Matchday Compact: All Information for the Wolfsburg Game

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In the home game against VfL Wolfsburg, the Lilies started bravely, but the first efforts were taken by the guests. After three minutes, Svanberg shot in the penalty area, but the attempt did not cause any problems for Marcel Schuhen. Overall, the initial phase was without a large number of scoring chances.

From the 27th minute onwards, the Lilies were in the majority: Luca Pfeiffer forced Lacroix to lose the ball, the Wolfsburg player was the last man able to make do with a foul and was shown the red card due to the foul. In the period that followed, the 98ers played patiently with a lot of ball possession, but rarely found gaps in the Wolfsburg backline. It only became dangerous shortly before the half-time whistle, but Mathias Honsak’s header flew over the box in stoppage time at the end of the half.

The Darmstadt team started bravely again in the second half, but as in the first half, Wolfsburg had the first chance, but Klaus Gjasula was there and blocked Majer’s shot on 53 minutes. Four minute late, Wind tried from the halfway line and the ball flew just past the goal. At the other end, the Lilies also became dangerous: first a cross from Emir Karic was cleared at the last second after 58 minutes, then 2 minutes late, a header from Honsak landed in the arms of the keeper. But the lead then fell to VfL: Majer scored in the 63rd minute to make it 1-0 for the guests.

About a quarter of an hour before the end of the game, the best chance for SVD up to that point: Fabian Schnellhardt tried from a distance and Casteels in the Wolfsburg goal couldn’t hold the ball, but was also there to counter Pfeiffer’s follow-up shot.
In the final minutes, the Darmstadt team pushed for an equaliser. Shortly before the end, substitute Fabio Torsiello saw his attempt blocked after 89 minutes. However, the effort was no longer rewarded and in the end there was a narrow defeat.

“I don’t assume that it will be 3-0 for us after ten minutes on Saturday, that would be nice, but I don’t assume that,” said Ralph Hasenhüttl at the matchday press conference on Thursday. The Austrian is sure that it will be a game in which his team will need a lot of patience and calm. He also wants to completely ignore the Lilies‘ table situation, „it doesn’t matter,“ said the VfL coach.

In cloudy conditions in Wolfsburg, the temperature climbs to a maximum of 17 degrees Celsius in the afternoon. There is a 90 percent chance of precipitation during the game.

You can watch the Lilies‘ game against VfL Wolfsburg live on Sky. Hannes Herrmann comments on the individual game. Oliver Seidler comments on all the games on Saturday afternoon in the conference. The Sky conference is moderated by Britta Hofmann and the expert is Dietmar Hamann.

Match day! And so back into matchday mode. You can of course follow the duel between the Lilies and VfL Wolfsburg again on Saturday afternoon in the Software AG Matchcenter on our homepage. Just click on the orange button! There we provide you with lots of live data about the game. You can also be there live with our live ticker.

All followers of the Lilies can follow the game over on our Liveticker and also on the Fanradio. Current pictures and highlights from the game are also included Facebook and Twitter. You can get even more live photos Instagram.