This promises to be an action-packed encounter for VfL Wolfsburg at VOLKSWAGEN ARENA when the Champions League tournament arrives in town and Salzburg with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
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 Salzburg.
VfL Wolfsburg form and stats
Wolfsburg was eliminated in the play-offs last season in the Europa League.2 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what VfL Wolfsburg have to build on here at VOLKSWAGEN ARENA in the Bundesliga. 0W-2D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for VfL Wolfsburg. Wolfsburg are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at VOLKSWAGEN ARENA, having lost their two previous games here.
A strong away win for VfL Wolfsburg against Bayer Leverkusen the last match, as Maximilian Arnold and Lukas Nmecha were on target. Maximilian Arnold (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.82/10. Arnold scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that match was a Bundesliga defeat to Freiburg (0-2).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Wolfsburg have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost zero.
The match schedule is unforgiving for VfL Wolfsburg as they have a new game in only four days, a Bundesliga match thankfully also at home. Augsburg are visiting.
Wolfsburg have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. 6 goals have been conceded.
Salzburg form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.Salzburg have an excellent away record in the Tipico Bundesliga so far with 5-2-0 from 7 games. Total Champions League statistics for Salzburg: 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. In general it has been a productive period now for Salzburg as they haven't lost any of their last 19 games.
Salzburg are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Ried. As mentioned above, Salzburg drew the match against Ried. Manager M. Jaissle brought on Noah Okafor to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Chukwubuike Adamu, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.94. Adamu scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at St. Polten.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Salzburg in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Salzburg, zero draws and two defeats.
Salzburg have another match that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a Tipico Bundesliga match versus Austria Wien. A demanding itinerary for the visitors!
The travelling fans enjoy Salzburg's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 7 league matches away. Salzburg are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The former H2H match ended Salzburg - VfL Wolfsburg 3-1, played this season.Top Goalscorers
  K. Adeyemi 10 goals |  N. Okafor 5 goals |  R. Kristensen 4 goals |
VfL Wolfsburg missing players
Salzburg missing players
| VfL Wolfsburg | Salzburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 21 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 32 | 21 | Scored | S | 23 | 65 | ||
| 40 | 23 | Conceded | C | 8 | 19 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 7.5 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 2.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.5 | 18.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.2 | 7.2 | ||
| 33% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Lille | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 4 | VfL Wolfsburg | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 28 | 25 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Mainz 05 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | VfL Wolfsburg | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 16 |
| 8 | RB Leipzig | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | Köln | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Hertha BSC | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -12 | 12 |
| 12 | Borussia M'gladbach | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Stuttgart | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 14 | Bochum | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -9 | 10 |
| 15 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 9 |
| 16 | Augsburg | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -13 | 6 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -10 | 5 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -20 | 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 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 35 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | Wolfsberger AC | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 18 |
| 4 | Hartberg | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | Austria Wien | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | Austria Klagenfurt | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 15 |
| 7 | Admira | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Ried | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 21 | -12 | 14 |
| 9 | Rapid Wien | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Rheindorf Altach | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 13 |
| 11 | Wattens | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 12 |
| 12 | LASK Linz | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 10 |