Wolfsburg favourites for feisty fight facing Union Berlin

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 08.May
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA (30000 seats)

Wolfsburg perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Union Berlin can look both up and down from their 8th position.

Insights:
  • Wolfsburg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Berlin are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Wolfsburg form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at VOLKSWAGEN ARENA as Wolfsburg have scored 27 goals to get 31 points from 15 games. The overall stats in the Bundesliga are 9-4-2 (wins-draws-losses). Wolfsburg are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at VOLKSWAGEN ARENA, having lost their two previous games here.

Wolfsburg's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Borussia Dortmund (placed 5th). In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Stuttgart.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Wolfsburg's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won zero matches, drawn zero and lost two.

A decent goal production from Wolfsburg in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 15 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home 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 13 from 15 matches.

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Union Berlin form and stats

4-5-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Union Berlin in their Bundesliga matches away.

Impressive finishing from Joel Pohjanpalo (3) secured the home win 3-1 against Werder Bremen in their previous game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Borussia Dortmund wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Joel Pohjanpalo certainly enjoyed Berlin's last game versus Werder Bremen, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 3-1 victory.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Berlin when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning one game.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Union Berlin have scored 17 goals in 15 league games away. As opposed to that, Union Berlin have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Union Berlin - Wolfsburg 2-2. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Wolfsburg victory, two draws and one Union Berlin win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

WolfsburgW. Weghorst
W. Weghorst
20 goals
Union BerlinM. Kruse
M. Kruse
10 goals
WolfsburgR. Baku
R. Baku
6 goals

Wolfsburg missing players

Union Berlin missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wolfsburg Union Berlin
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 4 15 31
16 9 3 Won W 0 4 11
9 4 1 Drew D 1 5 13
6 2 0 Lost L 3 6 7
54 27 6 Scored S 3 17 47
32 13 1 Conceded C 9 21 38
90% 80% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 94%
81% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 81%
52% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 40% 48%
26% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 27% 32%
13% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 10%
52% 40% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 68%
42% 53% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 23%
16% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 16%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 1.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12.9 12.9 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.2 11.3
4.5 4.3 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.1 3.9
38% 42% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 36% 39%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Wolfsburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Wolfsburg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 Bayern München 31 22 5 4 86 40 15 11 4 0 53 19 16 11 1 4 33 21 46 71
2 RB Leipzig 31 19 7 5 55 25 16 11 3 2 27 11 15 8 4 3 28 14 30 64
3 Wolfsburg 31 16 9 6 54 32 15 9 4 2 27 13 16 7 5 4 27 19 22 57
4 Eintracht Frankfurt 31 15 11 5 62 47 15 9 6 0 33 18 16 6 5 5 29 29 15 56
5 Borussia Dortmund 31 17 4 10 66 42 15 9 2 4 34 17 16 8 2 6 32 25 24 55
6 Bayer Leverkusen 31 14 8 9 51 35 16 8 4 4 33 21 15 6 4 5 18 14 16 50
7 Borussia M'gladbach 31 12 10 9 59 46 16 8 4 4 31 17 15 4 6 5 28 29 13 46
8 Union Berlin 31 11 13 7 47 38 16 7 8 1 30 17 15 4 5 6 17 21 9 46
9 Freiburg 30 11 8 11 45 43 16 7 5 4 31 21 14 4 3 7 14 22 2 41
10 Stuttgart 31 10 9 12 52 51 15 4 6 5 25 23 16 6 3 7 27 28 1 39
11 Hoffenheim 31 9 9 13 45 50 15 6 3 6 26 21 16 3 6 7 19 29 -5 36
12 Mainz 05 30 9 7 14 33 49 15 4 3 8 14 22 15 5 4 6 19 27 -16 34
13 Augsburg 31 9 6 16 31 47 16 5 4 7 19 25 15 4 2 9 12 22 -16 33
14 Werder Bremen 31 7 9 15 34 51 15 3 4 8 14 24 16 4 5 7 20 27 -17 30
15 Arminia Bielefeld 31 8 6 17 23 51 16 6 1 9 12 22 15 2 5 8 11 29 -28 30
16 Köln 31 7 8 16 32 56 15 2 5 8 18 27 16 5 3 8 14 29 -24 29
17 Hertha BSC 28 6 8 14 34 48 14 4 3 7 18 26 14 2 5 7 16 22 -14 26
18 Schalke 04 30 2 7 21 18 76 15 2 3 10 9 29 15 0 4 11 9 47 -58 13

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Table
  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 31 22 5 4 86 40 15 11 4 0 53 19 16 11 1 4 33 21 46 71
2 RB Leipzig 31 19 7 5 55 25 16 11 3 2 27 11 15 8 4 3 28 14 30 64
3 Wolfsburg 31 16 9 6 54 32 15 9 4 2 27 13 16 7 5 4 27 19 22 57
4 Eintracht Frankfurt 31 15 11 5 62 47 15 9 6 0 33 18 16 6 5 5 29 29 15 56
5 Borussia Dortmund 31 17 4 10 66 42 15 9 2 4 34 17 16 8 2 6 32 25 24 55
6 Bayer Leverkusen 31 14 8 9 51 35 16 8 4 4 33 21 15 6 4 5 18 14 16 50
7 Borussia M'gladbach 31 12 10 9 59 46 16 8 4 4 31 17 15 4 6 5 28 29 13 46
8 Union Berlin 31 11 13 7 47 38 16 7 8 1 30 17 15 4 5 6 17 21 9 46
9 Freiburg 30 11 8 11 45 43 16 7 5 4 31 21 14 4 3 7 14 22 2 41
10 Stuttgart 31 10 9 12 52 51 15 4 6 5 25 23 16 6 3 7 27 28 1 39
11 Hoffenheim 31 9 9 13 45 50 15 6 3 6 26 21 16 3 6 7 19 29 -5 36
12 Mainz 05 30 9 7 14 33 49 15 4 3 8 14 22 15 5 4 6 19 27 -16 34
13 Augsburg 31 9 6 16 31 47 16 5 4 7 19 25 15 4 2 9 12 22 -16 33
14 Werder Bremen 31 7 9 15 34 51 15 3 4 8 14 24 16 4 5 7 20 27 -17 30
15 Arminia Bielefeld 31 8 6 17 23 51 16 6 1 9 12 22 15 2 5 8 11 29 -28 30
16 Köln 31 7 8 16 32 56 15 2 5 8 18 27 16 5 3 8 14 29 -24 29
17 Hertha BSC 28 6 8 14 34 48 14 4 3 7 18 26 14 2 5 7 16 22 -14 26
18 Schalke 04 30 2 7 21 18 76 15 2 3 10 9 29 15 0 4 11 9 47 -58 13

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