Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Wolfsburg in 8th and Bayer Leverkusen in 10th place.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Wolfsburg form and stats
The story so far in the Bundesliga for Wolfsburg, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Bundesliga, at their home stadium (Volkswagen Arena) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats.
The Wolfsburg crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Gent here at Volkswagen Arena in a Europa League match. A Bundesliga defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Borussia Dortmund.
The Wolfsburg fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 5 matches. Wolfsburg are not conceding a lot of goals here at Volkswagen Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Bayer Leverkusen form and stats
2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Bayer Leverkusen playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season.
Bayer Leverkusen are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Champions League against Atletico Madrid. The game before that, in the Bundesliga, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Borussia M'gladbach.
Goalkeeper Lukáš Hrádecký was absolutely vital in the Bayer Leverkusen victory against Atletico Madrid, making 7 saves.
Bayer Leverkusen are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. The Bayer Leverkusen manager P. Bosz has some worries about the defense as 8 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Wolfsburg victories, 2 draws and 4 Bayer Leverkusen wins. 10 of these games ended with three goals or more, 0 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Weghorst 5 goals |   K. Volland 5 goals |  J. Brekalo 2 goals |
Wolfsburg missing players
Bayer Leverkusen missing players
| Wolfsburg | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 70% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 70% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 40% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 30% |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1 | 3 | 7.2 |
| 4.7 | 4.4 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 1.6 | 1 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- All of Bayer Leverkusen's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Bayer Leverkusen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bayer Leverkusen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Bayer Leverkusen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Bayer Leverkusen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Wolfsburg have not yet lost a game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Borussia M'gladbach | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 17 | 21 |
| 3 | Bayern München | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 21 |
| 4 | Hoffenheim | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 20 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 19 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Freiburg | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 17 |
| 9 | Wolfsburg | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 10 | Bayer Leverkusen | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | Union Berlin | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 12 | Hertha BSC | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 11 |
| 15 | Augsburg | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 10 |
| 16 | Mainz 05 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 21 | -18 | 9 |
| 17 | Köln | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -13 | 7 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -15 | 4 |