Week 19 brings us a match on Jan 31st where Wolfsburg will play host to Freiburg in a clash of the Bundesliga. Wolfsburg sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Bayer Leverkusen. Ridle Baku struck first for Wolfsburg in the 35th minute on a feed from Renato Steffen, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Bayer Leverkusen couldn’t muster any offence and Wolfsburg ran away with the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Wolfsburg should be reasonably happy with their performance, while freiburg is fresh off their 2-1 win against Stuttgart. Wamangituka struck first for Stuttgart in the 7th minute, then Ermedin Demirović tied it up for Freiburg in the 14th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 37th minute on a goal by Jeong Woo-Yeong to cap off a wild match. Freiburg should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Schwarzwald-stadion, Freiburg and Wolfsburg battled to a 1-1 draw. Nils Petersen struck first for Freiburg in the 11th minute, then Josip Brekalo tied it up for Wolfsburg in the 42nd minute earning them at least the one point.
Both Nils Petersen and Roland Sallai have been the hottest scorers for Freiburg in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Wout Weghorst has been the most prolific scorer on Wolfsburg in his last 5 matches with three goals
Oliver Glasner’s Wolfsburg squad will be without Jérôme Roussillon, Admir Mehmedi, Maximilian Arnold, Maxence Lacroix, Pervan and Lino Kasten, while Christian Streich’s Freiburg squad will be without Jonathan Schmid, Roland Sallai, Amir Abrashi, Lukas Kübler, Nicolas Höfler, Janik Haberer, Chang-Hoon Kwon and Mark Flekken.