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VfL Wolfsburg 5-1 Darmstadt 98 · 2. Bundesliga

VfL Wolfsburg beat Darmstadt 98 5-1 in the 2. Bundesliga. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

VfL Wolfsburg and Darmstadt 98 met in the 2. Bundesliga at Volkswagen Arena in Wolfsburg on Friday, 18 September 2026.

Goalscorers

VfL Wolfsburg: A. Bernhardsson 14', 61'; R. Glatzel 40', 79'; M. Damar 66'. Darmstadt 98: M. Smit 29'.

How the match went

VfL Wolfsburg saw more of the ball, 64% of it. VfL Wolfsburg had 19 shots with 6 on target, Darmstadt 98 12 with 3 on target. There were 13 corners in total, 8 to VfL Wolfsburg and 5 to Darmstadt 98. VfL Wolfsburg conceded 19 fouls, Darmstadt 98 9. The referee showed 5 yellow cards (3 for VfL Wolfsburg, 2 for Darmstadt 98).

Line-ups

VfL Wolfsburg started in a 4-3-3: Jakub Zieliński, Saël Kumbedi, Hauke Wahl, Cleiton, Joakim Mæhle, Muhammed Damar, Vinícius Souza, Yannick Gerhardt, Alexander Bernhardsson, Robert Glatzel, Fabian Reese.

Darmstadt 98 started in a 4-2-3-1: Marcel Schuhen, Christopher Lannert, Patric Pfeiffer, Aleksandar Vukotić, Raoul Petretta, Carlo Sickinger, Kai Klefisch, Nicolas Verkooijen, Milan Smit, Noah Weißhaupt, Lee Ho-jae.

