VfL Wolfsburg vs Energie Cottbus — Tips & Analysis

Energie Cottbus +1.75: Wolfsburg do not blow teams away, and in front of their own crowd they barely score at all. They have gone seven home games without a win, and in those games they score under a goal a game. That run includes a 0-0 with Kaiserslautern this season. Wolfsburg have also won by 2 or more goals in only 2 of their last 16 games. The bigger picture is much kinder to them. They sit third in the 2. Bundesliga on seven points from three games with a +4 goal difference, and they won 5-2 at Karlsruhe last time out. Cottbus are 14th on three points, but they are not a soft touch going forward. They score almost 2 goals a game, and they have won 7 of their last 13. They have also lost by 2 or more goals in only 2 of their last 13 games. Both teams have had 7 days off, so neither has tired legs as an excuse. A 2-1 Wolfsburg win is the likely score here, and that keeps Cottbus close enough for this to land. The warning is a real one. Cottbus have been picked apart three games running, losing 3-4 to Fuerth, 0-3 at Bielefeld and 0-2 to Augsburg in the cup. If that version of them turns up, Wolfsburg's home problems will not save this. We still want Cottbus with the goals start.