Delightful dogfight as daring Wolfsburg duels with determined Köln

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Date: Sat 17.August
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA (30000 seats)

The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as Wolfsburg welcome Köln for the opening game at VOLKSWAGEN ARENA. Read on!

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Wolfsburg form and stats

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Wolfsburg have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won 3 times, drawn 4 and lost 1.

Wolfsburg have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 2 victories, 1 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Wolfsburg have scored 5 goals and conceded 2 times.

Last season, Wolfsburg's league statistics were 16 wins, 7 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Bundesliga. Over these 34 matches they scored 62 goals and conceded 50. Playing at home last season Wolfsburg managed 8-5-4 (win-draw-lost) with 36 goals and 23 conceded.

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Köln form and stats

We have checked recent matches where Köln have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were W1-D1-L7.

Just as the home team, Köln have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Köln win, 0 draws and 2 losses.

A job perfectly done for Köln last season as they secured promotion from 2. Bundesliga. With a grand total of 19 wins, 6 draws and 9 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 10 were in away matches.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Wolfsburg won 4, Köln won 2 and 4 draws. 4 games with over 2,5 goals, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wolfsburg missing players

Köln missing players

Wolfsburg Köln
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Wolfsburg Last season Köln
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
34 17   Played   17 34
16 8   Won   10 19
7 5   Drew   3 6
11 4   Lost   4 9
62 36   Scored   35 84
50 23   Conceded   21 47
97% 100%   Over 0.5   100% 100%
88% 88%   Over 1.5   88% 94%
65% 65%   Over 2.5   53% 68%
38% 47%   Over 3.5   35% 47%
18% 12%   Over 4.5   18% 26%
53% 65%   BTTS   47% 65%
26% 24%   Clean Sheets   35% 26%
24% 12%   Failed To Score   18% 9%
 
5.1 5.9   Corners For (avg)   4.1 6
5.9 5.8   Corners Against (avg)   5.6 4.9
1.8 1.4   Yellow Cards (avg)   2.6 2.3
0 0   Red Cards   2 4
Key stats last season:
  • Köln have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Köln haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wolfsburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Wolfsburg
All DFB Pokal Play-offs 1/2 Bundesliga Club Friendlies
All Home Away
18-05-19 BU Wolfsburg 8 - 1 Augsburg
24-05-19 CF Eintracht Frankfurt 3 - 3 Wolfsburg
06-07-19 CF Wolfsburg 2 - 1 Hansa Rostock
17-07-19 CF PSV 0 - 2 Wolfsburg
22-07-19 CF Fenerbahce 1 - 1 Wolfsburg
12-08-19 DFB Hallescher FC 16:30 Wolfsburg
17-08-19 BU Wolfsburg 13:30 Köln
25-08-19 BU Hertha BSC 16:00 Wolfsburg
31-08-19 BU Wolfsburg 13:30 Paderborn
13-09-19 BU Fortuna Düsseldorf 18:30 Wolfsburg
Köln
All 2. Bundesliga DFB Pokal Bundesliga Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
12-05-19 2.B Köln 3 - 5 Jahn Regensburg
19-05-19 2.B Magdeburg 1 - 1 Köln
14-07-19 CF Reutlingen 1 - 5 Köln
26-07-19 CF Köln 1 - 3 Bologna
03-08-19 CF Southampton 2 - 0 Köln
11-08-19 DFB Wehen Wiesbaden 16:30 Köln
17-08-19 BU Wolfsburg 13:30 Köln
23-08-19 BU Köln 18:30 Borussia Dortmund
31-08-19 BU Freiburg 13:30 Köln
14-09-19 BU Köln 13:30 Borussia M'gladbach

