On Sat Oct 2nd, in week 7, Wolfsburg and Borussia M’gladbach will play a match in Wolfsburg in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Wolfsburg is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Hoffenheim. Ridle Baku struck first for Wolfsburg in the 25th minute on a feed from Maximilian Philipp, then Andrej Kramarić tied it up for Hoffenheim in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 74th minute on a goal by Christoph Baumgartner. Wolfsburg should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while 11th placed Borussia M’gladbach is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Borussia Dortmund. Denis Zakaria scored the first goal for Borussia M’gladbach in the 37th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Borussia Dortmund was frustrated by Borussia M’gladbach’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Borussia M’gladbach ended the match with the shutout victory. Borussia M’gladbach is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws each.
Both Lars Stindl and Denis Zakaria have been the hottest scorers for Borussia M’gladbach in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Wout Weghorst has been the most effective weapon for Wolfsburg lately. The Dutch attacker has netted two goals in his last five matches
Mark van Bommel’s squad will be without Renato Steffen, Koen Casteels, Xaver Schlager, William, Paulo Otávio and Bartosz Bialek, while Marcus Thuram, Jonas Hofmann, Mamadou Doucouré, Ramy Bensebaini and Stefan Lainer are unavailable to play for Borussia M’gladbach.