Wolfsburg-Freiburg is a match of the fourteenth day of the Bundesliga and is played on Saturday at 3:30 pm: TV, likely formations, predictions.
Only 2 points separate Freiburg and Wolfsburg in the standings. Ahead are Christian Streich’s men, who are far better off at the moment than Niko Kovac’s men, who instead appear to be in free fall.
Grifo and his teammates in fact arrive at the challenge scheduled for Saturday’s Volkswagen Arena on the wings of enthusiasm due to their two successes in a row against Mainz in the league and Olympiacos in the Europa League. As many as five goals were scored against the Greeks (5-0) in the match that allowed Freiburg to detach the pass for the knockout stage of the continental competition: whether it will pass as first or second will be decided by the direct clash with West Ham next week. To tame Mainz, however, a goal by striker Gregoritsch (0-1) was enough last Sunday: the Austrian put his signature on Freiburg’s first Bundesliga victory after a fast for more than a month. The Black Forest city club, already eliminated in the previous round from the German Cup, unlike Wolfsburg had a full week to prepare for this match.
Wolfsburg’s bad moment continues
The green-and-whites’ slump in results, on the other hand, continued in the second domestic event, with a 1-0 defeat at home to Borussia Monchengladbach.
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Casteels and his teammates failed to avenge the very heavy 4-0 loss a few weeks earlier, delivering another disappointing performance in ball possession at Borussia Park. Wolfsburg’s defense held up for 120 minutes: penalties now seemed inevitable, when a Koné goal avoided the shots from the penalty spot at the photo finish and handed qualification to the next round to ‘Gladbach. On Saturday, however, it was Bochum who had given the Wolfe side a disappointment, overwhelmed 3-1 at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion. Since September, Kovac’s team has beaten Leipzig exclusively, first in the cup and then in the league.
The prediction
With the one in Bochum, Wolfsburg’s six consecutive away defeats have become six, and they have to deal with the third worst away performance in the league (3 points collected in 7 games). At home, on the other hand, things are better, and that is why, despite the uninspiring period, the green-and-whites should be able to at least avoid defeat to Freiburg, in a match in which they are likely to score both.
The probable lineups of Wolfsburg-Freiburg
WOLFSBURG (3-4-3): Casteels; Lacroix, Jenz, Zesiger; Maehle, Svanberg, Vranckx, Gerhardt; Černý, Wind, Paredes.
FREIBURG (4-4-1-1): Atubolu; Sildillia, Ginter, Lienhart, Makengo; Dōan, Eggestein, Höfler, Grifo; Röhl; Gregoritsch.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-1
