It's that time of the year when Wolfsburg travel to Munich to lose

Last season ended rosy for Wolfsburg. The Bundesliga club finished the season at the fourth spot, just enough for the Champions League football, their first since 2014/15 season, when they finished under Bayern Munich. Coach Oliver Glasner stepped down and took over Eintracht Frankfurt, while Wolfsburg opted for Mark van Bommel. And that’s where the problems begun. Former Bayern Munich midfielder is not even close of being a good coach as he was the player, and he was sacked by the end of October and replaced by a former Werder manager Florian Kohfeldt.

After three wins in a row, the Wolves managed seven games without a win (one draw, six defeats), and what’s worse, four consecutive defeats. They have finished dead last in their Champions League group, and now, they have to play against Bayern Munich. Not good at all. Of the 55 meetings between Bayern and Wolfsburg to date, the Bundesliga champions have won 43, drawn eight and lost four. However, the Wolves have never won in Munich.

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Bayern have not drawn a match since the 1-1 stalemate at Borussia Monchengladbach on the opening day of the season, recording 21 wins and three defeats in all competitions. But Kohfeldt tries to be as positive as one coach can be.

“I’m looking forward to it. It’s a game where our starting position is relatively simple from an emotional perspective. I don’t get the feeling that many people are expecting us to get anything in Munich at this stage. Munich just won 5-0 in Stuttgart, so they’re in pretty good form. These are exactly the kind of situations where you can surprise people in a positive way – actually quite a pleasant position to be in, in our situation. On Friday, we have the chance to achieve something in the Bundesliga one more time this year. We want to seize it with everything we have” said the young tactician.

On the contrary, situation in Bayern Munich is perfect. The Bavarians are leaders both in Bundesliga and their Champions League group and will play the knockout stage against Salzburg. Coach Julian Nagelsmann has so far fulfilled expectations of the managers, fans, and most importantly, players.

“We can be absolutely satisfied with Julian. The coach is the most important man in the club. Regardless of whether it goes well or badly, a coach can change the team, the players and himself. We can be absolutely satisfied with how things have gone so far with Julian in the first six months" said veteran Thomas Muller.

Bundesliga, Round 17

Friday

22:30 Bayern München - VfL Wolfsburg

Saturday

17:30 Hoffenheim - Borussia M'gladbach

17:30 Eintracht Frankfurt - Mainz 05

17:30 RB Leipzig - Arminia Bielefeld

17:30 Greuther Furth - Augsburg

17:30 Bochum - Union Berlin

20:30 Hertha - Borussia Dortmund

Sunday

17:30 Freiburg - Bayer 04 Leverkusen

19:30 Koln - Stuttgart