📏 Form Guide

VfL Wolfsburg

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VfL Wolfsburg, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 1-2 Bundesliga 1 triumph versus Freiburg.

In that game, VfL Wolfsburg had 49% possession and 12 shots at goal with 4 on target. For VfL Wolfsburg, the scorers were Sebastiaan Bornauw (41' Own goal), Maximilian Arnold (82') and Maxence Lacroix (90'). On the other side, Freiburg got 15 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.

In their preceding six fixtures, Ralph Hasenhüttl's VfL Wolfsburg have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a total of 7 times, with that being an average number of goals per match of 1.17.

Ahead of this clash, VfL Wolfsburg have not lost a league tie with Darmstadt in their last 2 games.

Darmstadt

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Heidenheim in Bundesliga 1 action, Darmstadt will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Darmstadt managed 46% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target. For their opponents, Heidenheim got 17 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Nikola Dovedan (91') was the scorer for Heidenheim.

The stats don’t lie, and Darmstadt have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 13 goals overall. At the back, Darmstadt can certainly do much better. We will see if that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 17/08/2014 tells us that VfL Wolfsburg have won 3 of them and Darmstadt 1, with the tally of draws standing at 2.

A total of 9 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them from Wolfsburg and 4 being from Darmstadt. That is an average goals per game value of 1.5.

The previous league contest between the two was Bundesliga 1 match day 15 on 16/12/2023 and the score finished Darmstadt 0-1 VfL Wolfsburg.

On that occasion, Darmstadt had 65% possession and 14 shots at goal with 4 on target.

VfL Wolfsburg had 11 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Lovro Majer (63') scored.

The match was refereed by Robert Hartmann.

📋 Team News: VfL Wolfsburg

Lukas Nmecha (Hamstring injury), Rogério (minor knock) and Ulysses Llanez (traffic accident) will not be able to play for VfL Wolfsburg boss Ralph Hasenhüttl. Sebastiaan Bornauw is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

We are thinking that Wolfsburg will possibly opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation in the match, utilising Koen Casteels, Kilian Fischer, Maxence Lacroix, Moritz Jenz, Joakim Maehle, Mattias Svanberg, Maximilian Arnold, Ridle Baku, Patrick Wimmer, Kevin Paredes and Jonas Wind.

ℹ️ Team News: Darmstadt

Darmstadt manager Torsten Lieberknecht has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Fabian Nürnberger (Ankle problems), Fabian Holland (Cruciate ligament tear), Marvin Mehlem (Broken fibula) and Fraser Hornby (Ankle injury) are not able to play.

It’s our belief that Darmstadt could decide to play in a 3-4-1-2 system, starting Marcel Schuhen, Christoph Zimmermann, Christoph Klarer, Matej Maglica, Emir Karic, Fabian Nuernberger, Tobias Kempe, Klaus Gjasula, Julian Justvan, Tim Skarke and Oscar Vilhelmsson.

💭 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that VfL Wolfsburg are likely to stay in control for long periods of time and should be able to convert a few of the chances that they create.

However, Darmstadt will not find it easy to score a goal of their own but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be pulling one back during this clash.

We reckon that it will be a comfortable 3-1 winning score for VfL Wolfsburg at the end of the 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 13:07 04/05/2024