Bundesliga Matchday Preview: Wolfsburg vs. Bayern Munich

Note: For this match and the last match of the season next week, the lineup could feature literally anyone. Maybe some players get rested but that’s about it. **Lineup changes:**

• IN: Kim Min-jae, Hiroki Itō, Tom Bischof, Lennart Karl
• OUT: Dayot Upamecano, Konrad Laimer, Aleksandar Pavlović, Michael Olise **Player status updates:**
• Alphonso Davies, hamstring (out)
• Serge Gnabry, adductor (out)
• David Santos Daiber, thigh (out)
• Cassiano Kiala, knee (out)
• Wisdom Mike, hip (out)
• Sven Ulreich, groin (out) **Three things to know about Bayern:**
• Bayern Munich has picked up 42 points in all its away matches in the league, more than any other team. The Bavarians are also undefeated in 25 straight league matches away from home.
• Michael Olise has 33 goal involvements in the league (14 goals, 19 assists), which is the most productive a winger has been since Jadon Sancho in 2019/20 who also had 33 goal involvements (17 goals, 16 assists).
• Bayern has picked up 29 points from losing positions in the Bundesliga, tying Bayer Leverkusen’s record from 1999/2000. **Three things to know about Wolfsburg:**
• Wolfsburg has dropped 33 points from winning positions this season, with only Schalke (from 1999/2000) having dropped more points in the three-point era.
• Wolfsburg lost 8-1 to Bayern earlier in the season which is the Wolves’ heaviest defeat in 81 (coincidence?) years of existence. They have also never been relegated since gaining promotion to the Bundesliga in the late 1990s.
• The last time that Wolfsburg had defeated Bayern was the (in)famous 4-1 thrashing back in January 2015. Wolfsburg so far has won only five of 64 matches in all competitions against the *Rekordmeister* so far, stretching back to the teams’ first encounter in 1997. **Prediction**: Bayern wins 4-2 with goals from Harry Kane (x2), Lennart Karl, and Jonathan Tah. *If you are looking for more Bayern Munich and German national team coverage, check out the latest episodes of Bavarian Podcast Works, which you can get on Acast, Spotify, Apple, or any leading podcast distributor…*

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