VfL Wolfsburg let a three-goal lead slip and had to settle for a 4-4 draw with Energie Cottbus in the 2. Bundesliga. Wolfsburg led 3-0 after 34 minutes, but Cottbus fought back to level before Mathys Angely's 88th-minute sending-off weakened the home side. Dmytro Bogdanov equalised in the 90th to deny Wolfsburg the win.
Robert Glatzel scored after four minutes and added a second on 34, with Vinícius Souza's strike on 25 making it 3-0. Cottbus responded through Luca Erlein on 45, King Samuel Manu on 49 and Tolcay Cigerci on 67 to make it 3-3. Mattias Svanberg put Wolfsburg back in front on 79, but Bogdanov's 90th-minute goal completed the comeback.
The stats show how close the contest was: Cottbus had 21 shots to Wolfsburg's 20 and put nine on target to seven, while expected goals were 3.94 to 3.05 in Wolfsburg's favour. Cottbus also won eight corners to four, and each side scored three of their four big chances. Wolfsburg's goalkeeper made five saves, with Cottbus' keeper making three.