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Bayern München 34 24 6 4 88 32 17 13 3 1 49 14 17 11 3 3 39 18 56 78
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 23 7 4 81 44 17 14 2 1 52 25 17 9 5 3 29 19 37 76
3 RB Leipzig 34 19 9 6 63 29 17 10 6 1 34 9 17 9 3 5 29 20 34 66
4 Bayer Leverkusen 34 18 4 12 69 52 17 9 2 6 32 25 17 9 2 6 37 27 17 58
5 Borussia M'gladbach 34 16 7 11 55 42 17 9 3 5 31 22 17 7 4 6 24 20 13 55
6 Wolfsburg 34 16 7 11 62 50 17 8 5 4 36 23 17 8 2 7 26 27 12 55
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 15 9 10 60 48 17 8 4 5 32 21 17 7 5 5 28 27 12 54
8 Werder Bremen 34 14 11 9 58 49 17 8 6 3 35 26 17 6 5 6 23 23 9 53
9 Hoffenheim 34 13 12 9 70 52 17 7 5 5 28 20 17 6 7 4 42 32 18 51
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 13 5 16 49 65 17 9 0 8 27 28 17 4 5 8 22 37 -16 44
11 Hertha BSC 34 11 10 13 49 57 17 6 6 5 26 27 17 5 4 8 23 30 -8 43
12 Mainz 05 34 12 7 15 46 57 17 8 5 4 31 22 17 4 2 11 15 35 -11 43
13 Freiburg 34 8 12 14 46 61 17 6 7 4 32 27 17 2 5 10 14 34 -15 36
14 Schalke 04 34 8 9 17 37 55 17 4 3 10 16 28 17 4 6 7 21 27 -18 33
15 Augsburg 34 8 8 18 51 71 17 5 4 8 34 33 17 3 4 10 17 38 -20 32
16 Stuttgart 34 7 7 20 32 70 17 6 4 7 22 27 17 1 3 13 10 43 -38 28
17 Hannover 96 34 5 6 23 31 71 17 5 1 11 15 26 17 0 5 12 16 45 -40 21
18 Nürnberg 34 3 10 21 26 68 17 3 7 7 16 22 17 0 3 14 10 46 -42 19
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Köln 34 19 6 9 84 47 17 9 3 5 49 26 17 10 3 4 35 21 37 63
2 Paderborn 34 16 9 9 76 50 17 10 6 1 50 23 17 6 3 8 26 27 26 57
3 Union Berlin 34 14 15 5 54 33 17 11 5 1 34 11 17 3 10 4 20 22 21 57
4 Hamburger SV 34 16 8 10 45 42 17 8 4 5 21 22 17 8 4 5 24 20 3 56
5 Heidenheim 34 15 10 9 55 45 17 9 3 5 32 24 17 6 7 4 23 21 10 55
6 Holstein Kiel 34 13 10 11 60 51 17 8 5 4 33 23 17 5 5 7 27 28 9 49
7 Arminia Bielefeld 34 13 10 11 52 50 17 8 2 7 27 25 17 5 8 4 25 25 2 49
8 Jahn Regensburg 34 12 13 9 55 54 17 6 6 5 19 23 17 6 7 4 36 31 1 49
9 St. Pauli 34 14 7 13 46 53 17 8 5 4 28 23 17 6 2 9 18 30 -7 49
10 Darmstadt 98 34 13 7 14 45 53 17 9 4 4 25 17 17 4 3 10 20 36 -8 46
11 Bochum 34 11 11 12 49 50 17 9 3 5 29 22 17 2 8 7 20 28 -1 44
12 Dynamo Dresden 34 11 9 14 41 48 17 7 5 5 26 19 17 4 4 9 15 29 -7 42
13 Greuther Fürth 34 10 12 12 37 56 17 6 8 3 23 24 17 4 4 9 14 32 -19 42
14 Erzgebirge Aue 34 11 7 16 43 47 17 6 5 6 20 22 17 5 2 10 23 25 -4 40
15 Sandhausen 34 9 11 14 45 52 17 5 6 6 22 21 17 4 5 8 23 31 -7 38
16 Ingolstadt 34 9 8 17 43 55 17 4 5 8 20 22 17 5 3 9 23 33 -12 35
17 Magdeburg 34 6 13 15 35 53 17 2 10 5 16 19 17 4 3 10 19 34 -18 31
18 MSV Duisburg 34 6 10 18 39 65 17 3 3 11 25 39 17 3 7 7 14 26 -26 28

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