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Holstein Kiel

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Holstein Kiel will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 3-2 Bundesliga 1 defeat last time out to Hoffenheim.

In that match, Holstein Kiel had 45% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 6 on target. For Holstein Kiel, goals were scored by Alexander Bernhardsson (63') and Shuto Machino (89'). For their opponents, 1899 Hoffenheim got 21 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. Andrej Kramarić (6', 37', 87') scored for Hoffenheim.

It has been a rare occasion in recent times where Holstein Kiel have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Holstein Kiel have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 10 goals during that time.

Going into this contest, Holstein Kiel haven’t won at home in the past 2 league games.

VfL Wolfsburg

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After being beaten in their last game against Bayern Munich in Bundesliga 1 competition, VfL Wolfsburg will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, VfL Wolfsburg had 28% possession and 10 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for VfL Wolfsburg was Lovro Majer (47', 55'). At the other end, Bayern Munich had 14 attempts on goal with 8 on target. Jamal Musiala (20'), Harry Kane (65') and Serge Gnabry (82') scored for Bayern Munich.

In the course of their 6 previous matches, Ralph Hasenhüttl's VfL Wolfsburg have had reason to celebrate scoring a total of 9 times, yielding them a goals scored per game average of 1.5.

🗞️ Team News: Holstein Kiel

Looking at personnel, there is just the lone fitness concern for the Holstein Kiel manager Marcel Rapp to be concerned with from a near full-strength group of players. Colin Kleine-Bekel (Cruciate ligament injury) is out of contention.

It seems likely that Holstein Kiel may well use the 3-4-1-2 formation for this one, utilising Timon Weiner, Timo Becker, Patrick Erras, Marko Ivezic, Finn Porath, Tymoteusz Puchacz, Magnus Knudsen, Lewis Holtby, Shuto Machino, Benedikt Pichler and A. Bernhardsson.

📋 Team News: VfL Wolfsburg

VfL Wolfsburg boss Ralph Hasenhüttl has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Mohamed Amoura (Inner ligament injury), Lukas Nmecha (Hamstring injury), Rogério (Knee surgery), Bartosz Bialek (Knee injury) and Kevin Paredes (Foot injury) are not ready for selection.

It’s our belief that Wolfsburg seem likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 system, choosing Kamil Grabara, Kilian Fischer, Sebastiaan Bornauw, Cedric Zesiger, Jakub Kaminski, Mattias Svanberg, Maximilian Arnold, Ridle Baku, Lovro Majer, Patrick Wimmer and Jonas Wind.

🔮 Prediction

We think that Holstein Kiel will have to work hard as a team to see themselves scoring against this VfL Wolfsburg outfit who we think should manage to get a goal of their own in a winning performance.

That’s why our selection here is for a good battle with a 0-1 win for VfL Wolfsburg at the end of the match.

Let’s see how it plays out.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 13:04 31/08/2024