Wolfsburg vs Augsburg prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2023-03-31 13:30.
The international break came at a poor time for Wolfsburg, who had strung together a four-match unbeaten run to close the gap to the European places (W2, D2). Niko Kovač’s men trail the top-six by just two points ahead of the Bundesliga’s return, and closing that gap likely depends on improving their form at the Volkswagen Arena, where they’ve failed to win any of their last four matches (D2, L2) conceding ten goals in the process.
The Wolves have struggled at home all season, collecting just 17 of their 38 points on their own turf (W4, D5, L3), a total better than just five other teams in the division before this round. An area they usually excel in is keeping things tight though, with their ten clean sheets the joint-most in the Bundesliga, something they’ll be hoping to continue if they’re to return to the European stage.
Augsburg are likely to be confident of getting a result having avoided defeat in each of their last two H2H meetings with Wolfsburg (W1, D1), although they’re winless in five trips to the Volkswagen Arena (D3, L2). They ended their Bundesliga programme before the international break with a disappointing 1-1 draw with strugglers Schalke, although Enrico Maaßen’s men were clinging onto that result after being reduced to ten men.
Seven points clear of the drop zone ahead of the round thanks mostly to a decent run of home form, Augsburg are subsequently in desperate need of improvement on their travels. They’ve actually failed to win any of their last eight league road trips (D1, L7), a sequence that includes five consecutive defeats which saw them concede a whopping 17 goals!
Players to watch: Wolfsburg midfielder Yannick Gerhardt has directly contributed to four goals in as many Bundesliga appearances (G2, A2), while Augsburg’s Mërgim Berisha has scored his side’s first goal in each of his seven Bundesliga goalscoring appearances this term.
Hot stat: Three of the last five H2Hs at the Volkswagen Arena have ended 0-0 (WOL: W2, D3, L0).