Wolfsburg – Dortmund

The favorite will take three points to Dortmund.

The last few years have turned Wolfsburg, once regarded as one of Germany's leading clubs, into a fighter for survival. The current season for the Wolves has proven to be especially tough. At the winter break, the team stood four points clear of the relegation zone. At the end of the year, Wolfsburg appointed Daniel Bauer as head coach. This specialist has been in the club's system since July 2017 and has risen to the status of head coach of the first team. Under Bauer, Wolfsburg ended a long streak of bad results in December with two consecutive victories, but after the holidays suffered in Munich the heaviest defeat, 1-8. The club manages to maintain a distance from the relegation zone, but the situation needs to improve. Borussia Dortmund endured its crisis already last season when the management made timely personnel decisions. After the appointment of the coaching staff under Niko Kovac, the German club gained excellent form and seemingly accomplished the impossible task of finishing in the Champions League zone. Now Dortmund is a genuine second force in the Bundesliga and in the last rounds is closing the gap to Bayern. This gives the team additional strength in its pursuit of the goal of winning the first championship title in fourteen years. Bookmakers have named the visitors as favorites for the upcoming match, offering odds of 1.75 on their victory. After the nightmare defeat in Munich, Wolfsburg managed to quickly recover with a victory over St. Pauli. It seems doubly valuable because St. Pauli is a direct rival of the Wolves in the fight for survival. Since then, Wolfsburg has played three league matches, collecting only one point. The last two matchdays were lost away at Mainz and Cologne. In the first leg, the Wolves lost in Dortmund 0-1. In head-to-head meetings with Dortmund, this defeat became the third in a row. Dortmund is now a club on a different level. In the last six Bundesliga rounds they have collected sixteen of eighteen possible points. Such stability came at the cost of two defeats in the Champions League, but it did not prevent them from reaching the playoff round. Let's bet that the visitors will win the match.