Wolfsburg vs Bayern Munich prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2023-12-19 19:30.
Despite winning 1-0 at lowly Darmstadt last time out, Wolfsburg have missed the chance to end 2023 in a European berth as their final game before the break sees them welcome perennial champions Bayern Munich. The Wolves may move closer to the top-six with victory, but that seems an unlikely scenario against the Bavarians, who Wolfsburg have picked up just one of the last 24 available home H2H points against (D1, L7).
Such poor H2H form is probably a major contributing factor to Wolves boss Niko KovaÄâs comment ahead of this clash that this is âjust a bonus gameâ. A Volkswagen Arena return isnât necessarily conducive to bucking that trend either as Wolfsburg have won just once across their last four home league games (W1, D1, L2).
Also winning âto nilâ in the last round were the 11-time consecutive champions Bayern, with Harry Kane (BUN: G20) striking either side of the interval in a 3-0 win over high-flying Stuttgart. Another brace from Kane here would equal Robert Lewandowskiâs all-time record for goals scored by a player in the first-half of a Bundesliga campaign, and perhaps more importantly, it would help them close the gap to league leaders Bayer Leverkusen.
That gap could have been significantly smaller if Bayern didnât post their joint-heaviest Bundesliga defeat since 2000 in their last such trip (5-1 vs Frankfurt). That was their first away league defeat of the season, and with wins without reply in three of their last four competitive trips, the travelling Bavarian faithful will hope that was just an anomaly in the grand scheme of the season.
Players to watch: Wolfsburgâs Jonas Wind made it four goal contributions across his last four league games with a strike last time out. Similarly influential, Bayern Munichâs Leroy SanĂ© set a new personal record of 16 goal contributions in a Bundesliga season with his assist against Stuttgart over the weekend (G8, A8).
Hot stat: Ahead of the round, Bayern Munich have scored a joint league-high 11 goals from set pieces.