Freiburg vs Wolfsburg - prediction, team news, lineups

Freiburg volition anticipation to lick their Bundesliga wounds with a triumph against visitors Wolfsburg connected Wednesday astatine Europa-Park Stadion successful the DFB-Pokal's 2nd round.

The hosts suffered a 3-1 decision against Bayern Munich connected Sunday, and aft a hard play of results, they volition beryllium keen to bounce backmost against their 2. Bundesliga opponents.

Match preview

Few teams would person managed to instrumentality immoderate points from Bayern, but the information Freiburg allowed centre-back Dayot Upamecano to unfastened the scoring aft helium charged retired from his ain punishment country unmarked volition beryllium immensely disappointing.

That effect was their 3rd consecutive nonaccomplishment successful each competitions, with the nine losing 3-0 against Monaco successful the Conference League connected October 22, arsenic good arsenic 2-1 against Bayer Leverkusen successful the league 4 days prior.

Julian Schuster's broadside are 3rd successful the array with 13 points, and portion the caput manager could reason that a four-point spread to the apical 2 is not insurmountable, lone 3 points abstracted them from eighth-placed Elversberg.

Breisgau-Brasilianer managed to beat Dusseldorf 5-1 successful the archetypal circular of the DFB-Pokal connected August 23, and portion they were eliminated successful the 2nd circular successful 2023-24, they person reached astatine slightest the semi-finals of the contention 3 times since 2021–22.

Freiburg had a cleanable grounds astatine Europa-Park Stadion this play anterior to their clash with Bayern, winning each 5 of their contests astatine the crushed earlier the weekend.

Wolfsburg were successful the apical formation successful 2025-26, lone to endure relegation to the 2. Bundesliga aft finishing successful the 16th-placed relegation playoff spot and losing against Paderborn successful their two-legged tie.

The Wolves are presently 4th successful the 2nd tier with 16 points from 9 league fixtures, and they are conscionable 2 points from the third-placed promotion playoff spot.

Tobias Strobl's broadside are winless successful their past 4 meetings with their hosts, with his squad losing 3 times, though helium was not successful complaint for immoderate of those games.

Wolfsburg are unbeaten successful their 4 astir caller fixtures, emerging arsenic victors doubly portion scoring 13 goals and conceding 7 times.

The visitors person played six distant matches this term, though they person drawn 2 and mislaid 1 of their past 3 outings connected the road, and they lone came retired connected apical against hosts Altglienicke successful the DFB-Pokal successful August pursuing a punishment shootout.

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Team News

Freiburg volition judge they person a beardown accidental of winning the DFB-Pokal, truthful it would not beryllium astonishing if starters similar Igor Matanovic and Jan-Niklas Beste started successful attack.

However, with Yannik Engelhardt a uncertainty owed to a hep issue, it would beryllium astonishing if Schuster risked him successful midfield, meaning Patrick Osterhage could partner Maximilian Eggestein.

Goalkeeper Florian Muller whitethorn travel into the XI, and the shot-stopper could beryllium protected by centre-backs Max Rosenfelder and Philipp Lienhart.

Wolfsburg midfielder Mattias Svanberg has been ruled retired until the mediate of November, truthful perhaps Yannick Gerhardt and Vinicius Souza volition beryllium stationed unneurotic successful a treble pivot.

If the Wolves are to win, they volition request forwards Alexander Bernhardsson, Muhammed Mehmet Damar, Alessio Besio and Robert Glatzel to beryllium astatine their best.

Freiburg imaginable starting lineup:

Muller; Kubler, Rosenfelder, Lienhart, Makengo; Eggestein, Osterhage; Beste, Suzuki, Grifo; Matanovic

Wolfsburg imaginable starting lineup:

Wellenreuther; Kumbedi, Wahl, Cleiton, Maehle; Gerhardt, Vinicius; Bernhardsson, Damar, Besio; Glatzel

We say: Freiburg 3-1 Wolfsburg

Wednesday's clash could beryllium uncomfortably adjacent for periods, particularly fixed the hosts person struggled for signifier of late.

However, Freiburg's near-perfect grounds astatine location should marque them beardown favourites to beforehand into the DFB-Pokal's adjacent round.

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