Wolfsburg vs FC Bayern
These are unfamiliar waters for Bayern fans. They aren’t about to drown just yet, but the 28-time winners of the Bundesliga are under severe pressure when they visit Wolfsburg this weekend.
If the Champions come up with anything less than a victory from the big Bundesliga: Wolfsburg vs FC Bayern clash we may even be talking crisis.
Niko Kovac’s team has fallen to sixth place after a poor run which has seen them pick up a single point in three games. That leaves them just three places above Saturday’s opponents, though the gap is four points so at least there’s no prospect of an embarrassing place-swap for Kovac.
The Wolfsburg vs FC Bayern betting odds would have us believe this could be a walk in the park for Robert Lewandowski and co; I suspect it will be anything but. The 30,000-capacity Volkswagen Arena will be bouncing when Bruno Labbadia leads his team out to face Goliath, slingshot at the ready!
Talking Points
Do Wolfsburg have the quality to trouble Bayern?
You’d have to wonder if you take a look at the SBOBET odds for this game, but fans at the Volkswagen have high expectations. They won the league in 2009, and Die Wolfe were DFB Pokal Cup winners only three years ago. They were also runners-up in the Bundesliga as the biggest challenge to Bayern’s domination. Three years isn’t a long time, but much has changed.
Labbadia’s team hasn’t come close to beating Bayern in recent times, but he’ll be telling his players they won’t have a better chance than this for a while.
Experienced midfielder Ignacio Camacho is the engine driving Wolfsburg. The former Atletico and Malaga player gives protection to Die Wolfe back line: he’s strong in the tackle and has the ability to launch an attack in an instant. Labbadia will be looking to the 28-year-old to dominate the early exchanges as his team tries to unsettle the favourites.
In young right-back William, the hosts have some real quality. The Brazilian won Gold at the 2016 Olympics and arrived at the club in 2017 having played over 100 competitive games.
Up front, Wout Weghorst is a Dutch beast at 6ft 6in and is sure to knock the Bayern defence around. He was on target in the recent draw with Borussia Monchengladbach, as was Swiss winger Renato Steffen.
Does this group have enough skill to win on Saturday? Time will tell, but they will be no pushover.
Is Niko Kovac really under pressure so soon?
He’d better believe it! The recent 0-3 home humiliation at the hands of Borussia Monchengladbach was a new low point for FC Bayern. There are already rumours circulating that Kovac’s job is under scrutiny, quite unbelievably after his trumpeted arrival from Frankfurt at the start of the season.
But Bayern are used to winning, and the owners and fans expect nothing less…absolutely nothing. And when you look at the riches he has at his disposal in the squad with Manuel Neuer at goal, Mats Hummels in defence and Thomas Muller up front. But his players are currently reflecting the malaise in the national team.
Even Robert Lewandowski is going through an unusually barren period in front of goal, and he didn’t get a sniff for Poland in his nation’s UEFA Nations League defeat to Italy last week.
And when Kovac looks across to Dortmund, the pressure increases further as BVB leads the race with young talent such as Jadon Sancho hitting the headlines.
Bayern’s new boss doesn’t want to be the man to hand over the title.
History
The £30-million signing of Andre Schurrle from Chelsea sparked Wolfsburg’s fantastic season in 2014/15, but this squad isn’t anywhere near that level.
In fact, the comfort for Bayern lies in the fact that neither team comes into the game in any form, while Bayern is without a victory in four, in all competitions, Wolfsburg’s winless streak has stretched to six games.
The head-to-head Wolfsburg vs FC Bayern results are massively in Bayern’s favour: of the 49 meetings, the Champions have won 38, with the hosts managing just five wins and six draws. Bayern won seven of the last eight meetings, but Wolfsburg did come from behind to draw in Munich last season.
Betting tips
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Wolfsburg vs FC Bayern | Wolfsburg +1.50 @ 1.89 |
| October 20, 21:30 (GMT+8) |
Despite their recent poor run of form, FC Bayern are overwhelming favourites to win in Wolfsburg with SBOBET odds at 1.36, while the hosts are at 8.75 with the draw available at 4.60.
I think there will be goals in this clash. Five of Wolfsburg’s seven games have yielded over 2.5 while Bayern participated in four games with over 2.5. Over 3 is available at 1.92
And Die Wolfe have conceded two or more goals in the last five games, so they need to tighten up. And if they do on Saturday, they’ll give Bayern a good battle.
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Disclaimer: Odds are correct at time of publish.
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