VfL Wolfsburg will hope to draw on their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s adversaries. The hosting team are currently 8 points behind Borussia Dortmund.
- VfL Wolfsburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Borussia Dortmund have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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 Borussia Dortmund.
VfL Wolfsburg form and stats
When playing at home in the Bundesliga, VfL Wolfsburg have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Wolfsburg, as their goalkeeper Koen Casteels has completely shut out the opponents for 194 minutes in the Bundesliga.
It's back home for VfL Wolfsburg, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Mainz 05 away with the result 3-0. Baku, Arnold and Wimmer found the net in that victory. Midfield player Arnold got a match rating of 8.15 in that game, the max score being 10. Arnold scored one goal.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting VfL Bochum 1848 in a game that was won 4-0.The manager Kovač will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Hoffenheim in only four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (13 in 6 games), VfL Wolfsburg's attacking play is working. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Wolfsburg defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
3 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Borussia Dortmund playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season.
Reyna and Moukoko (2) scored in Borussia Dortmund's previous match, the home game against VfL Bochum 1848 that ended 3-0. Borussia Dortmund delivered their win in the match against VfL Bochum 1848 already in the first half, and could slow the play down in the final 45 minutes to ensure the glorious victory. A solid performance! The attacker Moukoko got a match rating of 8.01 in that game. Moukoko scored two goals.
Preceding that, 1-1 away against København in the Champions League.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Bundesliga trip to Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Borussia are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Borussia Dortmund's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 10 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Borussia Dortmund have won every one of the 8 most recent battles versus this opponent. Something to take note of?Top Goalscorers
  Y. Moukoko 6 goals |   M. Arnold 3 goals |  Y. Gerhardt 3 goals |
VfL Wolfsburg missing players
Borussia Dortmund missing players
| VfL Wolfsburg | Borussia Dortmund | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 23 |
| 19 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 15 |
| 92% | 83% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 69% |
| 54% | 83% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 62% |
| 46% | 83% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 38% |
| 15% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 17% | 23% |
| 46% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 46% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 15% |
| 5.2 | 6.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 11 | 7 | 6.3 |
| 6.1 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.3 | 15.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 23 | 13.7 | 12.8 |
| 4 | 4.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 38% | 46% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 29% | 36% |
| 14.3 | 12.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21 | 17 | 12.4 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 10 | 5.5 | 4.2 |
- Borussia Dortmund have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Borussia Dortmund haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- VfL Wolfsburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- VfL Wolfsburg have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 29 | 28 |
| 2 | Union Berlin | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 26 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Freiburg | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 24 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | RB Leipzig | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Werder Bremen | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 19 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Mainz 05 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 | VfL Wolfsburg | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| 12 | Köln | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 17 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -7 | 14 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 15 | VfB Stuttgart | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 11 |
| 16 | Bayer Leverkusen | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 9 |
| 17 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 22 | -24 | 7 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -18 | 6 |
