Week 9 brings us a match on Oct 23rd where Wolfsburg hosts Freiburg at Volkswagen Arena in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, Wolfsburg recorded a 0-2 loss against Union Berlin. Taiwo Awoniyi struck first for Union Berlin in the 49th minute on a feed from Genki Haraguchi, then Sheraldo Becker added another in the 83rd minute In the end, Wolfsburg couldn’t muster any offence and Union Berlin ran away with the shutout win. Wolfsburg is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while freiburg is fresh off their 1-1 draw against RB Leipzig. Emil Forsberg struck first for RB Leipzig in the 32nd minute on a penalty shot, but Jeong Woo-Yeong got the equalizer for Freiburg in the 64th minute on a penalty shot earning Freiburg a comeback draw. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Freiburg should be reasonably happy with their performance.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Wolfsburg won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Freiburg hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Rafael Czichos and Vincenzo Grifo, and they each have 1 goal. Wout Weghorst and Ridle Baku are the top scorers for Wolfsburg in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.