Sevilla and VfL Wolfsburg get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.
It's no vacation for neither Sevilla 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.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for VfL Wolfsburg, who are travelling more than 2500 kilometers to play this game.
Sevilla form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 8th finals against Borussia Dortmund.Sevilla have been very solid at home in the La Liga so far, with 16 points collected from 6 matches (5-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 4th position in the table. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 0 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in this competition.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Sevilla, who played 2-2 against Deportivo Alaves. That match was also played at this venue (Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán). The hometeam coach J. Lopetegui Argote made a successful contribution in the game against Deportivo Alaves, bringing on Ivan Rakitić who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Ivan Rakitić (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.81/10. Rakitić scored one goal and hit two key passes.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Real Betis.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sevilla handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, zero draws and zero defeats.
Sevilla are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (17 goals in 6 games). 6 goals have been conceded.
VfL Wolfsburg form and stats
Wolfsburg's mission in Europa League last season failed in the play-offs.3-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for VfL Wolfsburg in their Bundesliga matches away. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Arminia Bielefeld in their previous outing. The Bundesliga match ended in a draw 2-2. A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Arminia Bielefeld. Wolfsburg were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with Lukas Nmecha scoring the equalizer. Midfield player Maximilian Arnold was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.72/10. Arnold hit three key passes.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Salzburg in the Champions League.Wolfsburg are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and two defeats. From a total of five matches.
A new game in only four days for Wolfsburg, the Bundesliga home match versus Borussia Dortmund. Busy days.
Wolfsburg has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games. Wolfsburg have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sevilla and VfL Wolfsburg have faced off previously this season: VfL Wolfsburg - Sevilla 1-1.Top Goalscorers
  L. Nmecha 5 goals |   E. Lamela 4 goals |  R. Mir Vicente 4 goals |
Sevilla missing players
VfL Wolfsburg missing players
| Sevilla | VfL Wolfsburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 37 | 26 | Scored | S | 11 | 29 | ||
| 21 | 9 | Conceded | C | 17 | 40 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 80% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 24% | ||
| 4.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 12.5 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 34% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | ||
| 9.7 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.1 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Lille | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | VfL Wolfsburg | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 4 | Sevilla | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 30 |
| 2 | Real Sociedad | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 6 | FC Barcelona | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | Rayo Vallecano | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -4 | 19 |
| 10 | Valencia | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 18 |
| 11 | Espanyol | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 12 | Villarreal | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 13 | Mallorca | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 14 | Deportivo Alaves | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Celta de Vigo | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 16 | Cadiz | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -11 | 12 |
| 17 | Granada | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 11 |
| 18 | Elche | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 11 |
| 19 | Getafe | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -9 | 9 |
| 20 | Levante | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -13 | 7 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 28 | 28 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
| 5 | FC Union Berlin | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| 6 | VfL Wolfsburg | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | RB Leipzig | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 |
| 8 | Borussia M'gladbach | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 17 |
| 10 | Mainz 05 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 11 | Köln | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -3 | 14 |
| 12 | Bochum | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 16 | -9 | 13 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -14 | 13 |
| 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 15 | Augsburg | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 12 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 10 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 9 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 24 | -25 | 1 |