VfL Wolfsburg 3 - 2 Portsmouth
| Match Information | |
| Stadium: | Volkswagen Arena |
| Attendance: | 21,015 |
| Match Time: | December 4, 2008, 19:45 UK |
| Official(s): | Ivan Bebek (Referee) |
| Scoring Summary | |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Portsmouth |
| Edin Dzeko (3) | Jermain Defoe (11) |
| Christian Gentner (23) | Arnold Mvuemba (14) |
| Zvjezdan Misimovic (74) | |
| Zvjezdan Misimovic (pen miss 80) | |
| Match Stats | ||
| VfL Wolfsburg | Portsmouth | |
| Shots (on Goal) | 6(2) | 3(1) |
| Fouls | 11 | 10 |
| Corner Kicks | 9 | 1 |
| Offsides | 2 | 1 |
| Time of Possession | 45% | 55% |
| Yellow Cards | 1 | 2 |
| Red Cards | 0 | 0 |
| Saves | 2 | 10 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 1 | Diego Benaglio | (G) |
| 2 | Cristian Zaccardo | (D) |
| 5 | Miguel Ricardo Costa | (D) |
| 43 | Andrea Barzagli | (D) |
| 4 | Marcel Schafer | (D) |
| 20 | Sascha Riether | (M) |
| 7 | Josué | (M) |
| 25 | Christian Gentner | (M) |
| 10 | Zvjezdan Misimovic | (ST) |
| 9 | Edin Dzeko | (ST) |
| 24 | Ashkan Dejagah | (ST) |
| Portsmouth | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 1 | David James | (G) |
| 23 | Sol Campbell | (D) |
| 15 | Sylvain Distin | (D) |
| 5 | Glen Johnson | (D) |
| 39 | Nadir Belhadj | (D) |
| 30 | Armand Traore | (D) |
| 22 | Richard Hughes | (M) |
| 28 | Sean Davis | (M) |
| 19 | Niko Kranjcar | (M) |
| 18 | Arnold Mvuemba | (M) |
| 14 | Jermain Defoe | (ST) |
| VfL Wolfsburg Substitutes | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 12 | Andre Lenz | (G) |
| 17 | Alexander Madlung | (D) |
| 3 | Oliveira da Silva Rodrigo Alvim | (D) |
| 6 | Jan Simunek | (D) |
| 18 | Jacek Krzynowek | (M) |
| 13 | Makoto Hasebe | (M) |
| 16 | Mahir Saglik | (ST) |
| Portsmouth Substitutes | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 21 | Jamie Ashdown | (G) |
| 7 | Hermann Hreidarsson | (D) |
| 16 | Noe Pamarot | (D) |
| 8 | Papa Bouba Diop | (M) |
| 25 | Glen Little | (M) |
| 9 | Peter Crouch | (ST) |
| 27 | Nwankwo Kanu | (ST) |
| VfL Wolfsburg Substitutions |
| Substitutions |
| Makoto Hasebe for Cristian Zaccardo (36) |
| Alexander Madlung for Sascha Riether (46) |
| Jan Simunek for Ashkan Dejagah (88) |
| Portsmouth Substitutions |
| Substitutions |
| Noe Pamarot for Nadir Belhadj (46) |
| Peter Crouch for Arnold Mvuemba (66) |
| Nwankwo Kanu for Niko Kranjcar (77) |
| VfL Wolfsburg Yellow Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| Marcel Schafer | (90) |
| Portsmouth Yellow Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| Jermain Defoe | (29) |
| Noe Pamarot | (90) |
| VfL Wolfsburg Red Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| No Red Cards | |
| Portsmouth Red Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| No Red Cards | |
Thursday, December 4, 2008
| Heerenveen | 1 | |
| Braga | 2 | FT |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 3 | |
| Portsmouth | 2 | FT |
| Aston Villa | 1 | |
| MSK Zilina | 2 | FT |
| Slavia Prague | 0 | |
| Hamburg SV | 2 | FT |
| FC Copenhagen | 1 | |
| Rosenborg | 1 | FT |
| Valencia | 1 | |
| Club Brugge | 1 | FT |
| AS Nancy Lorraine | 3 | |
| CSKA Moscow | 4 | FT |
| Lech Poznan | 1 | |
| Deportivo La Coruña | 1 | FT |