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VfL Wolfsburg

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VfL Wolfsburg, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 1-2 Bundesliga success versus Werder Bremen.

In that game, VfL Wolfsburg had 44% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for VfL Wolfsburg was Patrick Wimmer (6', 48'). At the other end, Werder Bremen got 15 shots at goal with 7 on target. Mitchell Weiser (90') was the scorer for Werder Bremen.

It’s not been often in recent times where VfL Wolfsburg haven’t conceded. The reality is that VfL Wolfsburg have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 5 goals along the way.

A look at their previous results shows us that VfL Wolfsburg:

• have not lost a league tie with St. Pauli in their previous 3 games.
• are undefeated in their previous 4 league matches at home.
• haven’t won at home in the past 3 league matches.

St. Pauli

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Borussia Dortmund in Bundesliga competition, St. Pauli and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, St. Pauli had 44% possession and 7 shots on goal with 1 on target. Borussia Dortmund had 14 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Serhou Guirassy (50') and Karim Adeyemi (58') scored for Borussia Dortmund.

In 5 of the prior 6 clashes involving St. Pauli, a relatively low number of goals have been hit between them and opposing teams. The overall average number of goals per game in that period works out to just 2, with the average goals for St. Pauli standing at 0.67. Regardless, we must now wait to see whether the trend shall continue on in this match or not.

Going into this encounter, St. Pauli are without a win away from home in their last 2 league games.

👥 Head to head

The previous league contest between the two was Bundesliga match day 8 on 26/10/2024 and the score finished St. Pauli 0-0 VfL Wolfsburg.

In that match, St. Pauli managed 54% possession and 15 shots at goal with 5 of them on target.

At the other end, VfL Wolfsburg had 10 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

The referee was Tobias Reichel.

ℹ️ Team News: VfL Wolfsburg

Lukas Nmecha (Adductor pain), Kevin Paredes (Foot injury), Bartosz Bialek (Knee injury), Rogério (Knee surgery), Lovro Majer (Torn muscle fiber), Kamil Grabara (Hamstring injury), Sebastiaan Bornauw (Bone edema) and Maximilian Arnold (Fitness) will not be taking part for VfL Wolfsburg gaffer Ralph Hasenhüttl.

In our view, Wolfsburg may well use a 4-4-2 system for this one featuring Marius Mueller, Kilian Fischer, Denis Vavro, K. Koulierakis, Joakim Maehle, Tiago Tomas, Mattias Svanberg, Aster Vranckx, Patrick Wimmer, Jonas Wind and Mohamed Amoura.

📰 Team News: St. Pauli

St. Pauli boss Alexander Blessin has to choose a team with limited availability. Sören Ahlers (Fitness), Morgan Guilavogui (Hairline crack in foot), James Sands (Internal ligament tear), Carlo Boukhalfa (Thigh problems), Karol Mets (Patellar tendon problems), Simon Zoller (muscular problems) and Sascha Burchert (surgery) will miss out on this game.

We are inclined to think that St. Pauli could decide to elect for a 3-4-3 lineup by sending out Nikola Vasilj, David Nemeth, Hauke Wahl, Siebe van der Heyden, Manolis Saliakas, Jackson Irvine, Eric Smith, Philipp Treu, Noah Weisshaupt, Johannes Eggestein and Oladapo Afolayan.

💭 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that VfL Wolfsburg can and should dominate on the ball and be rewarded with decent chances.

At the same time, St. Pauli could well struggle to get a goal of their own although we do see them getting enough chances to score, too.

We’re therefore anticipating a controlled 3-1 win for VfL Wolfsburg after 90 minutes.

Lucas Pereira, 14:06 08/03/2025