With their 9 point advantage in the league table, Wolfsburg fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Werder Bremen.
The hosts Wolfsburg saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa League. That game was an away game at Oleksandria, so at least Wolfsburg are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Wolfsburg form and stats
When playing at home in the Bundesliga, Wolfsburg, who have the most clean sheets (5) in Bundesliga, have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games.
A good away victory last time out for Wolfsburg, who won 1-0 against Oleksandria. A strong away win before that one, visiting Eintracht Frankfurt and winning 2-0.
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 4 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Wolfsburg have scored 5 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. Wolfsburg have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Werder Bremen form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Werder Bremen so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-2 (win-draw-lose).
The manager F. Kohfeldt was unhappy after their last game, a Bundesliga match played at their home ground Weserstadion. Werder Bremen suffered a 1-2 loss to Schalke 04 (placed 3rd). A 1-3 defeat away at Borussia M'gladbach before that.
Werder Bremen are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of six matches.
The travelling fans enjoy Werder Bremen's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 6 league matches away. The Werder Bremen manager F. Kohfeldt has some worries about the defense as 13 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wolfsburg 3 wins, 2 draws and Werder Bremen 5 victories. As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Weghorst 6 goals |   M. Rashica 4 goals |  Y. Ōsako 4 goals |
Wolfsburg missing players
Werder Bremen missing players
| Wolfsburg | Werder Bremen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 13 | 26 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 17% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 83% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 17% | 17% |
| 42% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 4.4 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.7 | 4.8 |
| 4.9 | 3.7 | 4.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 7 | 5.3 |
| 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 143 | 78 | 31 | Total Shots | T S | 53 | 78 | 178 |
| 50 | 21 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 31 | 69 |
| 26% | 24% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 35% | 28% |
- All of Werder Bremen's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Werder Bremen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Werder Bremen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Werder Bremen have scored at least twice as many goals away as Wolfsburg have scored home.
- Werder Bremen have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Werder Bremen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Werder Bremen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Wolfsburg has the fewest conceded goals (10)
- Wolfsburg has the fewest conceded goals (5) at home
- Wolfsburg has the fewest matches over the total-line (3)
- Wolfsburg has the fewest scored goals (5) at home
- Wolfsburg has the most clean sheets (5)
- Wolfsburg has the most matches under the total-line (9)
- 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 | RB Leipzig | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 21 | 27 |
| 2 | Borussia M'gladbach | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Schalke 04 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Bayern München | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 24 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 23 |
| 6 | Freiburg | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 7 | Bayer Leverkusen | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Hoffenheim | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | -2 | 21 |
| 9 | Wolfsburg | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 17 |
| 11 | Union Berlin | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 14 |
| 13 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -8 | 12 |
| 14 | Mainz 05 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 22 | -14 | 12 |
| 15 | Werder Bremen | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -7 | 11 |
| 16 | Hertha BSC | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 11 |
| 17 | Köln | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -16 | 8 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -16 | 5 |