German Bundesliga
2008-09-21 - Wolfsburg vs Hamburg
A Sports Betting Pick by Simon
Hamburg Visit Wolfsburg Looking to Stay on Top
On Sunday, Bundesliga leaders HSV Hamburg take their unbeaten record to Wolfsburg for a game between two UEFA Cup hopefuls.
Neither side did particularly well in their home UEFA Cup ties, as Hamburg were disappointing in drawing 0-0 with Romanian side Unirea Urzoceni, meanwhile Wolfsburg edged past Rapid Bucharest 1-0 thanks to a 47th minute penalty from Grafite
Still, Hamburg must be one of the league’s most entertaining sides, as they've scored and conceded in each of their four league games to date yielding 18 goals.
Though they have managed a 3-1-0 record and to genrally outscore the opposition so far, it is a concern that Hamburg have already conceded seven goals.
Wolfsburg have a similar problem, drawing three consecutive league games 2-2 after starting with a win, suggesting that this could be an entertaining encounter at the Volkswagen Arena.
THE VERDICT
However, I'm not so sure that we will see a goal-fest as both clubs will have identified the leaky defences as a weakness and will be working on the training ground to fix this.
We saw a hint in the midweek UEFA Cup games that better defending has become a priority with two low scoring games, and this fixture has also produced a string of four games that didn't see too much action.
The Statistics :
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BEST BETTING TIP :
Take the DRAW at a nice price.Or oppose the crowd (and the bookmakers) and go for UNDER 2.50 GOALS at high prices considering the last four head-to-head results.
