FC Bayern München Continue to Chase Down Bayer Leverkusen as They Travel to VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga

VfL Wolfsburg vs Bayern München - 20/12/2023

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We have a full round of fixtures to enjoy in the German Bundesliga this weekend, including the meeting between VfL Wolfsburg and FC Bayern München.

The game will be played at the Volkswagen Arena and the hosts begin the weekend in 9th place on 19 points while the visitors are in 2nd place on 35 points.

VfL Wolfsburg come into the match having beat Darmstadt 1-0 away in the Bundesliga on the weekend.

It was game VfL Wolfsburg were hoping to win against the team currently bottom of the table but they went down to 10 men following a red card in the 27th minute.

However, VfL Wolfsburg kept Darmstadt out and scored the only goal of the match in the 63rd minute.

The win over Darmstadt was the first victory for VfL Wolfsburg in 4 fixtures in all competitions.

There have been defeats against Bochum away and Freiburg at home in the Bundesliga plus a 1-0 loss at Borussia Monchengladbach in the DFB Pokal round of 16.

Trends show VfL Wolfsburg are undefeated in 5 of their 7 most recent home Bundesliga games. However, they have won only 1 of their last 4 home league fixtures but that was a good 2-1 victory over RB Leipzig.

Trends show both teams have scored in 3 of VfL Wolfsburg’s last 4 home Bundesliga matches.

FC Bayern München travel to the Volkswagen Arena on the back of a 3-0 home win over Stuttgart in the Bundesliga on Sunday.

It took only 2 minutes for FC Bayern München to open the scoring and they led 1-0 at half time.

Into the second half and FC Bayern München extended their advantage in the 55th minute and scored a third goal 8 minutes later to seal the victory.

The win over Stuttgart means FC Bayern München are undefeated in 7 of their 8 most recent matches in all competitions.

There have been victories in both the Bundesliga and the Champions League, including a win at home over Borussia Dortmund and away to Manchester United.

Trends show FC Bayern München are undefeated in 36 of their last 41 games in the Bundesliga.

They have managed to score at least one goal in all their last 41 Bundesliga matches and FC Bayern München have won 7 of their last 9 away Bundesliga fixtures.

Team news: VfL Wolfsburg are without suspended defender Maxence Lacroix. Mattias Svanberg, Rogério, Amin Sarr, Patrick Wimmer, and Lukas Nmecha are all in the treatment room.

FC Bayern München have an injury list that includes Noussair Mazraoui, Kingsley Coman, Serge Gnabry, Bouna Sarr, Tarek Buchmann, and Gabriel Marusic. There are also doubts over the fitness of Sven Ulreich, Leon Goretzka, and Joshua Kimmich.

FC Bayern München have work to do in order to catch Bayer Leverkusen at the top of the league and will know they cannot afford to drop more points.

VfL Wolfsburg have been struggling to win at home in recent league fixtures and we expect to see the visitors take maximum points, with both teams scoring.

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