Tobias Strobl

  1. 30 Jakub Zieliński GK
  2. 2 Kilian Fischer DEF
  3. 6 Hauke Wahl DEF
  4. 22 Mathys Angély DEF
  5. 21 Joakim Mæhle DEF
  6. 27 Maximilian Arnold MID
  7. 5 Vini Souza MID
  8. 37 Elvis Rexhbeçaj MID
  9. 17 Alexander Bernhardsson MID
  10. 19 Robert Glatzel FWD
  11. 11 Fabian Reese FWD

Bench

  • 7 Kento Shiogai FWD
  • 20 Muhammed Mehmet Damar MID
  • 32 Mattias Svanberg MID
  • 23 Alessio Besio FWD
  • 31 Yannick Gerhardt MID
  • 12 Pavao Pervan GK
  • 33 Cleiton Santos DEF
  • 18 Jonas Adjetey DEF
  • 14 Pharrell Hensel FWD

Cottbus 4-2-3-1

Coach: Claus-Dieter Wollitz

  1. 1 Marcel Lotka GK
  2. 3 Henry Rorig DEF
  3. 2 King Manu DEF
  4. 21 Luca Erlein DEF
  5. 23 Fousseny Doumbia DEF
  6. 8 Lukas Michelbrink MID
  7. 20 Axel Borgmann DEF
  8. 10 Tolcay Ciğerci MID
  9. 32 Leonardo Bittencourt MID
  10. 31 Justin Butler FWD
  11. 9 Lucas Copado FWD

Bench

  • 7 Christian Kinsombi FWD
  • 13 Dmytro Bogdanov FWD
  • 11 Moritz Hannemann FWD
  • 5 Dominik Pelivan MID
  • 19 Jannis Boziaris MID
  • 29 Kevin Kratzsch GK
  • 42 Jannis Zaydan DEF
  • 16 Ryan Malone DEF
  • 4 Tim Campulka DEF
Previous meetings
  • Wednesday 22 December 2010: VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 Energie Cottbus
  • Sunday 26 April 2009: Energie Cottbus 2-0 VfL Wolfsburg
  • Saturday 8 November 2008: VfL Wolfsburg 3-0 Energie Cottbus
  • Saturday 8 March 2008: VfL Wolfsburg 3-0 Energie Cottbus
  • Saturday 22 September 2007: Energie Cottbus 1-2 VfL Wolfsburg