Soccer betting preview: VfL Wolfsburg welcomes Eintracht Frankfurt in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 05.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA (30000 seats)

All you should know about the Bundesliga fixture VfL Wolfsburg - Eintracht Frankfurt!

Insights:
  • VfL Wolfsburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Eintracht Frankfurt have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Bundesliga

VfL Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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VfL Wolfsburg form and stats

VfL Wolfsburg have played 10 Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-3 (wins-draws-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for VfL Wolfsburg, their manager Kovač and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

A good away victory last time out for VfL Wolfsburg, who won 2-0 against Köln (placed 12th). Finally, a league win after four games without. Casteels, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.11 out of 10 in that game. Casteels topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that match was the home game against RB Leipzig that was lost 0-3.

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 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Lots of goals and action? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 10 of the 13 latest league games with this team has contained three goals or more.

Goals decide football matches and VfL Wolfsburg are scoring many of them at home; 23 on target from 10 league matches. VfL Wolfsburg have conceded 17 from these games.

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Eintracht Frankfurt form and stats

4-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Eintracht Frankfurt, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Bundesliga, in their Bundesliga matches away. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Eintracht Frankfurt have lost on their last two travels.

Eintracht play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to RB Leipzig (placed 4th). The attacker Lindstrøm got a match rating of 7.3 in that game. Lindstrøm hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times.

The match earlier was the Champions League-duel against Napoli, a home defeat (0-2). So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Eintracht Frankfurt playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 4 Eintracht Frankfurt wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Eintracht are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 11 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Eintracht Frankfurt's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 18 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

These teams faced each other earlier this season: Eintracht Frankfurt - VfL Wolfsburg 0-1. Last ten meetings involving these participants: VfL Wolfsburg won five, Eintracht Frankfurt were winners in two and we saw three draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Eintracht FrankfurtR. Kolo Muani
R. Kolo Muani
10 goals
Eintracht FrankfurtD. Kamada
D. Kamada
7 goals
Eintracht FrankfurtJ. Lindstrøm
J. Lindstrøm
7 goals

VfL Wolfsburg missing players

Eintracht Frankfurt missing players

VfL Wolfsburg Eintracht Frankfurt
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 10 4 Played P 4 11 22
9 4 2 Won W 2 4 11
6 3 0 Drew D 1 4 5
7 3 2 Lost L 1 3 6
40 23 10 Scored S 8 17 43
29 17 7 Conceded C 8 18 31
91% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 95%
59% 80% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 64% 64%
41% 70% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 27% 32%
23% 40% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 9% 18%
41% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 75% 82% 64%
41% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 23%
27% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 18% 14%
 
4.5 5.6 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 5.2
6.2 4.9 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.7 4.5
2 1.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.7 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12 15.3 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10.5 12
4.4 5.3 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4 4.6
41% 43% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 39% 43%
 
14.8 13.1 14 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 11.5 11
5 4.5 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.5 3.8
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Eintracht Frankfurt's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Eintracht Frankfurt have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Eintracht Frankfurt have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Bundesliga
  • Eintracht Frankfurt 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 22 13 7 2 64 21 11 7 4 0 34 8 11 6 3 2 30 13 43 46
2 Borussia Dortmund 22 15 1 6 45 27 10 8 1 1 28 10 12 7 0 5 17 17 18 46
3 Union Berlin 22 13 4 5 35 27 10 7 3 0 19 8 12 6 1 5 16 19 8 43
4 RB Leipzig 22 12 6 4 45 27 11 8 2 1 25 10 11 4 4 3 20 17 18 42
5 Freiburg 22 12 5 5 35 32 11 7 3 1 19 9 11 5 2 4 16 23 3 41
6 Eintracht Frankfurt 22 11 5 6 43 31 11 7 1 3 26 13 11 4 4 3 17 18 12 38
7 VfL Wolfsburg 22 9 6 7 40 29 10 4 3 3 23 17 12 5 3 4 17 12 11 33
8 Mainz 05 22 9 5 8 37 34 11 4 4 3 21 14 11 5 1 5 16 20 3 32
9 Werder Bremen 22 9 3 10 34 41 12 5 1 6 20 18 10 4 2 4 14 23 -7 30
10 Borussia M'gladbach 22 8 5 9 38 39 11 7 1 3 25 15 11 1 4 6 13 24 -1 29
11 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 22 8 4 10 36 36 11 4 2 5 21 16 11 4 2 5 15 20 0 28
12 Köln 22 6 8 8 32 36 11 5 3 3 21 12 11 1 5 5 11 24 -4 26
13 Augsburg 22 7 3 12 26 38 11 4 2 5 10 15 11 3 1 7 16 23 -12 24
14 Hertha BSC 22 5 5 12 27 40 12 4 4 4 18 19 10 1 1 8 9 21 -13 20
15 Stuttgart 22 4 7 11 27 38 11 4 3 4 15 13 11 0 4 7 12 25 -11 19
16 Hoffenheim 22 5 4 13 29 41 12 3 2 7 15 22 10 2 2 6 14 19 -12 19
17 Bochum 22 6 1 15 24 54 10 5 1 4 17 19 12 1 0 11 7 35 -30 19
18 Schalke 04 22 3 7 12 16 42 12 3 3 6 12 26 10 0 4 6 4 16 -26 16

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