Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
Europa-Park Stadion will host Saturday’s Bundesliga game between Freiburg and Wolfsburg. Christian Streich’s troops were on the verge of beating Leipzig on the road, but Angelino’s late goal eventually helped the Red Bulls pick up one point from the match. Midfielder Nicolas Hofler is back from suspension, while all Manuel Guide, Nico Scholetterbeck, and Yannik Keitel continue to miss out with injuries.
The Wolves, on the other hand, recorded a hard-fought 1-0 win over Union Berlin in their last league match. Defender Maxence Lacroix served his ban at the weekend, while all Micky van de Ven, Marvin Stefaniak, Paulo Otavio, and William are out of contention through injuries. Anyhow, a close encounter is on the cards and Europa-Park Stadion, and we are tempted to put our money on draw. In their last meeting at the venue the two sides shared the spoils.
Highlighted Player (Nils Petersen):
Son to a football coach, Andreas, the Freiburg striker Nils Petersen is a physical forward best known for his clinical finishing. A former Bayern Munich striker never got a chance to prove his worth with Bundesliga giants and had to take a long road to prominence which included loan spells at Werder Bremen and Freiburg, before penning a permanent deal with Die Breisaguer in 2015.
Petersen’s impressive exploits during the 2017/18 season helped him get into Germany’s provisional FIFA World Cup 2018 squad although his father Andreas would argue it was his personal influence that helped Joachim Loew write his son’s name in the 23-man list. Namely, Andres Piteresen spotted the Germany manager on a beach in January and decided to ask him about his son’s chances of making it into Germany World Cup squad.
Piteresen was rewarded with his senior Germany cap in an Austria friendly but unfortunately for his father missed out on the final squad for the tournament in Russia.
Highlighted Team (Wolfsburg):
Wolfsburg are a German football club founded in the aftermath of the World War II (1945). Die Wolfe (The Wolves) wear green and white shirts and they play their home games at Volkswagen Arena. The capacity of the stadium is 30,000 and it was opened on 13 December, 2002.
It is well known that German car manufacturer Volkswagen are the club’s main sponsors. Wolfsburg won the Bundesliga trophy in 2009 and the likes of Edin Dzeko, Grafite and Zvjezdan Misimovic were part of the club’s golden generation.
You should bear in mind that Grafite and Dzeko scored 54 goals between each other in the 2008/2009 Bundesliga campaign and that the team clinched the trophy thanks to a 5-1 win over Werder Bremen on 23 May, 2009. Die Wolfe won the German Cup trophy in 2015, with the team beating star-studded Borussia Dortmund 3-1 in the title game. Wolfsburg are a team that has no bitter rivals in German football.