Wolfsburg vs FC Koln prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2024-01-26 14:30.
Wolfsburg’s struggles towards the backend of 2023 have continued into the new year, having now registered just two wins in their last 12 Bundesliga outings (D3, L7) after a pair of recent 1-1 draws against Mainz and Heidenheim. Their disappointment is only compounded when considering they opened the scoring in both those matches, taking their tally of dropped points from winning positions to a mammoth 15 this season, second only to Borussia Mönchengladbach’s 20.
Manager Niko Kovač will know his team should be better off than their current position of 11th in the table, but they’ll be keen to make amends here in what is their first home match this year. The Wolves perhaps needed a break from the Volkswagen Arena after their last two home league matches ended in defeat, so they’ll now aim to avoid losing three on the bounce for the first time since December 2021.
Their opponents will also be desperately searching for a change in fortune, as just two wins this Bundesliga season (D5, L11) has left Cologne fighting against relegation. Timo Schultz’s troops are rooted inside the drop zone ahead of this match, propped up only by Darmstadt by virtue of goal difference.
The Billy Goats need to find some answers soon, and hitting the road hardly seems the place to start, since no side in Europe’s traditional big-five leagues have scored fewer away goals than their four this campaign. They now face losing both league fixtures in the same season against Wolfsburg for the first time since 2011/12, although they might feel they can avoid that fate after winning here on their last two visits.
Players to watch: Wolfsburg’s Jonas Wind should be confident he can snap his seven-game scoring drought after netting twice in the reverse fixture, part of a sequence of hitting a brace in five of his last nine Bundesliga goalscoring outings. Hoping to steal the show will be Cologne captain Florian Kainz, who has scored the match opener in his last four scoring appearances.
Hot stat: Cologne having been drawing at half-time a league-high nine times this Bundesliga season.