VfL Wolfsburg and Lille get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for VfL Wolfsburg and Lille.
VfL Wolfsburg form and stats
Wolfsburg was eliminated in the play-offs last season in the Europa League.VfL Wolfsburg have played 7 Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Champions League, VfL Wolfsburg has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses.
Wolfsburg are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Mainz 05. Paulo Otávio (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.11/10. Otávio dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that game, the home loss against Borussia Dortmund with the scoreline 1-3.This is expected to be a close game, with Wolfsburg perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with VfL Wolfsburg as a small favourite), we find four games. VfL Wolfsburg has won three of these, drawn one and lost zero.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Bundesliga game versus Stuttgart in only three days. This game is also played here at VOLKSWAGEN ARENA.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Wolfsburg here at VOLKSWAGEN ARENA in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). On the other hand, Wolfsburg have conceded 9 goals.
Lille form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Lille so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose). When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 2W-2D-1L. This is both home and away.
Lille won their last game, 2-1 versus Troyes played at home. Attacker Jonathan David got a player rating of 8.01 in the game. "Man of the match" David scored one goal.
Preceding that game was the away Ligue 1 victory against Rennes with the score of 2-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Lille in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Lille, two draws and two defeats.
A new game in only four days for Lille, the Ligue 1 home match versus Olympique Lyonnais. Busy days.
Lille are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Lille have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the teams met earlier this season; Lille - Wolfsburg 0-0. Previous three meetings featuring these contenders: Wolfsburg won one, Lille triumphed in zero and we saw two draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. David 11 goals |   W. Weghorst 5 goals |  L. Nmecha 5 goals |
VfL Wolfsburg missing players
Lille missing players
| VfL Wolfsburg | Lille | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 29 | 19 | Scored | S | 15 | 28 | ||
| 40 | 22 | Conceded | C | 20 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.3 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 29% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 25% | ||
| 10.9 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lille | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | Salzburg | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | VfL Wolfsburg | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Bayern München | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 30 | 34 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 30 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 27 |
| 4 | Hoffenheim | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 6 | Freiburg | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Mainz 05 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 8 | VfL Wolfsburg | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 9 | Köln | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 19 |
| 10 | Bochum | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -7 | 19 |
| 11 | RB Leipzig | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 18 |
| 12 | Borussia M'gladbach | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 18 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -14 | 14 |
| 15 | Stuttgart | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 13 |
| 16 | Augsburg | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 13 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -10 | 10 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 31 | -34 | 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 | Paris Saint Germain | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 42 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 | Rennes | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 28 |
| 4 | Nice | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 5 | Lens | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Brest | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 24 |
| 7 | Lille | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 24 |
| 8 | Strasbourg | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 23 |
| 9 | Monaco | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 10 | Angers SCO | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Olympique Lyonnais | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 22 |
| 13 | Nantes | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 19 |
| 14 | Reims | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 15 | Troyes | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 16 |
| 16 | Lorient | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -12 | 15 |
| 17 | Clermont | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -12 | 14 |
| 18 | Bordeaux | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 22 | -13 | 13 |
| 19 | Metz | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -15 | 12 |
| 20 | Saint-Etienne | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -15 | 12 |