International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Salzburg and VfL Wolfsburg are looking forward to this Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
It's no vacation for neither Salzburg nor VfL Wolfsburg as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Salzburg form and stats
Salzburg participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the group stage.Overall Tipico Bundesliga results at home this season for Salzburg are 5-0-0 (wins-draws-losses). This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses in this competition. In general it's been a long time since Salzburg tasted defeat here at Red Bull Arena, as they have taken at least one point from their last 15 home games in the league.
Salzburg drew their last game, 1-1 away at Rheindorf Altach. Rasmus Kristensen was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.64 out of 10. The defender Kristensen served one assist, hit four key passes and won 7 of 8 duels.
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against LASK Linz.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Tipico Bundesliga game versus Sturm Graz in only four days. This game is also played here at Red Bull Arena.
Salzburg always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Red Bull Arena with 16 goals in 5 league games. Salzburg have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
VfL Wolfsburg form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the play-offs.The visitors are W2-D0-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga. Three has not been a lucky number for Wolfsburg as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Eintracht Frankfurt match.
There might be some fixture complaints from Wolfsburg as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Bundesliga match against Union Berlin (0-2). The attacker Lukas Nmecha got a match rating of 7.11 in that game. Nmecha hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 19 successful passes (of 21 total).
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Sevilla in the Champions League.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with VfL Wolfsburg playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were one Wolfsburg win, one draw and four defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Freiburg in just three days.
The visiting Wolfsburg have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 4 games. VfL Wolfsburg have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Adeyemi 8 goals |  N. Okafor 4 goals |  R. Kristensen 3 goals |
Salzburg missing players
VfL Wolfsburg missing players
| Salzburg | VfL Wolfsburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 22 | 13 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 12 | ||
| 67 | 41 | Scored | S | 11 | 34 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Conceded | C | 15 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 20% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 6.9 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 18.1 | 19.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Salzburg | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Lille | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Salzburg | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 21 | 31 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | Austria Klagenfurt | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 14 |
| 4 | Admira | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | Ried | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | -8 | 13 |
| 6 | Hartberg | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Rapid Wien | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Austria Wien | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Wolfsberger AC | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 12 |
| 10 | LASK Linz | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 11 | Rheindorf Altach | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 10 |
| 12 | Wattens | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 2 | Bayern München | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 16 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| 4 | Freiburg | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | VfL Wolfsburg | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Köln | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 12 |
| 8 | RB Leipzig | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 11 |
| 10 | Borussia M'gladbach | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Mainz 05 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Stuttgart | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 9 |
| 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Bochum | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -11 | 7 |
| 16 | Augsburg | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -10 | 5 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 4 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -15 | 1 |