Relegation-threatened Wolfsburg journey to the BayArena to face top-four candidates Bayer Leverkusen.
Leverkusen sit comfortably in sixth place, having an eight-point hole between them and seventh-placed Eintracht Frankfurt. Kasper Hjulmand’s aspect had been held to a 3-3 draw by rock-bottom Heidenheim of their final match. Malik Tillman and Patrick Shick’s first-half strikes doubled the guests’ lead, and the nearly relegated outfit made a stellar comeback quickly after the break to degree the scores. With simply 21 factors remaining to seize this season, Die Werkself are hoping to make one closing cost for a top-four end, as it is going to effectively inside attain.
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Hjulmand will probably be with out the companies of Arthur and Lucas Vázquez for this recreation. Liverpool loanee Jarell Quansah sustained a thigh harm within the Heidenheim match and, subsequently, will proceed his restoration from the sidelines. Midfielder Aleix García is suspended for this one.
Die Wolfe are coming into dire instances as they sit seventeenth within the league standings with 21 factors throughout the board, 5 factors away from security. Seven video games stay on this season’s Bundesliga, and they’ll hope at the least to arrange a relegation playoff conflict even when they fail to safe outright survival. Wolfsburg’s final win got here in January towards St. Pauli, a group they’re presently trailing by three factors. Since then, the Lower Saxony-based aspect has gone ten matches without a single victory.
Head coach Dieter Hecking will miss Kilian Fischer and Rogerio on account of their respective accidents. Moritz Jenz can even be out of the conflict after selecting up a suspension in his earlier outing. Saël Kumbedi and Joakim Mæhle might begin on the flanks. Jonas Wind is predicted to guide the assault with Napoli loanee Jesper Lindstrøm and Mohamed Amoura behind him.
Predicted line-ups for the match between Bayer Leverkusen and Wolfsburg
Leverkusen: Flekken – Oermann, Andrich, Tapsoba – Culbreath, Palacios, Fernández, Grimaldo – Maza, Poku – Schick.
Wolfsburg: Grabara – Belocian, Vavro, Koulierakis – Kumbedi, Eriksen, Souza, Mæhle – Lindstrøm, Amoura – Wind.
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