Will Wolfsburg’s winning streak continue against ex-coach Glasner?
Back to the old stomping ground for Oliver Glasner: The new coach of Frankfurt’s Eintracht returns to Wolfsburg, the club he successfully coached for two years and with whom he finished fourth last season and led to the Champions League.
With his new club Frankfurt, however, Glasner is still waiting for his first win – will it be in Wolfsburg? It would not lack a certain irony if that were to be the case. Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt meet on Sunday at 19:30, and betting on a win for the visitors is highly rated.
The best bookmakers are offering odds of over 4.00 on a win for Wolfsburg vs. Frankfurt – a lucrative proposition.
However, it is also more than understandable why the odds are lucrative: After all, VfL is enthroned at the top of the Bundesliga table and is the only team to have won all four of its games so far.
The status of the favourites is therefore clear, and based on this, a prediction for a home win in Wolfsburg vs. Frankfurt is obvious. However, we would not recommend this one without hesitation.
Germany Wolfsburg – Statistics & current form
Leading the table, a clean sheet and the best defence in the league: VfL Wolfsburg have made a surprising dream start to the 2021/22 Bundesliga season. With twelve points from four games and 6:1 goals, VfL leads the Bundesliga – hardly anyone would have thought this great start possible beforehand.
Even under former coach Oliver Glasner, the Wolves’ defence was enormously stable last year and the second-best in the league, and this continues to be the case under successor Mark van Bommel.
Wolfsburg defence holds you – also against Frankfurt?
For the first time in the club’s history, Wolfsburg have conceded just one goal after four games, a historic best for the club. At the back, the defence is holding tight, which was also the case during the week in the Champions League.
This time, for a change, there was no win, but in the end, the result was still good for the Wolves. VfL could certainly live with the 0:0 at French champion OSC Lille at the start of the Champions League – especially since they had been the inferior team.
So the defence has been the big trump card so far, will that also be evident on Sunday against Frankfurt Eintracht? If you believe that the visitors from Frankfurt will not score a goal against Wolfsburg, you will find lucrative odds of 2.65 on this tip before the Wolfsburg vs. Frankfurt match.
Predicted Wolfsburg line-up:
Casteels – R. Baku, Lacroix, Brooks, Roussillon – Guilavogui, Arnold – Lukebakio, Waldschmidt, L. Nmecha – Weghorst.
Last matches played by Wolfsburg:
Germany Frankfurt – Statistics & current form
So while Wolfsburg have made a sensational start to the Bundesliga, the opposite is more true for Eintracht. The SGE finds itself at the bottom of the table, currently in 15th place before this matchday, as Frankfurt is still waiting for its first win of the season.
This did not happen against Stuttgart either, although they came close. In the 1-1 draw against VfB on Matchday 4, the SGE conceded the equalising goal only a few minutes before the end of the game, which was of course a bitter blow.
Eintracht almost suffered a similar fate in the Europa League during the week, but goalkeeper Kevin Trapp saved the SGE from conceding a late goal. On matchday 1 of the EL, they drew 1-1 at home to Fenerbahce, as Trapp was able to save a penalty kick in the 90th minute.
Frankfurt draw also in Wolfsburg?
No success in Europe yet. Will Oliver Glasner’s team finally manage to get their first three points on the coach’s return to Wolfsburg? It would certainly be a small coup against Wolfsburg, who have been so solid up to now, and it would also bring good betting odds for Wolfsburg against Frankfurt.
Those who trust Glasner’s team to take something away from the Volkswagen Arena and at the same time want to minimise the risk are recommended to take the double chance. After all, the SGE is always good for a draw, as three draws in four Bundesliga games show. If you place your bet on the X/2 for Wolfsburg vs. Frankfurt, you will still get odds of 2.00 on average.
Predicted Frankfurt line-up:
Trapp – Durm, Ndicka, Hinteregger, C. Lenz – Sow, Jakic – Borré, Kamada, Kostic – Lammers.
Last matches played by Frankfurt:
Wolfsburg – Frankfurt Direct comparison / H2H-Balance
Frankfurt Eintracht have won two of their last three meetings with VfL Wolfsburg – the same number as in their previous 14 games overall. Last season, Frankfurt won 4:3 in a spectacular match The SGE has never actually managed two wins in a row against the VfL!
Frankfurt generally have a hard time against the Wolves, as the overall record shows: Wolfsburg have won exactly half of their 38 Bundesliga games (19), while Eintracht have only won a meagre eight and drawn eleven.
United Kingdom Wolfsburg – Frankfurt United Kingdom Tip
Wolfsburg’s dream start has set all sorts of club records, as our Opta-Facts make clear. A home win against Eintracht from Frankfurt could see Mark van Bommel set another record.
Only former Wölfe coach Jürgen Röber won his first three home games (2002/03) – so will van Bommel achieve another milestone?
We actually don’t believe so. In Oliver Glasner, the former Wolfsburg manager is coming to the Volkswagen Arena as a coach who should still know his former team extremely well.
Although Frankfurt are still waiting for their first Bundesliga win, we don’t think it’s out of the question that Glasner’s new club will manage it at his old stadium.
In the end, however, we opt for the less risky option. Wolfsburg’s winning streak will come to an end – with a defeat or a draw, that’s our prediction for Wolfsburg vs. Frankfurt. Therefore, we bet on the double chance X/2
