VfL Wolfsburg vs Energie Cottbus 4-4
The 2. Bundesliga match between VfL Wolfsburg and Energie Cottbus at the Volkswagen Arena on 5 September 2026 ended 4-4, with Wolfsburg leading 3-1 at half-time. Wolfsburg's scorers were R. Glatzel (4' pen, 34'), Vini Souza (25') and M. Svanberg (79'), while Cottbus replied through L. Erlein (45'), K. Manu (49'), T. Cigerci (67' pen) and D. Bogdanov (90'). Mathys Angely was sent off for Wolfsburg in the 88th minute.
Match note written by Pitcharium from the match data.Match timeline
- R. Glatzel · Penalty goal4'
- 6'King Manu · Yellow card
- Vini Souza assist F. Reese25'
- R. Glatzel assist A. Bernhardsson34'
- 45'L. Erlein
- 46'J. Butler for M. Hannemann
- 46'F. Doumbia for C. Kinsombi
- 46'L. Copado for D. Bogdanov
- 49'K. Manu assist L. Michelbrink
- R. Glatzel for K. Shiogai52'
- M. Arnold for M. Damar53'
- Elvis Rexhbeçaj · Yellow card62'
- 67'T. Cigerci · Penalty goal
- 68'L. Bittencourt for D. Pelivan
- Mathys Angely · Yellow card70'
- Vini Souza for M. Svanberg78'
- F. Reese for A. Besio78'
- M. Svanberg assist M. Angely79'
- 82'L. Michelbrink for J. Boziaris
- 84'Tolcay Ciğerci · Yellow card
- E. Rexhbecaj for Y. Gerhardt86'
- Mathys Angely · Yellow card88'
- Mathys Angely · Red card88'
- 90+4'Moritz Hannemann · Yellow card
- 90+2'Dmytro Bogdanov · Yellow card
- 90'D. Bogdanov assist C. Kinsombi
Match stats
Line-ups
VfL Wolfsburg starting XI
- 30J. Zielinski
- 2K. Fischer
- 6H. Wahl
- 22M. Angely
- 21J. Maehle
- 27M. Arnold
- 5Vini Souza
- 37E. Rexhbecaj
- 17A. Bernhardsson
- 19R. Glatzel
- 11F. Reese
VfL Wolfsburg bench · coach Tobias Strobl
Energie Cottbus starting XI
- 1M. Lotka
- 21L. Erlein
- 2K. Manu
- 23F. Doumbia
- 20A. Borgmann
- 8L. Michelbrink
- 32L. Bittencourt
- 3H. Rorig
- 9L. Copado
- 31J. Butler
- 10T. Cigerci
Energie Cottbus bench · coach Claus-Dieter Wollitz
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Energie Cottbus formlast ten
2. Bundesliga table
| # | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Hertha BSC | 10 | +15 | 28 |
| 2 |  1. FC Nürnberg | 10 | +11 | 21 |
| 3 |  VfL Wolfsburg | 10 | +11 | 19 |
| 4 |  1. FC Kaiserslautern | 10 | +2 | 18 |
| 5 |  1. FC Magdeburg | 10 | +8 | 17 |
| 6 |  1. FC Heidenheim | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 7 |  Arminia Bielefeld | 10 | +1 | 14 |
| 8 |  FC St. Pauli | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 |  SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 10 | -3 | 12 |
| 10 |  VfL Osnabrück | 10 | -3 | 11 |
| 11 |  VfL Bochum | 10 | -3 | 11 |
| 12 |  Hannover 96 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 13 |  Karlsruher SC | 10 | -8 | 11 |
| 14 |  Energie Cottbus | 10 | -2 | 10 |
| 15 |  Eintracht Braunschweig | 10 | -2 | 10 |
| 16 |  SV Darmstadt 98 | 10 | -10 | 9 |
