VfL Wolfsburg vs Energie Cottbus — 2. Bundesliga: stats, lineups & analysis
Match Events
play_arrow8 clips- 4′VfL Wolfsburg, penalty goal:1–0Penalty
- 6′Energie Cottbus, yellow card:Dissent
- 25′VfL Wolfsburg, goal:2–0assist
- 34′VfL Wolfsburg, goal:3–0assist
- 45+4′Energie Cottbus, goal:3–1
- Half-time3 – 1
- 46′Energie Cottbus, substitution:off
- 46′Energie Cottbus, substitution:off
- 46′Energie Cottbus, substitution:off
- 49′Energie Cottbus, goal:3–2assist
- 52′VfL Wolfsburg, substitution:off
- 53′VfL Wolfsburg, substitution:off
- 62′VfL Wolfsburg, yellow card:Time wasting
- 67′Energie Cottbus, penalty goal:3–3Penalty
- 68′Energie Cottbus, substitution:off
- 70′VfL Wolfsburg, yellow card:Foul
- 78′VfL Wolfsburg, substitution:off
- 78′VfL Wolfsburg, substitution:off
- 79′VfL Wolfsburg, goal:4–3assist
- 82′Energie Cottbus, substitution:off
- 84′Energie Cottbus, yellow card:Foul
- 86′VfL Wolfsburg, substitution:off
- 88′VfL Wolfsburg, red card:
- 90+1′Energie Cottbus, goal:4–4assist
- 90+2′Energie Cottbus, yellow card:
- 90+4′Energie Cottbus, yellow card:Dissent
- Full-time4 – 4
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VfL Wolfsburg
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Match report
Wolfsburg let slip three-goal lead as Cottbus snatch 4-4 draw
VfL Wolfsburg and Energie Cottbus shared eight goals in a remarkable 2. Bundesliga contest at the Volkswagen Arena, the hosts twice surrendering commanding leads before a stoppage-time equaliser left the points shared. Wolfsburg raced into a 3-0 lead inside 34 minutes, but Cottbus fought back time and again to leave with a 4-4 draw.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Robert-Nesta Glatzel opened the scoring from the penalty spot after just four minutes, and Vinicius Souza, assisted by Fabian Reese, doubled the advantage on 25 minutes. Glatzel struck again on 34 minutes, finishing off a Alexander Bernhardsson assist to make it 3-0, only for Luca Erlein to pull one back deep into first-half stoppage time, sending the sides in at 3-1.
Cottbus emerged transformed after the break. King Manu, set up by Lukas Michelbrink, reduced the gap to 3-2 four minutes into the second half, and Tolcay Ciğerci levelled from the penalty spot on 67 minutes. Mattias Svanberg, teeing off a Mathys Angely pass, restored Wolfsburg's lead at 4-3 with eleven minutes remaining, but Dmytro Bohdanov, assisted by Christian Kinsombi, snatched a stoppage-time equaliser in the first minute of added time to complete the comeback.
Glatzel scored twice, including an early penalty, and was rated the outstanding figure on the pitch with an 8.2 mark despite finishing on the losing side of the scoreline in terms of the final result.
Cottbus were shown four yellow cards to Wolfsburg's one, and Wolfsburg also had a player sent off, reflecting a fractious and increasingly stretched affair as the visitors chased their comeback.
VfL Wolfsburg and Energie Cottbus drew 4–4 (half-time 3–1).
VfL Wolfsburg met Energie Cottbus in the 2. Bundesliga (Regular Season - 4). Kick-off was Saturday, 5 September 2026, 11:00 UTC at Volkswagen Arena. Referee: Lukas Benen.
Team pages: VfL Wolfsburg · Energie Cottbus · 2. Bundesliga
Key moments
- 4' Goal (penalty): Robert Glatzel — 1–0 · Watch Robert Glatzel's goal video (4')
- 25' Goal: Vinicius Souza (assist: Fabian Reese) — 2–0 · Watch Vinicius Souza's goal video (25')
- 34' Goal: Robert Glatzel (assist: Alexander Bernhardsson) — 3–0 · Watch Robert Glatzel's goal video (34')
- 45+4' Goal: Luca Erlein — 3–1 · Watch Luca Erlein's goal video (45+4')
- 49' Goal: King Manu (assist: Lukas Michelbrink) — 3–2 · Watch King Manu's goal video (49')
- 67' Goal (penalty): Tolcay Ciğerci — 3–3 · Watch Tolcay Ciğerci's goal video (67')
- 79' Goal: Mattias Svanberg (assist: Mathys Angely) — 4–3 · Watch Mattias Svanberg's goal video (79')
- 88' Red card: Mathys Angely
- 90+1' Goal: Dmytro Bohdanov (assist: Christian Kinsombi) — 4–4 · Watch Dmytro Bohdanov's goal video (90+1')
Starting line-ups
VfL Wolfsburg (4-3-3)
Energie Cottbus (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave VfL Wolfsburg 68%, the draw 21%, Energie Cottbus 11%. It finished VfL Wolfsburg 4–4 Energie Cottbus.
VfL Wolfsburg's rating gap decides it — VfL Wolfsburg are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and their cold finishing due to recover on top gives VfL Wolfsburg a clear lead. The draw at 21% is lifted by the early-season fade in home wins.
Why VfL Wolfsburg at 68%?
VfL Wolfsburg sit 212 points higher on our strength rating — 1733 to 1521. Sides with a 200–300-point rating edge at home won 67.0% of 5,974 such games. VfL Wolfsburg sit -0.32 goals per game below chance-quality — cold streaks like this have bounced back. Finishing swings carry a receipt at this rating gap too: sides finishing this cold won 38.9% of 2,413 such games where the class table expected 36.3%. The 300 most similar past games finished 68–20–12.
Why only 68%?
Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims VfL Wolfsburg's column. Across 10,911 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.8% where the rating map expected 44.9%, with draws up 2.0 — negative in every season since 2018.
Why is the draw only 21%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 19.6%. These teams' recent games average 2.8 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.6% of 24,965. Early-season fixtures add 2.0 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
VfL Wolfsburg average 8 points more possession, but the rating gap here is 212 points. Our control receipt only exists between near-equals — there it moved results; across a class gap we could not measure a separate style edge, so style scores 0 here. VfL Wolfsburg have gained 63 strength-rating points over their last 10 games. Momentum is measured but not yet proven: climbing sides won 41.4% of 12,294 such games vs 40.7% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it stays at 0 points until the receipt clears its evidence bar. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the VfL Wolfsburg vs Energie Cottbus final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this 2. Bundesliga fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Robert Glatzel's goal against Energie Cottbus (4').
- Watch Vinicius Souza's goal against Energie Cottbus (25').
- Watch Robert Glatzel's goal against Energie Cottbus (34').
- Watch Luca Erlein's goal against VfL Wolfsburg (45+4').
- Watch King Manu's goal against VfL Wolfsburg (49').
- Watch Tolcay Ciğerci's goal against VfL Wolfsburg (67').
- Watch Mattias Svanberg's goal against Energie Cottbus (79').
- Watch Dmytro Bohdanov's goal against VfL Wolfsburg (90+1').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from VfL Wolfsburg 4–4 Energie Cottbus. Explore more on the VfL Wolfsburg and Energie Cottbus team pages or the 2. Bundesliga page.