Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
Freiburg
Match Time & Date:
19/05/2023
02:30 PM
Prediction: 1-1
Wolfsburg
Freiburg and Wolfsburg face each other at Europa-Park Stadion in the opening match of the Bundesliga round 33. Christian Streich’s troops do not seem to be at their sharpest, with the team losing to both Leipzig and Union Berlin in the previous two league matches, while suffering elimination in the DFB Pokal semis. Lukas Kubler has joined Daniel-Kofi Kyereh in the recovery room, while Philipp Lienhart should recover in time to face the Wolves.
Wolfsburg, on the other hand, quickly bounced back from a massive 6-0 loss to Borussia Dortmund, with the team beating Hoffenheim at home ground. The two teams seem to be evenly matched at the moment and, taking everything into account, we believe that punters from all around the globe can find value in betting on draw. All Maxence Lacroix, Paulo Otavio, and Lukas Nmecha should miss out through injuries.
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.
