Match highlights
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VfL Wolfsburg vs Borussia Mönchengladbach highlights
How the goals came
3' Jonas Wind opens the scoring for VfL Wolfsburg → 60' Joakim Mæhle extends VfL Wolfsburg's lead (the winner) → 75' Maximilian Arnold extends VfL Wolfsburg's lead → 84' Lukas Nmecha extends VfL Wolfsburg's lead → 87' Lukas Nmecha extends VfL Wolfsburg's lead → 89' Shiō Fukuda pulls one back for Borussia Mönchengladbach. Full time: 5-1, VfL Wolfsburg win.
The match, goal by goal
5 of the 6 goals came after half-time.
3' Jonas Wind (VfL Wolfsburg) 1-0
VfL Wolfsburg needed only three minutes to take the lead at Volkswagen Arena on Matchday 17 of the Bundesliga, played on January 14, 2025. Jonas Wind's opener put the hosts 1-0 up against Borussia Mönchengladbach. Wolfsburg never relinquished that advantage, so Wind's early strike went on to stand as the winning goal in a 5-1 victory.
60' Joakim Mæhle (VfL Wolfsburg) 2-0
After going into the break 1-0 up, VfL Wolfsburg doubled their lead on the hour mark through Joakim Mæhle. His 60th-minute goal ended a long stretch in which the hosts had held only a one-goal cushion since the opening minutes. At 2-0, the match began to tilt more clearly in Wolfsburg's favor, with more goals to follow in the final half hour.
75' Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg) 3-0
Maximilian Arnold made it 3-0 in the 75th minute, fifteen minutes after Mæhle's goal had doubled the lead. The third goal gave VfL Wolfsburg a three-goal margin with a quarter of an hour remaining. For Borussia Mönchengladbach, the deficit was now a steep one to overturn in the time left.
84' Lukas Nmecha (VfL Wolfsburg) 4-0
Lukas Nmecha extended VfL Wolfsburg's lead to 4-0 in the 84th minute. The goal came nine minutes after Arnold's strike and stretched the margin to four. Nmecha was not finished, scoring again just three minutes later.
87' Lukas Nmecha (VfL Wolfsburg) 5-0
Three minutes after his first, Lukas Nmecha struck again in the 87th minute to make it 5-0. The quick double gave VfL Wolfsburg a five-goal lead late in the second half. Nmecha was the only player in the match to score more than once.
89' Shiō Fukuda (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 5-1
Trailing by five, Borussia Mönchengladbach finally got on the scoresheet in the 89th minute through Shiō Fukuda. His goal made it 5-1, which would stand as the final score. It came too late to affect the outcome, but it spared the visitors from leaving Volkswagen Arena without a goal.
