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Arminia Bielefeld vs. VfL Wolfsburg
After the VfL club management parted ways with their coach Mark van Bommel in order to install Florian Kohfeldt as the new head coach, the Wolves won both Bundesliga games so far and the Champions League match against Salzburg. Now the Lower Saxons want to collect the next points on Saturday against Arminia from Bielefeld, who are in serious danger of relegation.
Wolfsburg recently won twice in a row. They won against Leverkusen and Augsburg, both to nil. With these victories, the Wolves climbed back to the Champions League ranks. Bielefeld, on the other hand, is in penultimate place in the table. However, Arminia won against VfB Stuttgart before the international break, which is why coach Frank Kramer’s team is now expecting something in the home match against Wolfsburg.
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Bielefeld – Wolfsburg info
– Date & Time: 20.11.2021, at 15:30 hrs.
– Venue: Bielefeld, SCHÜCO Arena
– Competition: Bundesliga, Matchday 12
– TV broadcast: Sky
Bielefeld Form & Balance Check
Arminia Bielefeld can only dream of 4th place. Because also this season, Arminia is only playing to stay in the relegation zone and is at the bottom. After 11 match days, the team from the Bielefeld Alm is in second last place in the table. But the truth is that coach Frank Kramer’s team was able to go into the international break with a win. Bielefeld won 1-0 against VfB Stuttgart, which was the first three points for Arminia this season.
Once again a question of quality
Despite their current penultimate place in the table, top performer Cedric Brunner of Bielefeld feels that “overall this season, from a feeling point of view, it’s not going so badly at all”. However, “together we have not yet been able to implement the automatisms completely as we would like,” added the Swiss. Brunner gets to the heart of the matter. In view of their almost non-existent individual quality, Bielefeld are doing well as a team, but they are hardly able to implement the way to the goal. This confirms the fact that Bielefeld have the worst offence with only 7 goals from 11 games. Even Greuther Fürth, last in the table, has scored one more goal.
Bielefeld facts & analysis
– 17th place
– Last match won
– Only 1 win from 11 games
Wolfsburg form & balance check
VfL Wolfsburg are back on a Champions League place. The origin of this success is the courageous decision of sporting director Jörg Schmadtke, who decided to leave Mark von Bommel as head coach and install Florian Kohfeldt already after the first weak phase of his club. Kohfeldt has already repaid the trust placed in him and has won 3 games in 3 competitive matches. Now the next win is expected against the Arminia from Bielefeld.
Defensive before offensive
It is nothing new that when there is a change of coach, the team has previously lost games due to conceding too many goals and a lack of defensive stability. This was also true of VfL Wolfsburg, who have been able to completely shed these weaknesses since Kohfeldt has been on the sidelines. In the Bundesliga, the Wolves played twice to nil and won both games. They also won the Champions League match against RB Salzburg 2:1.
Wolfsburg facts & analysis
– 4th place
– Won all games under Kohfeldt
– No goals conceded under Kohfeldt (Bundesliga)
Predicted line-up – last update on 19 November 2021
Bielefeld are playing in a 4-2-3-1 system and are playing purposefully forward despite their lack of individual quality. Since Bielefeld do not have the majority of possession for the most part, Arminia also like to play with long balls, which striker Klos is expected to tie up.
The Wolves play orderly football under coach Florian Kohfeldt. In a 3-4-2-1 formation, Wolfsburg are defensively stable and have a clear plan in possession. Wolfsburg combine quickly on the flanks and through the centre towards the opponent’s goal.
Bielefeld – Wolfsburg direct comparison & statistics
Wolfsburg and Bielefeld have met 27 times so far. In this duel, the Wolves are working out the more positive record. Wolfsburg have won 14 encounters, whereas Bielefeld have only managed to win 6 games. Wolfsburg won the last meeting 3:0 in Bielefeld.
– Bielefeld have not won against Wolfsburg since 2007.
– Wolfsburg is without defeat against Bielefeld for 7 matches.
– Wolfsburg won 4 of the last 5 duels with Bielefeld
– Wolfsburg lead the goal difference with 44:26
