On Saturday Aug 19th, Wolfsburg will host Heidenheim in a meeting of these two mismatched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, a perfect day for football. 17th placed Wolfsburg is fresh off their 6-0 blowout win against Makkabi. Lukas Nmecha struck first for Wolfsburg in the 8th minute, then Jonas Older Wind added another in the 9th minute In the end, Makkabi couldn’t muster any offence and Wolfsburg ran away with the shutout win. Wolfsburg is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while 11th placed Heidenheim is fresh off their 8-0 blowout win against Rostocker FC. Adrian Beck scored the first goal for Heidenheim in the 9th minute, then Tim Kleindienst added another in the 12th minute In the end, Rostocker FC couldn’t muster any offence and Heidenheim ran away with the shutout win. Heidenheim is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 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.
Tim Kleindienst has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Heidenheim. For Wolfsburg, their top scorers are Jakub Kamiński and Ridle Baku, each having 2 goals in their last five matches
Lukas Nmecha, Rogério, Maxence Lacroix, Pervan and Felix Finn Lange are unavailable to play for Niko Kovač’s team, while Heidenheim will be without Elidon Qenaj.