VfL Wolfsburg vs VfL Osnabruck Prediction

Form: goals at both ends

Wolfsburg's 2. Bundesliga form this season reads three wins, two draws and one loss, with some big scorelines along the way. They've put five past both Darmstadt and Karlsruhe, but also conceded four in a 4-4 draw with Energie Cottbus, so the goals have come from both ends of the pitch.

VfL Wolfsburg: 20 completed matches; VfL Osnabruck: 20 completed matches.

VfL Wolfsburg

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

44

Conceded

25

Difference

+19

VfL Osnabruck

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

38

Conceded

34

Difference

+4

Osnabrück's league form is more mixed: two wins, a draw and three defeats. They beat Braunschweig 3-1 at home and won 1-0 away at Bochum, but they've also lost 4-3 away at Heidenheim and 0-3 at home to Magdeburg, showing they can be opened up too.

Neither side has kept things tight for long this season, which hints at goals being likely again here.

Comparative Team Statistics: VfL Wolfsburg vs VfL Osnabruck

League position tells its own story

Wolfsburg sit fourth with 11 points from six games, having scored 15 and conceded 8. Osnabrück are down in 11th on 7 points, with 9 scored and 12 conceded. That's already a four-point gap after just six rounds.

That early table gap points to Wolfsburg being the sharper side so far this season.

Key men to watch

Robert Glatzel has been Wolfsburg's main source of goals, with four in five appearances, while Felix Reese has chipped in with three goals and four assists of his own. Jonas Mæhle has also been busy creating chances, with three assists in five games.

VfL Wolfsburg:

Best scorers:

R. Glatzel - 4

A. Bernhardsson - 3

F. Reese - 3

Best assist providers:

F. Reese - 4

J. Mæhle - 3

A. Bernhardsson - 2

Penalty cards:

M. Angely x 1 x 1

VfL Osnabruck:

Best assist providers:

K. Faber - 2

Penalty cards:

F. Wagner x 3

For Osnabrück, Kevin Faber has provided two assists in six matches, and Fabian Wagner has picked up three yellow cards in the same span, which hints at a side that's had to defend under some pressure.

Wolfsburg's threat looks spread across several players rather than resting on one man.

How this one could play out

Put the form and the table together and Wolfsburg look like the side with more going for them right now. They're scoring freely at home, and Osnabrück have shown they can be breached both home and away.

That said, Osnabrück's own wins this season came against decent opposition, and Wolfsburg's defence has had its wobbles too, including that 4-4 draw with Cottbus. A straightforward banker this is not.