Borussia Dortmund vs Wolfsburg Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 7th May 2023
Borussia Dortmund enjoy home advantage, when visitors Wolfsburg swing by on Sunday for a clash in the Bundesliga. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.
Borussia Dortmund approach the next Bundesliga round as number 2 in the table, having claimed 61 points this season so far. With 30 games behind them, Wolfsburg amassed 46 points, placing them as number 7 before their next fixture.
With just 4 rounds left of the season, Borussia Dortmund have it all to play for with the title still within reach. They probably need to win all games, including their upcoming encounter with Wolfsburg to stay in the title race, so expect a seriously motivated home side.
There are no shortage of goals, when Borussia Dortmund enter the pitch, as they pulled off a formidable average of 2.7 goals per game. An excellent total of 27 goals scored, while allowing 14 goals against. The latter makes an average of 1.4 conceded per game. During this run, they fought their way to two clean sheets.
Wolfsburg scored 16 goals, conceded 11 and managed four clean sheets in their previous ten matches.
Borussia Dortmund were defeated by 2-0 in their last encounter with Wolfsburg, but did win the reverse match 6-1, though.
Borussia Dortmund vs Wolfsburg Prediction
Borussia Dortmund Form
Borussia Dortmund are unbeaten in their last three games after drawing 3-3 with VfB Stuttgart, beating Eintracht 4-0 and drawing 1-1 with Bochum. Borussia Dortmund have been nothing short of fabulous at their home ground in the six most recent Bundesliga matches here. They quite simply claimed a maximum 18 points, scoring 23 while conceding five goals. Naturally, this is the best points total in the Bundesliga across the last six games.
Wolfsburg Form
Wolfsburg went unbeaten through their last three matches, which began with a 0-0 draw against Bayer Leverkusen. A 1-5 win against Bochum followed, before they beat Mainz 05 by 3-0. Wolfsburg won half their previous six away matches in the Bundesliga, as well as seeing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored nine goals whilst conceding five.
Anything but a home win would be a stunning result, and we Borussia Dortmund back not to be stunned, just like we back numerous goals to be scored, when they face Wolfsburg.
Borussia Dortmund have taken 28 points from their last 14 games against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table. They won nine of these matches with a scoreline of 27 goals to 19. Wolfsburg took five wins from their last 14 games against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table. They collected 19 points, scored 22 goals and conceded 18. Borussia Dortmund are looking at a record of 19 wins, four draws and seven defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Wolfsburg are looking at 12 wins, ten draws and eight defeats in the Bundesliga.
Borussia Dortmund vs Wolfsburg Stats
- B. Dortmund have won the last 10 home matches in a row
- B. Dortmund have not lost 20 of the last 22 home matches
- B. Dortmund have won 9 of the last 10 home matches and the sum of goals was over 2.5
- B. Dortmund have won 9 of the last 10 home matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- B. Dortmund have scored in 20 of the last 22 home matches
- Wolfsburg have not lost 7 of the last 8 matches
- In 6 of the last 7 Wolfsburg away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Wolfsburg away matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- Wolfsburg have not lost 4 of the last 5 away matches
- Wolfsburg have won 3 of the last 4 away matches
Borussia Dortmund vs Wolfsburg Squads
Borussia Dortmund Squad
The 40-year-old Terzic will select the starting eleven against Wolfsburg from this squad. The statistics represent goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:
Alexander Meyer (0/7), Gregor Kobel (0/23), Luca Unbehaun (0/0), Marcel Lotka (0/0), Antonios Papadopoulos (0/0), Julian Ryerson (1/26), Mateu Morey (0/0), Mats Hummels (1/26), Nico Schlotterbeck (4/27), Nico Schulz (0/0), Niklas Suele (1/25), Raphael Guerreiro (3/24), Soumaila Coulibaly (0/1), Tom Rothe (0/2), Abdoulaye Kamara (0/0), Emre Can (2/23), Felix Passlack (0/2), Giovanni Reyna (6/18), Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (3/15), Jude Bellingham (5/29), Julian Brandt (8/28), Justin Njinmah (0/0), Mahmoud Dahoud (0/9), Marco Reus (6/21), Marius Wolf (1/21), Salih Oezcan (0/23), Thomas Meunier (0/10), Anthony Modeste (2/18), Donyell Malen (7/22), Julien Duranville (0/0), Karim Adeyemi (4/20), Sebastien Haller (4/15), Youssoufa Moukoko (7/23).
