Wolfsburg vs RB Leipzig

Volkswagen Arena is the venue as Wolfsburg and RB Leipzig go head-to-head in a heavyweight Bundesliga showdown.

Wolfsburg have made sure to reassure everyone that last season’s fourth-place finish was no fluke, recording a brace of one-goal margin triumphs to ensure a flying start to their new Bundesliga campaign. Wolfsburg’s eye-catching improvement receives further confirmation from the fact they’ve now started a new top-flight season with two wins from two for the third time in four years, a feat they had only achieved once in their previous 21 Bundesliga campaigns. Worryingly, though, a lack of consistency has seen ‘Die Wolfe’ alternated victory (2) and defeat (2) across their last four home league matches, three of which witnessed the victor keep a blank sheet 2020/21 included. The hosts’ hopes of snapping that run here will depend on their ability to improve upon an underwhelming average of 0.9 goals scored across their ten top-flight meetings with Leipzig.

In the meantime, the visitors have responded to a lackluster 1-0 away defeat to Cologne on Matchday 1 with a 4-0 thumping of Stuttgart last time out. Leipzig’s emphatic triumph over Stuttgart ties in with their last season’s tendency to shut their rivals out. Indeed, ‘Die Roten Bullen’ boasted the best defense in the Bundesliga with just 32 goals conceded from 34 league matches in 2020/21. Peter Gulaszi, who had plain sailing against Stuttgart, also kept more clean sheets (15) than any other goalkeeper in the Bundesliga last term. Jesse Marsch’s men should be confident of capturing some points here after going unbeaten in eight consecutive encounters against Wolfsburg in all competitions (W4, D4). But we could be in for a tight, low-scoring affair here, considering that four of the five overall Bundesliga clashes between these two sides at the Volkswagen Arena have featured under 2.5 total goals.