Wolfsburg vs Hoffenheim predictions: Stalemate on the cards
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- Only two Bundesliga teams have drawn more games than Hoffenheim’s 10 this season
- Wolfsburg have won just three of their 16 home games
- Recommended bet: Draw
Wolfsburg have parted ways with head coach Ralph Hasenhuttl following their latest defeat to Borussia Dortmund, so interim manager Daniel Bauer will take charge of Friday's clash with Hoffenheim.
The Wolves are safe with two games to go, as are their Christian Ilzer-coached opponents, so this encounter, which opens the penultimate round of Bundesliga fixtures, may have an end-of-season feel.
Team news
Both teams have a number of injury issues coming into this game.
Captain Maximillian Arnold is suspended for the hosts while Mattias Svanberg and Bennit Broger have been ruled out.
Lukas Nmecha, Lovro Majer and Kavin Paredes are all doubtful, too.
Hoffenheim will be without Valentin Gendrey while Ozan Kabak and Marius Butler are injury doubts.
The stats
Wolfsburg have been on a poor run, failing to score in losing five of their last seven Bundesliga matches.
The hosts have drawn four games by a 1-1 scoreline this season.
Goals could be on the cards, however, as 13 of the last 16 league meetings between these two have gone over 2.5 goals and both teams have scored in eight of the last 10 head-to-heads.
Only two teams have conceded more than Hoffenheim's total of 62 in the 2024-25 Bundesliga.
Friday's visitors' last three away games in the Bundesliga have all featured over 3.5 goals.
Prediction
Wolfsburg's poor recent form forced them to act to remove manager Hasenhuttl.
Die Wolfe are eight games without a win and have seen any European ambitions they may have harboured evaporate on the back of six defeats from their last seven matches.
They will have one eye firmly on next season after their disappointing run and this fixture could have a real late season feel as a result.
Hoffenheim have retained their Bundesliga status but are set to finish either 14th or 15th and will want to see a serious improvement next term.
Only the bottom two have won fewer games than their total of seven, as they have drawn 10 and lost 15 of their 32 league outings.
With the shackles off, they may be able to secure another point against a team in such poor form.
However, it was a 2-2 stalemate the last time these two teams met at the Volkswagen Arena and another score draw looks like a big runner considering both teams have struggled defensively in recent times.
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