German Bundesliga
2009-09-26 - Vfl Wolfsburg vs Hannover 96
A Sports Betting Pick by Niko
Volkswagen Arena
Saturday 26th September 2009 kickoff 15:30
Vfl Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg has a three wins and had a three consecutive losses in the Bundesliga, but in the last weeks they started playing as champions should play. The recorded their first ever Champions League win against CSKA Moskow and after that they have managed to get an important away win against their championship rivals Schalke 04.
Grafite and Dzeko are back in scoring form as Grafite has scored a hat-trick in the Champions League and Dzeko scored twice against Schalke.
Dzeko and Grafite will be partnered up in the attack again, which means Martins will be on bench and behind the strikers will be the great midfielder Zvjezdan Misimovic, who proved himself not just like a great passer and best Bundesliga assistant last year, but as a goal scorer too.
Wolfsburg has dropped out of the DFB Cup competition following a 3-2 loss to FC Koln during midweek.
For this match the only team captain Josue is doubtful with a slight injury, but he will probably still play.
Hannover 96
Hannover has two consecutive draws against favorites Werder Bremen and Borussia Dortmund although the team has be significantly weakened last couple of weeks.
Hannover has six points in six matches so far with one win, three draws and two losses.
Hannover has a new coach in Andreas Bergmann, former youth coach who replaced Hecking. Although Hannover managed to avoid defeat in the last couple of rounds, this match is another story and with so many injured players and poor team chemistry its unlikely that they will get a result here.
The team will play defensively with only one striker the Slovakian international Jiri Stajner but the midfield is a weak part of the team and its questionable how he will manage to do something in the attack. He has scored three times so far.
The German national team goalkeeper Robert Enke is still out with infection and at the goal will be Florian Fromlowitz.
Mikael Forssell, Mike Hanke, Vinicius, Sergio Pinto, Leon Andreasen, Jan Schlaudraff and Altin Lala are all out.
The Betting Verdict
In the last seven meetings between this teams Wolfsburg has emerged as a winner six times, but all of those wins were not bigger than one goal margin.
In this match Hannover will come to defend which will open lots of space for Wolfsburg to open up and attack during the whole match.
If Wolfsburg scores in the first thirty minutes then they will cruise to an easy victory.
The Statistics :
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The Pick :
Vfl Wolfsburg 2-0 Hannover 96
BEST BETTING TIP :
Home win for Vfl Wolfsburg
