On Jan 21st, Wolfsburg will play host to Freiburg in a meeting of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 0 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 7th placed Wolfsburg, recorded a 2-1 win against Hoffenheim. Christoph Baumgartner scored the first goal for Hoffenheim in the 42nd minute, but Ozan Kabak got the equalizer for Wolfsburg on an own goal in the 5th minute of the first half’s stoppage time Finally they completed the comback victory in the 56th minute on a goal by Ridle Baku to cap off a wild match. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Wolfsburg should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 2nd placed Freiburg, recorded a 4-1 win against Union Berlin. Vincenzo Grifo struck first for Freiburg in the 4th minute on a penalty kick, then Vincenzo Grifo added another in the 6th minute. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Freiburg should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Freiburg won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Freiburg is fortunate enough to have Vincenzo Grifo in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored 4 goals. Wolfsburg’s most prolific scorer has been Ridle Baku. The German midfielder has netted three goals over the last 5 matches
Wolfsburg will be without Lukas Nmecha, Patrick Wimmer and Kevin Paredes, while Jonathan Schmid, Manuel Gulde and Merlin Röhl are unavailable to play for Freiburg.