Wolfsburg vs Union Berlin Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 12th March 2023

Wolfsburg welcome Union Berlin for a clah in the Bundesliga at Volkswagen Arena this coming Sunday.

Wolfsburg are number eight in the table on 34 points after 23 matches. Union Berlin rank as number 3 with 44 points after 23 matches played.

The unsatisfactory results in recent Bundesliga matches surely left a stain on morale at Wolfsburg. A win on Sunday against Union Berlin could be key to turning the tide again.

Wolfsburg scored 22 goals, conceded 12, and pulled off five clean sheets in their past ten matches.

Union Berlin managed a bearable 14 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.4 goals per game. They conceded 13 goals in total, and while claiming three clean sheets, they conceded 1.3 goals an average per game.

Wolfsburg took a hit when Union Berlin handed them a 2-0 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured three points to their name by claiming a 1-0 win.

Wolfsburg vs Union Berlin Prediction

Wolfsburg Form

In their last three matches, Wolfsburg lost 0-3 against RB Leipzig, won 0-2 against FC Koln, before drawing 2-2 against Eintracht. In their last six Bundesliga home matches, Wolfsburg have three wins, while they've drawn one and lost two. They scored 16 and conceded nine goals.

Union Berlin Form

Union Berlin claimed two points from their last three matches. They started by losing 3-0 at the hands of Bayern Munich, before drawing 0-0 with FC Koln. They secured a point in their latest encounter, a 3-3 draw against Union St.Gilloise. Union Berlin won three of a possible six away matches in the Bundesliga, as well as playing zero draws and suffering three defeats. They scored seven while also conceding 14 times.

Are Wolfsburg good enough currently to justify the prices with the bookies, when they face Union Berlin at Volkswagen Arena? It could be tight, but considering form and match history, we believe the home side represents the best betting option.

Wolfsburg have taken 14 points from their last 11 games against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table. They won four of these matches with a scoreline of 18 goals to 17. Union Berlin earned five wins and 17 points in their last 11 games against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table. They scored 12 and conceded 18 goals in these. Wolfsburg show off a record of nine wins, seven draws and seven defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Union Berlin are looking at 13 wins, five draws and five defeats in the Bundesliga.

Wolfsburg vs Union Berlin Squads

Wolfsburg Squad

The 51-year-old Kovac will select the starting eleven against Union Berlin from this squad. The statistics represent goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Koen Casteels (0/23), Lino Kasten (0/0), Niklas Klinger (0/0), Pavao Pervan (0/0), Philipp Schulze (0/0), Kilian Fischer (0/4), Maxence Lacroix (1/18), Micky van de Ven (1/23), Nicolas Cozza (0/0), Paulo Silva (0/20), Sebastiaan Bornauw (0/17), Bartol Franjic (0/5), Felix Nmecha (2/19), Jakub Kaminski (1/20), Josuha Guilavogui (1/13), Kevin Paredes (1/14), Leandro Putaro (0/0), Lukas Ambros (0/1), Mattias Svanberg (2/22), Maximilian Arnold (5/23), Patrick Wimmer (2/16), Ridle Baku (5/23), Yannick Gerhardt (6/18), Dzenan Pejcinovic (0/0), Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (1/11), Jonas Wind (4/13), Lukas Nmecha (4/15), Omar Marmoush (4/22).

Union Berlin Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Union Berlin players that the manager Urs Fischer will choose from for the upcoming game:

Frederik Roennow (0/19), Jakob Busk (0/0), Lennart Grill (0/4), Yannic Stein (0/0), Christopher Trimmel (0/19), Danilho Doekhi (4/14), Diogo Leite (0/19), Jerome Roussillon (0/10), Mathis Bruns (0/0), Niko Giesselmann (0/18), Paul Jaeckel (1/12), Robin Knoche (2/22), Timo Baumgartl (0/5), Aissa Laidouni (0/5), Aljoscha Kemlein (0/0), Andras Schafer (0/13), Janik Haberer (5/21), Josip Juranovic (0/3), Kevin Moehwald (0/0), Levin Mete Oztunali (0/2), Morten Thorsby (1/16), Paul Seguin (1/16), Rani Khedira (0/22), Jamie Leweling (1/10), Jordan Pefok (4/21), Kevin Behrens (4/23), Milos Pantovic (1/8), Sheraldo Becker (7/23), Sven Michel (3/15), Tim Maciejewski (0/0).

Wolfsburg vs Union Berlin Team News

Wolfsburg have an almost full squad available against Union Berlin at Volkswagen Arena with only one player possibly missing.

Lukas Nmecha sit this one out for Wolfsburg due to an injury.

Union Berlin are juggling with three absent players on on Sunday when travelling to Wolfsburg.

Names like Morten Thorsby, Andras Schafer and Kevin Moehwald most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Wolfsburg.

Wolfsburg vs Union Berlin Lineups

Wolfsburg vs Union Berlin H2H

Wolfsburg took a hit when Union Berlin handed them a 2-0 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured three points to their name by claiming a 1-0 win. Looking back over their last ten encounters serves to emphasize how equally paired the two teams usually are. Visitors Union Berlin claimed a win in three of the previous ten matches. Hosting side Wolfsburg won four of these, as the bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 5/4.

Wolfsburg vs Union Berlin Results

In two of the previous seven matches between Wolfsburg and Union Berlin both teams scored.

Wolfsburg vs Union Berlin Betting Tips

Yannick Gerhardt found the target two times in his previous six matches, whereas Robin Knoche just scored once in a similar number of matches.

Wolfsburg claimed all three points five times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing three along the way. They endured defeat in two of the games in this run. Union Berlin won five of their last 10 games away, while drawing one and losing four in this series of matches. Of the last 10 times Wolfsburg stepped out in front of their home crowd, "both teams to score" happened six times. Both teams also scored in four of the last 10 away games for Union Berlin.

Over 2.5 goals came up three times in the previous seven encounters between Wolfsburg and Union Berlin, as Wolfsburg scored 1.29 goals on average per game and Union Berlin averaging 1.16 goals. Both teams scored in two times of these matches. Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Wolfsburg, who scored an average of 1.9 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in six of Union Berlin's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.4 goals in these matches.