In a weekend match in week 23, on Saturday Feb 19th, Wolfsburg will host Hoffenheim at Volkswagen Arena in a clash of these two mismatched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a windy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 12th placed Wolfsburg, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Eintracht Frankfurt. Max Kruse scored the first goal for Wolfsburg in the 28th minute on a penalty, then Dodi Lukebakio added another in the 3rd minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Eintracht Frankfurt was frustrated by Wolfsburg’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Wolfsburg ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while in their last match, Hoffenheim recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Arminia Bielefeld. Benjamin Hübner scored the first goal for Hoffenheim in the 22nd minute, then Georginio Rutter added another in the 51st minute on a feed from Munas Dabbur At the end of 90 a dissapointed Arminia Bielefeld couldn’t manage to score, and Hoffenheim took the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Hoffenheim should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match on Sep 25th, Hoffenheim was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Ridle Baku struck first for Wolfsburg in the 25th minute on a feed from Maximilian Philipp, but Andrej Kramarić got the equalizer for Hoffenheim in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 74th minute on a goal by Christoph Baumgartner.
Georginio Rutter has been the most effective weapon for Hoffenheim lately. The French attacker has netted two goals in his last 5 matches. Aster Vranckx has been the most prolific scorer on Wolfsburg in his last five matches with two goals
Florian Kohfeldt’s Wolfsburg squad will be without Lukas Nmecha, Xaver Schlager, William and Paulo Otávio, while Sebastian Hoeneß’s Hoffenheim squad will be without Robert Skov, Pavel Kadeřábek, Ermin Bičakčić, Kevin Akpoguma, Chris Richards and John.