Wolfsburg Squad
Listed below is the full squad of Wolfsburg players that the manager Niko Kovac will choose from for the upcoming game:
Koen Casteels (0/30), Lino Kasten (0/0), Niklas Klinger (0/0), Pavao Pervan (0/0), Philipp Schulze (0/0), David Odogu (0/0), Kilian Fischer (0/8), Maxence Lacroix (1/24), Micky van de Ven (1/29), Nicolas Cozza (0/3), Paulo Silva (0/25), Sebastiaan Bornauw (1/22), Bartol Franjic (0/5), Felix Nmecha (3/26), Jakub Kaminski (2/27), Josuha Guilavogui (1/19), Kevin Paredes (1/19), Leandro Putaro (0/0), Lukas Ambros (0/1), Mattias Svanberg (4/28), Maximilian Arnold (5/28), Patrick Wimmer (4/22), Ridle Baku (5/29), Yannick Gerhardt (6/25), Dzenan Pejcinovic (0/0), Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (3/15), Jonas Wind (6/20), Lukas Nmecha (4/16), Omar Marmoush (5/29).
Borussia Dortmund vs Wolfsburg Team News
The injured and absent list looks to be stretched wide for Borussia Dortmund, as they prepare to meet Wolfsburg, since nine could be missing.
Emre Can, Thomas Meunier, Mats Hummels, Anthony Modeste, Marius Wolf, Tom Rothe, Abdoulaye Kamara, Mateu Morey and Sebastien Haller are all absent from the Borussia Dortmund squad that faces Wolfsburg at Signal Iduna Park.
Wolfsburg seem to have only one player on the injured and absent list, when they travel to Signal Iduna Park to face Borussia Dortmund.
Lukas Nmecha won't be travelling with Wolfsburg this time, as he nurses an injury.
Borussia Dortmund vs Wolfsburg Lineups
Borussia Dortmund vs Wolfsburg H2H
The last time the pair played each other, Wolfsburg came out the other side as 2-0 winners and surely won't mind a repeat of that result. Borussia Dortmund have been the dominant force against Wolfsburg, winning eight of the last ten encounters. However, Wolfsburg managed to spring a surprising 2-0 win in their latest match-up. The home side will be eager to get back on track this time around. The bookies have Borussia Dortmund to win this match at best price odds of 9/20.
Borussia Dortmund vs Wolfsburg Results
Over 2.5 goals happened only three times in the last ten matches Borussia Dortmund took on Wolfsburg. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 7/4 with the bookies.
Borussia Dortmund vs Wolfsburg Betting Tips
Gian-Luca Waldschmidt shows decent form right now for Wolfsburg, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the Bundesliga. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Borussia Dortmund, who are strong favourites on Sunday. Siding with Donyell Malen also look a nice prospect as he scored six goals in his last six Bundesliga matches.
In their last 10 matches at Signal Iduna Park across all tournaments Borussia Dortmund won ten times, drew zero and lost zero times. Wolfsburg claimed five wins, one draw and four defeats in their last 10 games away. Borussia Dortmund managed to open the scoring in no less than ten of their previous 10 league games on home soil. The visitors from Wolfsburg have been equally ready from the first whistle, scoring the opener in eight of their last 10 away games.
Less than three came out three times in the past ten encounters between Wolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund, as both teams not to score was a winning bet eight times. Borussia Dortmund performed 2.1 goals on average, whereas Wolfsburg averaged 0.4 goals. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of Borussia Dortmund’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 2.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Wolfsburg's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.6 goals in these matches.
