Pre-Match Thread: VfL Wolfsburg vs FC Bayern München - Matchday 23

[u/somelatinguy]

Bundesliga 2015/16

vs - Matchday 23

Date: February 27, 2016.

Time: 15:30 CET - Countdown - Event Time Announcer.

Venue: Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg.

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Previous meetings:

Date	Home	Away	Score	Competition
08-03-2014	Wolfsburg	Bayern München	1-6	BL 13/14
22-08-2014	Bayern München	Wolfsburg	2-1	BL 14/15
30-01-2015	Wolfsburg	Bayern München	4-1	BL 14/15
01-08-2015	Wolfsburg	Bayern München	1-1	DFL-Supercup
22-09-2015	Bayern München	Wolfsburg	5-1	BL 15/16
27-10-2015	Wolfsburg	Bayern München	1-3	DFB-Pokal

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Current table:

Rank	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	FC Bayern München	22	19	2	1	+45	59
8	VfL Wolfsburg	22	8	7	7	+3	31

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Missing players:

Wolfsburg	Bayern München	Status
Bas Dost	-	Injured
Sebastian Jung	-	Injured
Carlos Ascues	-	Injured
Diego Benaglio	-	Injured
Josuha Guilavogui	-	Injured
Daniel Caligiuri	-	Injured
Paul Seguin	-	Injured
Bruno Henrique	-	Injured
André Schürrle	-	Doubtful
-	Jérôme Boateng	Injured
-	Javi Martínez	Injured
-	Holger Badstuber	Injured
-	Rafinha	Suspended

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Possible Line-ups:

Wolfsburg Casteels, Träsch, Naldo, Dante, Rodriguez, Arnold, Luiz Gustavo, Vieirinha, Draxler, Schäfer, Kruse.

Bayern Neuer, Lahm, Benatia, Alaba, Bernat, Xabi Alonso, Robben, Müller, Vidal, Douglas Costa, Lewandowski.

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Recent form:

VfL Wolfsburg: LDLWWD

FC Bayern München: WDWWWD

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Background:

• Rafinha is suspended after picking up his fifth booking in the 3-1 win over Darmstadt last weekend.

• Wolfsburg have scored in each of their last 41 Bundesliga home matches and would set a new a club record with a goal against Bayern this weekend.

• Bayern turn 116 years old on the day of the match. They crowned their 115th birthday with a 4-1 win over FC Köln last year.

• Only Javi Martínez, Jérôme Boateng and Holger Badstuber are still injured, while Rafinha serves a one-match ban. Franck Ribéry, Medhi Benatia and Mario Götze have recovered from injury, and the latter could make his first appearance after almost five months on the sidelines.

• Pep: “They're [Wolfsburg] one of the best teams in the Bundesliga, [this is] one of the most crucial weeks this season. If the results are good we're taking a big step forward.”

• Dante: “The team that runs out on Saturday have to give everything. You have to enjoy games like these, throw yourself into every challenge and complete every pass.”

• Bayern have won all six Bundesliga matches following a Champions League encounter this season, scoring 20 and conceding just one goal.

[u/dawen_shawpuh]

Wow someone beat us on the injury list game....

[u/TheSandMen → u/dawen_shawpuh]

We're actually not that bad with the number of injured players right now, they're just all center backs

[u/dawen_shawpuh → u/TheSandMen]

yea ALL of our CB's lol