Eintracht Braunschweig vs Wolfsburg Match Analysis and Prediction

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Second-tier outfit Eintracht Braunschweig will be looking to pull off a surprise victory when they play host to Bundesliga side Wolfsburg in the third round of the DFB-Pokal on Tuesday.

While the hosts enter the contest unbeaten in their last six matches, their visitors have avoided defeat in their previous three games.

Eintracht Braunschweig were involved in the standout result of the first round of this competition after prevailing on penalties against Hertha Berlin.

After coming from behind two times to send the tie into extra time, Braunschweig took the lead through Manuel Pherai, but goals from Lucas Tousart and Dodi Lukebakio looked to have secured a win for Hertha.

However, the drama continued to unfold as Bran Henning scored the equaliser in the 118th minute, before Michael Schiele’s side triumphed 6-5 on penalties.

Braunschweig then failed to build upon that memorable victory, as they proceeded to lose three of their next four matches, but they have since experienced au upturn in results.

Niko Kovac looks to be finally finding his footing as Wolfsburg manager after he experienced a run of five games without a win at the start of the Bundesliga campaign.

Although three of their previous five matches ended all square, just one of those games had finished in defeat, suggesting that Wolfsburg are a much tougher team to beat than they were in the opening stages of the season.

Wolfsburg required a stoppage-time winner from Omar Marmoush to defeat fourth-tier Carl Zeiss Jena in the first round, and having failed to make the last 16 in two of their last three campaigns, they know that Braunschweig will be no walkover.

Kovac’s side have also won just one of their five most recent matches away from home, while they have failed to score in three of those games.

Eintracht Braunschweig vs Wolfsburg head to head

These two teams have previously met on six occasions across all competitions, where Braunschweig have claimed three victories while Wolfsburg have won two, and they have drawn once. Wolfsburg have scored four goals and conceded six in the process. In their last meeting, Braunschweig won 1-0 away in a friendly game.

Wolfsburg 0-2 Eintracht Braunschweig 05/10/13

Eintracht Braunschweig 1-1 Wolfsburg 15/03/14

Wolfsburg 1-0 Eintracht Braunschweig 25/05/17

Eintracht Braunschweig 0-1 Wolfsburg 29/05/17

Wolfsburg 0-1 Eintracht Braunschweig 15/08/20

Eintracht Braunschweig latest home form

Eintracht Braunschweig have recently been on a relatively good run of form at home, having been unbeaten in their four most recent matches. They managed to defeat St. Pauli 2-1 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 10 goals and conceded seven.

Eintracht Braunschweig 0-1 Darmstadt 07/08/22

Eintracht Braunschweig 2-2 Fortuna Dusseldorf 20/08/22

Eintracht Braunschweig 4-2 Nurnberg 02/09/22

Eintracht Brauschweig 2-1 Karlsruhe 16/09/22

Eintracht Braunschweig 2-1 St. Pauli 08/10/22

Eintracht Braunschweig latest away form

Eintracht Braunschweig have recently been on a relatively good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their three most recent matches. They managed to defeat Magdeburg 2-0 in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored five goals and conceded nine.

Holstein Kiel 3-0 Eintracht Braunschweig 13/08/22

Arminia Bielefeld 4-1 Eintracht Braunschweig 26/08/22

Hannover 96 1-1 Eintracht Braunschweig 10/09/22

Kaiserslautern 1-1 Eintracht Braunschweig 02/10/22

Magdeburg 0-2 Eintracht Braunschweig 15/10/22

Wolfsburg latest home form

Wolfsburg have recently been on a relatively good run of form at home, having lost just one of their 11 most recent matches. They drew 2-2 with Borussia Monchengladbach in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored seven goals and conceded eight.

Wolfsburg 0-0 Schalke 04 20/08/22

Wolfsburg 2-4 FC Cologne 03/09/22

Wolfsburg 0-0 Hansa Rostock 22/09/22

Wolfsburg 3-2 Stuttgart 01/10/22

Wolfsburg 2-2 Borussia M’gladbach 15/10/22

Wolfsburg latest away form

Wolfsburg have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having won just one of their five most recent matches. They drew 1-1 with Augsburg in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored two goals and conceded seven.

Bayern Munich 2-0 Wolfsburg 14/08/22

RB Leipzig 2-0 Wolfsburg 27/08/22

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Wolfsburg 10/09/22

Union Berlin 2-0 Wolfsburg 18/09/22

Augsburg 1-1 Wolfsburg 08/10/22

Eintracht Braunschweig news

Eintracht Braunschweig will take to the pitch without the services of Saulo Decarli, Philipp Strompf and Mehmet Ibrahimi due to injury issues.

Brian Behrendt could also be unavailable for the hosts after being forced off with an injury in the sixth minute of the game against FC Magdeburg on Saturday.

Wolfsburg news

Bartol Franjic will be unable to feature for Wolfsburg due to an ankle injury, while Jerome Roussillon is unavailable due to an Achilles tendon injury.

Felix Nmecha was used as a substitute against Borussia Monchengladbach at the weekend, and could come into the side for this contest, alongside Omar Marmoush.

Prediction and Odds

Eintracht Braunschweig ether the contest on a run of six matches without a defeat and will feel confident of pulling up an upset against their top-tier opponents.

However, we think that the Bundasliga quality which Wolfsburg possess will play a big role in helping the visitors come away with all three points.

Odds: 1 3.12 X 2.06 2 2.21