Dusseldorf – Wolfsburg SOCCER PICKS
Fortuna Düsseldorf and Wolfsburg meet at ESPRIT arena, in a match for the 9th round of the Bundesliga. There is no recent record of direct confrontations between these two teams, who have not played any matches in the last 3 years. The last time they met, on 03-15-2013, in a match that ended with the final score: Wolfsburg (1-1) Fortuna Düsseldorf. Particular attention is required for the home / away condition, since both teams present significantly different results at home and abroad.
Fortuna Düsseldorf:
The home team is currently in the 18 th position of the league, with 5 points won, after 1 win, 2 draws and 5 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in a home match against Schalke 04, by (0-2). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Eintracht Frankfurt, by (7-1). This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 9 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses in away matches, with 56 goals scored and 20 conceded; against 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 25 goals scored and 17 conceded. For the league, Fortuna Düsseldorf won 3 points out of 12 possible points, after 1 win and 3 losses in the last 4 matches they played in their stadium.
For this competition, it registers a sequence of 4 defeats in the last matches and has not won any of the last 5 matches. The team has conceded goals to the opponent in 7 of the last 8 matches for this competition, so it has not been very strong defensively. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 20 of the last 21 matches have ended with Over 1,5 goals. In 8 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 4 games in which he suffered the first goal. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 5 home matches for all competitions: they have suffered 5 of their 7 goals between minutes (46′-60 ‘).
The Fortuna Düsseldorf continues in a terrible phase in the German Championship, comes from 1 draw and 4 defeats and goes in search of a recovery to try to leave the relegation zone. The team presents serious problems, both in the offensive and in the defensive sector, as they scored only 6 goals, being the third worst attack of the competition, and suffered 18 goals, having the second worst defense, so much that in their last 4 matches He suffered an incredible 14 goals and scored only 2. Playing in his stadium, as in this Saturday’s match, Fortuna Düsseldorf accumulated 1 win and 3 losses, being that in 3 of these 4 matches he suffered 2 goals, evidencing the enormous difficulty of to act, even before the fans, since little gets to attack and still leaves many spaces in its defense. For the game against Wolfsburg, coach Funkel will still be without midfielder Lovren, who is still injured, and must repeat the starting line-up of the last day.
Wolfsburg:
The away team is currently in the 11 th position of the league, with 9 points won, after 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Werder Bremen, by (2-0). In the last match, they lost in a home match against Bayern München, by (1-3). This is a team that, oddly enough, was better outside than at home, as in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses in away matches; against 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses at their stadium. In the last 10 away matches Wolfsburg has won 5, tied 1 and lost 4.
For this competition, they have not won any of the last 6 games. The team has conceded goals in 7 of the last 8 matches, so it has not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 6 of the last 8 matches for this competition. This is a team that usually feels very difficult to score first. In fact, he only opened the scoring once in the last 8 games for the Bundesliga. In 8 matches in this tournament, they have conceded the first goal 6 times and have only won 1 result.
Like his next opponent, Wolfsburg is going through a terrible phase in the Bundesliga, comes from 4 draws and 3 losses and is looking for a recovery, as it is falling quite a lot in the qualifying table and is only 3 points away from the Descent zone. The team has a medium attack only, which is the tenth most effective of the competition, with 11 goals scored, and the biggest problem has been the defense, which suffered 14 goals and is the sixth worst, so much that only suffered no goals in 1 of its matches in the national championship. Wolfsburg did not score goals 2 games ago, but had a good offensive volume in those games, failing in the final, something that needs to be corrected for the rest of the competition. For the match against Fortuna Düsseldorf, coach Labbadia will not be able to count on midfielder Camacho, due to an injury.