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Minute by minute

  1. 14'Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 1-0 Darmstadt 98. A. Bernhardsson (VfL Wolfsburg) scores, assisted by F. Reese.
  2. 29'Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 1-1 Darmstadt 98. M. Smit (Darmstadt 98) scores, assisted by K. Klefisch.
  3. 40'Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 Darmstadt 98. R. Glatzel (VfL Wolfsburg) scores, assisted by A. Bernhardsson.
  4. 45'Half-time. VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 Darmstadt 98.
  5. 61'Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 3-1 Darmstadt 98. A. Bernhardsson (VfL Wolfsburg) scores, assisted by F. Reese.
  6. 66'Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 4-1 Darmstadt 98. M. Damar (VfL Wolfsburg) scores, assisted by J. Mæhle.
  7. 79'Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 5-1 Darmstadt 98. R. Glatzel (VfL Wolfsburg) scores, assisted by F. Reese.
  8. 90'Full-time. VfL Wolfsburg 5-1 Darmstadt 98.
Full commentary (71 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: VfL Wolfsburg vs Darmstadt 98.
  2. 4'Attempt missed. P. Pfeiffer (Darmstadt 98), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.01.
  3. 4'Attempt blocked. A. Bernhardsson (VfL Wolfsburg), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  4. 6'Attempt blocked. F. Reese (VfL Wolfsburg), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  5. 6'Corner, VfL Wolfsburg.
  6. 10'Corner, VfL Wolfsburg.
  7. 10'Attempt blocked. F. Reese (VfL Wolfsburg), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  8. 13'Attempt missed. M. Damar (VfL Wolfsburg), right-footed shot. xG 0.14.
  9. 14'Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 1-0 Darmstadt 98. A. Bernhardsson (VfL Wolfsburg) scores, assisted by F. Reese.
  10. 14'Attempt blocked. Y. Gerhardt (VfL Wolfsburg), left-footed shot. xG 0.11.
  11. 16'Attempt blocked. F. Reese (VfL Wolfsburg), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.03.
  12. 18'Offside, Darmstadt 98.
  13. 21'Offside, Darmstadt 98.
  14. 25'Attempt missed. F. Reese (VfL Wolfsburg), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  15. 27'Offside, Darmstadt 98.
  16. 28'Attempt saved. L. Ho-jae (Darmstadt 98), left-footed shot. xG 0.20.
  17. 29'Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 1-1 Darmstadt 98. M. Smit (Darmstadt 98) scores, assisted by K. Klefisch.
  18. 36'Corner, Darmstadt 98.
  19. 36'Attempt missed. L. Ho-jae (Darmstadt 98), header from a corner. xG 0.21.
  20. 36'Attempt missed. A. Vukotić (Darmstadt 98), header from a corner. xG 0.01.
  21. 38'Attempt missed. M. Smit (Darmstadt 98), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  22. 38'Yellow card for R. Petretta (Darmstadt 98) for foul.
  23. 40'Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 Darmstadt 98. R. Glatzel (VfL Wolfsburg) scores, assisted by A. Bernhardsson.
  24. 42'Yellow card for M. Damar (VfL Wolfsburg) for foul.
  25. 44'Attempt blocked. F. Reese (VfL Wolfsburg), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  26. 45'2 minutes of added time.
  27. 45+2'Corner, VfL Wolfsburg.
  28. 45'Half-time. VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 Darmstadt 98.
  29. 46'The second half is under way.
  30. 47'Corner, Darmstadt 98.
  31. 48'Corner, Darmstadt 98.
  32. 48'Attempt blocked. N. Weißhaupt (Darmstadt 98), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.01.
  33. 49'Off the woodwork! P. Pfeiffer (Darmstadt 98), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  34. 50'Offside, VfL Wolfsburg.
  35. 50'Offside, VfL Wolfsburg.
  36. 51'Yellow card for N. Verkooijen (Darmstadt 98) for foul.
  37. 52'Offside, Darmstadt 98.
  38. 53'Corner, Darmstadt 98.
  39. 53'Attempt blocked. M. Smit (Darmstadt 98), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.01.
  40. 54'Attempt saved. P. Pfeiffer (Darmstadt 98), header from a corner. xG 0.10.
  41. 54'Corner, VfL Wolfsburg.
  42. 55'Corner, VfL Wolfsburg.
  43. 59'Corner, VfL Wolfsburg.
  44. 59'Attempt saved. R. Glatzel (VfL Wolfsburg), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  45. 61'Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 3-1 Darmstadt 98. A. Bernhardsson (VfL Wolfsburg) scores, assisted by F. Reese.
  46. 66'Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 4-1 Darmstadt 98. M. Damar (VfL Wolfsburg) scores, assisted by J. Mæhle.
  47. 68'Substitution, Darmstadt 98: L. Duijvestijn comes on for L. Ho-jae.
  48. 68'Substitution, Darmstadt 98: W. Mikelbrencis comes on for R. Petretta.
  49. 70'Yellow card for S. Kumbedi (VfL Wolfsburg) for foul.
  50. 71'Corner, Darmstadt 98.
  51. 71'Attempt missed. A. Vukotić (Darmstadt 98), header from a corner. xG 0.07.
  52. 71'Attempt blocked. L. Duijvestijn (Darmstadt 98), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.03.
  53. 74'Corner, VfL Wolfsburg.
  54. 74'Attempt blocked. J. Mæhle (VfL Wolfsburg), right-footed shot. xG 0.18.
  55. 74'Attempt blocked. A. Bernhardsson (VfL Wolfsburg), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  56. 75'Attempt missed. Y. Gerhardt (VfL Wolfsburg), header. xG 0.10.
  57. 76'Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg: B. Dárdai comes on for Y. Gerhardt.
  58. 76'Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg: M. Arnold comes on for Vinicius.
  59. 77'Offside, Darmstadt 98.
  60. 79'Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 5-1 Darmstadt 98. R. Glatzel (VfL Wolfsburg) scores, assisted by F. Reese.
  61. 83'Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg: K. Fischer comes on for S. Kumbedi.
  62. 84'Substitution, Darmstadt 98: I. E. Kadiri comes on for M. Smit.
  63. 84'Substitution, Darmstadt 98: M. Richter comes on for C. Sickinger.
  64. 84'Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg: A. Besio comes on for R. Glatzel.
  65. 86'Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg: P. Hensel comes on for M. Damar.
  66. 90'Yellow card for P. Hensel (VfL Wolfsburg) for foul.
  67. 90'3 minutes of added time.
  68. 90+1'Corner, VfL Wolfsburg.
  69. 90+2'Attempt blocked. A. Besio (VfL Wolfsburg), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  70. 90+2'Off the woodwork! F. Reese (VfL Wolfsburg), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  71. 90'Full-time. VfL Wolfsburg 5-1 Darmstadt 98.
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