Wolfsburg vs Freiburg prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2023-12-08 14:30.
It’s been a rough few months for Wolfsburg, having registered just a single win in their last seven Bundesliga matches (D1, L5), with arguably the biggest cause of that poor run being a defence that failed to keep a clean sheet across those games. Their misery was compounded after cruelly exiting the DFB-Pokal in midweek, following the concession of a 120th-minute extra-time goal to lose 1-0 at Mönchengladbach.
The Wolves will desperately be seeking the comforts of Volkswagen Arena as their home form tells a completely different tale, having suffered only one defeat in seven outings across all competitions on their own patch this season (W5, D1). They’ll look to further improve on that record when they play Freiburg, a team they’ve beaten only twice in their last ten attempts (D3, L5), although their most recent victory in this H2H was a 6-0 hammering in last term’s corresponding fixture!
That was the Baden-Württemberg outfit’s heaviest defeat against their hosts, and now they run the risk of losing successive away league encounters against Wolfsburg for only the second time. That might be the last thing on the minds of the travelling fans, who have come to expect the unexpected with their side, since Freiburg’s record in their last nine Bundesliga games is perfectly split (W3, D3, L3), with each result in that sequence different to the one which preceded it.
The Breisgau Brazilians did secure a 1-0 win in their last match at Mainz, which lifted them to eighth in the table and reignited their chase for a top-six spot. A narrow margin of victory seems likely to be Freiburg’s greatest hope of success again here, as they have only registered five league goals on the road this campaign, the joint second-lowest tally in the division.
Players to watch: Wolfsburg’s Jonas Wind scored two first-half goals in that 6-0 thrashing of Freiburg, kickstarting a run of 12 of his last 15 club goals coming before the break. Coach Christian Streich might see Vincenzo Grifo as his best attacking option, since the Italian has registered six goal contributions (G3, A3) in his last seven games against Wolfsburg.
Hot stat: Freiburg have only won four of their last 22 Bundseliga matches when starting as the betting outsider (D4, L14).