VOLKSWAGEN ARENA: Prepare for a football party when VfL Wolfsburg invite RB Leipzig. Read up on the match here!
- VfL Wolfsburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
VfL Wolfsburg form and stats
VfL Wolfsburg have played 9 Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The home team returns to VOLKSWAGEN ARENA after drawing with Schalke 04 (placed 18th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. A painful moment in the game against Schalke 04 was the missed penalty kick from Arnold in the 9th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome. The goalie Casteels was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.83 out of ten. Casteels topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match, VfL Wolfsburg lost 2-4 at home to FC Bayern München.Lots of goals and action? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 latest league matches with this team has seen at least three goals.
Wolfsburg are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at VOLKSWAGEN ARENA in their league games, having scored an impressive 23 goals in 9 matches. VfL Wolfsburg have conceded 14 from these games.
RB Leipzig form and stats
3 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of RB Leipzig playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season.
Leipzig's previous game was their home loss versus Union Berlin (1-2). That loss ended this team's string of league matches in a row without losing; twelve games in all! Szoboszlai, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.64. Szoboszlai hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 41 successful passes (of 49 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Köln.Take note that 12 of this side's 16 most recent league matches have ended with three or more goals.
A new game in only four days for RB Leipzig, the Champions League home match versus Manchester City. Busy days.
Leipzig are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 10 away games so far. RB Leipzig have conceded 17 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
These sides faced each other before this season: RB Leipzig - VfL Wolfsburg 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Wolfsburg victory, five draws and four RB Leipzig wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Nkunku 12 goals |   R. Baku 5 goals |  T. Werner 5 goals |
VfL Wolfsburg missing players
RB Leipzig missing players
| VfL Wolfsburg | RB Leipzig | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 38 | 23 | 10 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 40 |
| 26 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 26 |
| 90% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 90% | 95% |
| 85% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 90% | 95% |
| 60% | 78% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 70% | 70% |
| 45% | 78% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 25% | 44% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 15% |
| 45% | 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 70% | 65% |
| 40% | 44% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 10% | 25% |
| 25% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 30% | 15% |
| 4.7 | 6 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 6 | 4.9 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.6 | 16.2 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 14.2 | 13.5 |
| 4.5 | 5.7 | 7.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| 42% | 45% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 32% | 36% |
| 14.8 | 12.8 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 10.1 | 8.9 |
| 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3 |
- 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 | FC Bayern München | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 59 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 41 | 43 |
| 2 | Union Berlin | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 42 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 40 |
| 4 | SC Freiburg | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 37 |
| 5 | RB Leipzig | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 36 |
| 6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 35 |
| 7 | VfL Wolfsburg | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 30 |
| 8 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 21 | -8 | 27 |
| 10 | Borussia M'gladbach | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 26 |
| 11 | Mainz 05 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -2 | 26 |
| 12 | Köln | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -2 | 23 |
| 13 | FC Augsburg | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -11 | 21 |
| 14 | TSG Hoffenheim | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -10 | 19 |
| 15 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 49 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 32 | -25 | 19 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -13 | 16 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -15 | 14 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -27 | 12 |
