Wolfsburg vs Holstein Kiel prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-01-23 19:30.
[p]Wolfsburg’s all or nothing nature over recent months continued last weekend as they were beaten 3-2 by Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich. None of their last ten matches ended all square (W7, L3), but with those defeats arriving in their last five league outings, they’ll be keen to rediscover some consistency as they welcome relegation-threatened Holstein Kiel.[/p]
[p]This will be a first-ever meeting between the sides at the Volkswagen Arena in the top-flight, and Ralph Hasenhüttl’s men hold the psychological edge having won the reverse fixture 2-0 in August. The home faithful will be expectant of goals having seen their side score in each of the last 19 Bundesliga matches on their own turf, yet doesn’t necessarily guarantee wins, with the Wolves victorious just five times therein (D5, L9).[/p]
[p]Holstein Kiel’s survival hopes suffered a huge blow last week as they were beaten 3-1 by fellow strugglers Hoffenheim. A comfortable league-high 46 goals conceded is undermining their efforts, placing extra pressure on their attack which has creditably scored in each of their away games thus far, even if they’ve failed to emerge victorious in any of them (D2, L6).[/p]
[p]That includes five successive Bundesliga defeats on the road, but as three of them came by single-goal margins, they’re unlikely to be pushovers in Wolfsburg. Boss Marcel Rapp will be desperate to stay in the game early on having seen his side concede a whopping 21 goals in the opening half-hour this term – four more than any other side in the division pre-round.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Wolfsburg’s Mohamed Amoura bagged a brace against Bayern last week to move to the top of his side’s Bundesliga scoring charts this season (G8) – his three home strikes came in games where both teams scored (W1, D2). Kiel appear dependent on Phil Harres’ output, as he’s directly contributed to six goals in his last three matches (G5, A1), with two of those goals coming in their last away match against Freiburg (L 3-2).[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Wolfsburg have scored a league-high 12 goals from set-pieces, two of which came in the reverse fixture.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Daniel vom Bruch[/i][/p]