Preview: Wolfsburg vs. Bayern Munich – Team news and prediction

Bayern cannot end 2023 in the first position, as they are currently 4 points behind the leading team Bayer Leverkusen due to a postponed match. However, they must win all their remaining matches, as Leverkusen seems untouchable now and is expected to secure 3 points at home against Bochum. Wolfsburg has had a mixed half-season, sitting in the middle with 19 points. To have any hope of European qualification, they need to defeat Bayern; otherwise, the gap to the sixth position becomes too significant.

Bayern Munich has Harry Kane, who is unstoppable with 20 Bundesliga goals, while Wolfsburg has Jonas Wind, their top scorer with 9 goals, having his best season at Wolfsburg so far. Most likely, these two players will be the ones to keep an extra eye on.

Last five meetings between Wolfsburg vs. Bayern Munich: 
◉ 2-4: Wolfsburg vs. Bayern
◉ 2-0: Bayern vs. Wolfsburg
◉ 2-2: Wolfsburg vs. Bayern
◉ 4-0: Bayern vs. Wolfsburg 
◉ 2-3: Wolfsburg vs. Bayern

Team news: 
Lukas Nmecha, Patrick Wimmer, and Rogerio are still injured for Wolfsburg, and they will also be without Maxence Lacroix, who is suspended. There is uncertainty regarding Mattias Svanberg, who is dealing with minor injury issues. On the positive side, Kovac can be pleased to have Max Arnold back in the squad.

Kingsley Coman, Serge Gnabry, Noussair Mazraoui, and Bouna Sarr are out with injuries and not in the squad for tonight's match. However, Tuchel can rejoice as Leon Goretzka and Joshua Kimmich are back from illness. Nevertheless, we believe that teenager Aleksandar Pavlovic will get a starting XI nod over Goretzka after impressing in his two recent matches.

Wolfsburg expected lineup: 
Casteels; Bornauw, Jenz, Zesiger; Baku, Gerhardt, Arnold, Vranckx, Maehle; Majer; Wind.

Bayern expected lineup: 
Neuer; Laimer, Kim, Upamecano, Davies; Kimmich, Pavlovic; Musiala, Muller, Sane; Kane. 

Prediction: 
Bayern wins this match, but the odds are simply too low for value. Therefore, we take a closer look at the goal market, and considering 4 out of the last 5 head-to-head encounters have had over 3.5 goals, we follow the statistics and predict over 3.5 goals at odds 2.00 with Bet365.