We have reached the second round of the DFB Pokal in Germany and on the 31st of October we have a meeting between Wolfsburg and RB Leipzig.
The game will be played at the Volkswagen Arena on the hosts are currently 9th in the Bundesliga on 12 points while the visitors are in 5th place on 20 points.
Wolfsburg come into the match having lost 3-2 at Augsburg in the Bundesliga on the weekend. It was a disappointing result for Wolfsburg and allowed Augsburg to close to within 1 point in the league table.
Wolfsburg were winning the match 2-1 at half time but conceded two goals inside the final 11 minutes of the game to lose.
The defeat at Augsburg means Wolfsburg have lost 4 of their last 5 fixtures, with all 4 defeats coming in the Bundesliga.
There have been losses against Borussia Dortmund and Stuttgart away plus Bayer Leverkusen at home. Wolfsburg did record one victory in their 5 most recent matches and that came at home over Eintracht Frankfurt in the league.
Wolfsburg started their 2023/23 DFB Pokal campaign with a comfortable 6-0 win at Makkabi in the first round.
Wolfsburg have won 3 of their last 4 DFB Pokal fixtures, with all 3 of the victories coming away from home. They have also won 3 of their last 4 on home soil in the cup but the single defeat came against RB Leipzig in 2019.
RB Leipzig make the trip to the Volkswagen Arena on the back of an excellent 6-0 home victory over FC Koln in the Bundesliga on the weekend.
RB Leipzig were fantastic in the first half and led 4-0 at the interval. They added two further goals at the end of the second half to round off a comfortable win.
The victory over FC Koln means RB Leipzig have won each of their last 3 fixtures in all competitions. There have been wins over Darmstadt away in the Bundesliga and at home over Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League.
Trends show RB Leipzig have won each of their last 13 DFB Pokal games and they have been excellent in this competition in recent years.
They have recorded victories in each of their last 10 away DFB Pokal ties, including those on penalties, and RB Leipzig have scored 2 or more goals in 8 of those 10 cup wins.
Team news and Wolfsburg have several players on the treatment table including Koen Casteels, Rogério, Lukas Nmecha, Kilian Fischer, and Felix Lange. There is also a doubt over the fitness of Patrick Wimmer.
RB Leipzig also have some injury problems, with Dani Olmo, Timo Werner, Kevin Kampl, Willi Orban, and El Chadaille Bitshiabu all missing out.
We expect Wolfsburg to give RB Leipzig a tough game but this is a competition in which RB Leipzig have excelled in recent seasons. Wolfsburg should find the back of the net but RB Leipzig will be the team to progress to the third round of the DFB Pokal.
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