It's only the second fixture in the Bundesliga for these participants. And it's all to play for here at Allianz Arena as FC Bayern München receive VfL Wolfsburg. Get smart with this preview!
Both sides have had adequate rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's agree to expect an enthusiastic game!
FC Bayern München form and stats
The previous season, FC Bayern München's league stats were 24 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses, leading to 1st spot in the Bundesliga. From these 34 matches they scored 97 goals and let in 37. Appearing as the host team in the former season FC Bayern München produced 13-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 48 goals and 15 conceded.
FC Bayern München are returning here after visiting Eintracht Frankfurt and winning with a 6-1 scoreline. Pavard, Musiala (2), Kimmich, Mané and Gnabry scored the goal(s). As indicated by the result mentioned above, München played a great game against Eintracht Frankfurt and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. FC Bayern München's victory against Eintracht Frankfurt could easily have been with a bigger margin than 6-1 as they hit the posts three times. Musiala (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.14/10. Musiala scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.
Everyone expects FC Bayern München to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 18 games: 15 home wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. FC Bayern München have won with at least two goals margin 11 times in similar situations.
VfL Wolfsburg form and stats
Let's have a look at how VfL Wolfsburg performed last season in the Bundesliga: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 6 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded 54 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 9 with 18/33 goals scored/conceded.
VfL Wolfsburg delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Werder Bremen (placed 9th) in their previous game. The draw against Werder Bremen came from a losing position. The Wolfsburg manager Kovač brought on Guilavogui as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfield player Arnold was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.44/10. Arnold hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs FC Bayern München.Head 2 Head
FC Bayern München have put together a sequence of 17 consecutive games without defeat (14-3-0) when facing VfL Wolfsburg.Last ten meetings featuring these teams: FC Bayern München won eight, VfL Wolfsburg were winners in zero and we saw two draws. nine games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Musiala 2 goals |  B. Pavard 1 goals |  J. Kimmich 1 goals |
FC Bayern München missing players
VfL Wolfsburg missing players
| FC Bayern München | VfL Wolfsburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| FC Bayern München | Last season | VfL Wolfsburg | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 97 | 48 | Scored | S | 18 | 43 | ||
| 37 | 15 | Conceded | C | 33 | 54 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 91% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 79% | ||
| 82% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 50% | ||
| 65% | 59% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 38% | ||
| 38% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 15% | ||
| 68% | 59% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 41% | ||
| 32% | 41% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 32% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 29% | ||
| 6.3 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 20.1 | 20.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 12.5 | ||
| 8 | 7.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 36% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | ||
| 10.1 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 12.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Freiburg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Borussia M'gladbach | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Köln | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Mainz 05 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Borussia Dortmund | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | RB Leipzig | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Stuttgart | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Bochum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Schalke 04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Hoffenheim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Augsburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| 18 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 97 | 37 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 60 | 77 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 85 | 52 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 33 | 69 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 80 | 47 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 24 | 33 | 64 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 72 | 37 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 35 | 58 |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 44 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 6 | 57 |
| 6 | Freiburg | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 58 | 46 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 12 | 55 |
| 7 | Köln | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 49 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 28 | 3 | 52 |
| 8 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 50 | 45 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 34 | 5 | 46 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 58 | 60 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 36 | -2 | 46 |
| 10 | Borussia M'gladbach | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 61 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 34 | -7 | 45 |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 45 | 49 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 27 | -4 | 42 |
| 12 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 54 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 33 | -11 | 42 |
| 13 | Bochum | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 52 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 35 | -14 | 42 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 56 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 30 | -17 | 38 |
| 15 | Stuttgart | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 59 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 27 | -18 | 33 |
| 16 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 37 | 71 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 38 | -34 | 33 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 27 | 53 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 30 | -26 | 28 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 34 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 82 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 49 | -54 | 18 |
