Wolfsburg's European campaign came to an end at the hands of French champions Lille in their final UEFA Champions League Group G encounter.

Wolfsburg 1-3 Lille
Goals: 0-1 Yilmaz 11' (assist: Ikone), 0-2 David 72' (assist: Gomes), 0-3 Gomes 77' (assist: Ikone), 1-3 Steffen 89' (assist: Arnold)

As it happened

Match stats

• Wolfsburg were without Lukas Nmecha; Wolfsburg’s seven-goal top scorer in all competitions so far this season, with two of those goals coming in the Champions League.
• Wout Weghorst has six goals for the campaign, hasn't scored in five Champions League appearances.
• Renato Steffen scored his second UCL goal of the campaign.
• Wolfsburg's seven game unbeaten run at home in the Champions League came to an end (W6, D1).
• Lille ended a winless run of five matches on German soil (D2, L3).
• Lille's Renato Sanches made 53 competitive appearances for Bayern Munich between 2016 and 2018, winning two Bundesliga titles and the DFB Cup.

Line-ups

Wolfsburg: Casteels (c) - Lacroix, Guilavogui (F. Nmecha 76'), Bornauw - Mbabu (Baku 63'), Vranckx, Arnold, Otavio (Roussillon 63') -  Waldschmidt (Steffen 75'), Weghorst, Gerhardt (Lukebakio 46')
Subs: Pervan, van der Ven, Philipp, Brooks, Ginczek
Out: Mehmedi (muscular), Schlager (knee), William (knee), L. Nmecha (suspended)
Coach: Florian Kohfeldt

Lille: Grbic - Celik (Djalo 83'), Fonte (c), Botman, Reinildo - Sanches, Andre, Gudmundsson (Gomes 68') - Ikone (Yazici 84'), Yilmaz (Onana 75'), David
Subs: Raux, Niasse, Ascone
Out: Xeka (suspended), Weah (thigh), Bamba (suspended)
Coach: Jocelyn Gourvennec

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With just 90 minutes of football still to be played in Group G, all four teams can still qualify. Wolfsburg currently lie bottom of the section, but will go through if they win and will even finish top of the group if Salzburg and Sevilla draw in the night's other match. Koen Casteels missed his club's last three competitive outings, including last weekend's Bundesliga defeat at Mainz, but the Wolves' first-choice goalkeeper captains the side for the encounter at the Volkswagen Arena. Nmecha's booking in the Matchday 5 loss in Seville means he is suspended leaving Luca Waldschmidt, who has only recently returned from a thigh injury, to make his first Champions League start for the club.

Lille also have disciplinary problems with Xeka and Jonathan Bamba both suspended following yellow cards in the 1-0 win over Salzburg that took the French champions to the top of the group last time out. Key midfielder Benjamin Andre and France international forward Jonathan Ikone both missed that game with bans, but are available and start. USMNT forward Timothy Weah is out, however, after suffering a thigh injury in training late last week as Jocelyn Gourvennec's side go for the win that will assure them of top spot in the group. They will also finish first if they draw and second-placed Salzburg — currently one point behind — do not win at home to Sevilla. A point will be enough for Lille to secure a place in the knockout stages.