📊 Form Guide

Freiburg

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Freiburg will play in this fixture coming off the back of a 1-1 Bundesliga 1 drawn game vs Mainz.

In that game, Freiburg had 40% possession and 6 shots at goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Freiburg was Michael Gregoritsch (6'). At the other end, Mainz 05 had 16 shots at goal with 3 on target. Jonathan Burkardt (40') scored for Mainz.

Matches featuring Freiburg have often been absorbing encounters of late with high scoring anticipated. Over their past six games, a total of 21 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 8 of them coming from Freiburg.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Freiburg:

• haven't been beaten in the league by VfL Wolfsburg in their previous 2 matches.
• have not won at home in their last 6 matches in the league. Their fans aren't happy.

VfL Wolfsburg

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VfL Wolfsburg will go into the match following on from a 1-0 Bundesliga 1 win with the downing of VfL Bochum in their previous fixture.

In that game, VfL Wolfsburg managed 46% possession and 9 shots at goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for VfL Wolfsburg was Jonas Wind (43'). On the other side, Bochum got 13 attempts on goal with 1 on target.

In the course of their six previous matches, Ralph Hasenhüttl's VfL Wolfsburg have slotted home 5 times, giving them the goals per game average of 0.83.

Ahead of this meeting, VfL Wolfsburg have not registered a win against Freiburg when having played them away from home in the previous 5 league games. They'll be keen to stop this run.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 31/01/2021 shows us that Freiburg have won 4 of them and VfL Wolfsburg 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 0.

A total of 19 goals were produced between them in these games, with 8 for Freiburg and 11 being from Wolfsburg. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.17.

The previous league contest between these sides was Bundesliga 1 match day 14 on 09/12/2023 which ended up with the score at VfL Wolfsburg 0-1 Freiburg.

That time, VfL Wolfsburg managed 58% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

At the other end, Freiburg had 4 attempts on goal with 1 on target. Michael Gregoritsch (74') scored.

The match was refereed by Marco Fritz.

📋 Team News: Freiburg

Philipp Lienhart (Knee injury), Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (Cruciate ligament tear), Kenneth Schmidt (Injury to abdominal muscles), Merlin Röhl (Torn muscle fiber) and Matthias Ginter (Achilles tendon surgery) aren’t available for Freiburg gaffer Christian Streich. Lukas Kübler cannot play in this game through suspension.

It’s our opinion that Freiburg should line up in a 3-4-2-1 formation, handing starts to Noah Atubolu, Kilian Sildillia, Yannik Keitel, Manuel Gulde, Ritsu Doan, Christian Guenter, Maximilian Eggestein, Nicolas Hoefler, Roland Sallai, Vincenzo Grifo and Michael Gregoritsch.

📋 Team News: VfL Wolfsburg

From our viewpoint, Wolfsburg seem likely to elect for a 3-4-3 formation, giving starts to Koen Casteels, Maxence Lacroix, Sebastiaan Bornauw, Cedric Zesiger, Kilian Fischer, Maximilian Arnold, Aster Vranckx, Yannick Gerhardt, Ridle Baku, Jonas Wind and Tiago Tomas.

💭 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that VfL Wolfsburg will need to apply a lot of pressure to break down this Freiburg side who we think might well emerge victorious.

We’ve gone for a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 winning score for Freiburg at the end of the 90 minutes.

We’re expecting it to be that close.

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

Andre Moura, 13:11 27/04/2024