Week 14 features a match on Tuesday Nov 8th, where Wolfsburg hosts Borussia Dortmund at Volkswagen Arena in a meeting of these two mismatched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. 12th placed Wolfsburg is fresh off their 4-0 shutout win against Bochum. Felix Nmecha struck first for Wolfsburg in the 27th minute, then Ridle Baku added another in the 35th minute on a feed from Patrick Wimmer In the end, Bochum couldn’t muster any offence and Wolfsburg ran away with the shutout win. Wolfsburg is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 4th placed Borussia Dortmund, recorded a 1-1 draw against København. Thorgan Hazard struck first for Borussia Dortmund in the 23rd minute on a feed from Felix Passlack, then in the 41st minute, Viktor Claesson sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Hákon Haraldsson squeezing out at least the one point for København. Borussia Dortmund is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Borussia Dortmund won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Borussia Dortmund is glad to have Jude Bellingham in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored four goals. For Wolfsburg, their top scorers are Yannick Gerhardt and Felix Nmecha, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches
Wolfsburg will be without Max Kruse, Patrick Wimmer and Kevin Paredes, while Edin Terzic’s Borussia Dortmund squad will be without Marco Reus, Mate Morey, Raphaël Guerreiro, Mahmoud Dahoud, Sébastien Haller and Luca Unbehaun.