Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
All eyes will be on Volkswagen Arena when Bayern Munich kickstart new Bundesliga campaign with a match against Wolfsburg. The Bavarians are eager to regain the trophy and their displays in preseason are surely fuelling fans with optimism ahead of upcoming challenges. Summer signing Joao Palhinha is widely expected to make his Bundesliga debut this weekend as well as former Crystal Palace midfielder Michael Olise.
The Wolves, on the other hand, defeated TuS Koblenz 1-0 in their German Cup opener, with Patrick Wimmer scoring the only goal of the match. The hosts, face an uphill task in Sunday’s showdown and with Bayern Munich being determined to make a flying start to the season, away win should be considered. The likes of Rogerio, Mohamed Amoura, Lukas Nmecha, David Odogu, and Kevin Paredes miss out with injuries for the home side. In their last meeting at the venue Bayern defeated Wolfsburg 2-1.
Highlighted Player (Harry Kane):
Widely regarded as one of England’s best strikers at the moment, Harry Kane enjoyed a meteoric rise at Tottenham Hotspur, scoring 21 Premier League goals during the 2014/2015 campaign to be voted PFA Young Player of the Year.
The highly rated striker went on to surpass that achievement the following season as he helped Tottenham Hotspur mount a serious title challenge for the first time in club’s recent history and he made seamless transition to international football. Kane scored four goals in his first ten appearances for England to prove he was here to stay and at the same time established himself as a first choice striker in Roy Hodgson’s squad ahead of the Euro 2016 finals.
Kane is a modern striker, who is extremely dangerous in the opposition box, but it was some outstanding goals from distance as well as link-up play with teammates that earned him an excellent reputation in world football. Kane is expected to lead both Tottenham and England in years to come, that is if he can resist the lure of top European clubs that continue to cast admiring glances his way.
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.