VfL Wolfsburg v FC Bayern München preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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

VOLKSWAGEN ARENA: Sound the horn for a football party when VfL Wolfsburg receive FC Bayern München. Get the latest news on the fixture here at Tipsway!

Insights:
  • VfL Wolfsburg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • FC Bayern München have the most scored goals (52) in Bundesliga

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the DFB Pokal. That game, against Mainz 05, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for FC Bayern München.

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VfL Wolfsburg form and stats

When playing at home in the Bundesliga, VfL Wolfsburg have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 8 games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for VfL Wolfsburg, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

The followers hope that VfL Wolfsburg will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the DFB Pokal fixture against Union Berlin. Lacroix was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.24 out of 10. The defender Lacroix won 6 of 8 duels.

A Bundesliga defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Werder Bremen.

Goals, goals, goals? Who knows the future, but we do know that 9 of the 11 latest league matches with this club has had at least three goals.

VfL Wolfsburg are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (21 goals in 8 games). It's worth mentioning that 12 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Wolfsburg have conceded 10 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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FC Bayern München form and stats

FC Bayern München have an excellent away record in the Bundesliga so far with 5-3-1 from 9 games. In general it has been a productive period now for FC Bayern München as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.

Two away matches in a row for FC Bayern München, whose boss Nagelsmann could celebrate last time after the DFB Pokal win against Mainz 05. Midfielder Musiala was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.82. Musiala scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 7 of 8 times and had 44 successful passes (of 53 total).

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga.

München create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 24 goals in 9 travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

FC Bayern München have pulled off a streak of 18 consecutive games without defeat (15-3-0) when playing VfL Wolfsburg.

The two teams involved met each other before this campaign: FC Bayern München - VfL Wolfsburg 2-0.

Top Goalscorers

FC Bayern MünchenJ. Musiala
J. Musiala
9 goals
FC Bayern MünchenJ. Choupo-Moting
J. Choupo-Moting
7 goals
FC Bayern MünchenS. Gnabry
S. Gnabry
6 goals

VfL Wolfsburg missing players

FC Bayern München missing players

VfL Wolfsburg FC Bayern München
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 8 2 Played P 0 9 18
8 4 2 Won W 0 5 10
5 3 0 Drew D 0 3 7
5 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
36 21 8 Scored S 0 24 52
22 10 0 Conceded C 0 8 16
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
89% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 89% 94%
61% 75% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 50%
44% 75% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 44% 50%
22% 38% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 33%
44% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 56% 61%
39% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 33%
22% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 6%
 
4.7 5.9 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.4 6.5
6 5 7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.4 3.9
1.9 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.6 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.2 15.4 14 Shots (avg) S ( 0 17.7 19.7
4.6 5.6 8.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6.9 8.4
43% 47% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 39% 34%
 
14.6 13.2 15.5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8.7 8.2
4.9 4.5 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.8 3.2
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • FC Bayern München have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FC Bayern München have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Bundesliga
  • FC Bayern München have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Bundesliga
  • FC Bayern München have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Bundesliga
  • FC Bayern München have the most points (18) away in Bundesliga
  • FC Bayern München have the most scored goals (24) away in Bundesliga
  • FC Bayern München have the most scored goals (52) in Bundesliga
  • FC Bayern München have the most scored goals in the first half (34) in Bundesliga
  • FC Bayern München have the the best goal difference (+16) away in Bundesliga
  • FC Bayern München have the the best goal difference (+36) in Bundesliga
  • FC Bayern München haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • VfL Wolfsburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • VfL Wolfsburg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • 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 FC Bayern München 18 10 7 1 52 16 9 5 4 0 28 8 9 5 3 1 24 8 36 37
2 Union Berlin 18 11 3 4 31 22 8 6 2 0 17 7 10 5 1 4 14 15 9 36
3 RB Leipzig 18 10 5 3 39 24 9 7 2 0 22 7 9 3 3 3 17 17 15 35
4 Borussia Dortmund 18 11 1 6 33 25 8 6 1 1 19 8 10 5 0 5 14 17 8 34
5 Freiburg 18 10 4 4 29 25 9 6 2 1 16 7 9 4 2 3 13 18 4 34
6 Eintracht Frankfurt 18 9 5 4 37 26 9 5 1 3 21 13 9 4 4 1 16 13 11 32
7 VfL Wolfsburg 18 8 5 5 36 22 8 4 3 1 21 10 10 4 2 4 15 12 14 29
8 Borussia M'gladbach 18 7 4 7 34 29 9 6 0 3 22 13 9 1 4 4 12 16 5 25
9 Bayer Leverkusen 19 7 3 9 30 31 10 4 2 4 19 13 9 3 1 5 11 18 -1 24
10 Werder Bremen 18 7 3 8 29 37 10 4 1 5 17 16 8 3 2 3 12 21 -8 24
11 Mainz 05 18 6 5 7 26 29 9 2 4 3 14 13 9 4 1 4 12 16 -3 23
12 Köln 18 5 7 6 29 31 8 4 2 2 18 10 10 1 5 4 11 21 -2 22
13 Augsburg 19 6 3 10 24 33 10 3 2 5 9 15 9 3 1 5 15 18 -9 21
14 Hoffenheim 18 5 4 9 26 31 10 3 2 5 14 18 8 2 2 4 12 13 -5 19
15 Stuttgart 18 3 7 8 22 32 9 3 3 3 12 11 9 0 4 5 10 21 -10 16
16 Bochum 18 5 1 12 19 44 8 4 1 3 12 15 10 1 0 9 7 29 -25 16
17 Hertha BSC 18 3 5 10 20 32 10 2 4 4 12 18 8 1 1 6 8 14 -12 14
18 Schalke 04 18 2 4 12 14 41 10 2 2 6 10 25 8 0 2 6 4 16 -27 10

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