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2. Bundesliga · Regular Season - 4 · Germany

VfL Wolfsburg v Energie Cottbus

· Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg· Referee: L. Benen

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Where the market is wrong on VfL Wolfsburg v Energie Cottbus

VfL Wolfsburg meet Energie Cottbus in the 2. Bundesliga regular season - 4 at Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg.

The baseline ratings are close, 1500 to 1541, so form and chance quality carry more weight here. Recent form separates little, 50% against 53%. Attacking output favors VfL Wolfsburg on expected goals, 1.8 to 1.8 per match.

VfL Wolfsburg arrive in good touch: 3W-2D-0L from their last five (11/15 pts), 12 scored and 6 conceded. Recent results: W 5-2 @ Karlsruher SC, D 3-3 @ Altglienicke, W 1-0 @ Hannover 96, D 0-0 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

Energie Cottbus are patchy: 1W-0D-4L from their last five (3/15 pts, 3 straight defeats), 8 scored and 14 conceded. Recent results: L 3-4 v SpVgg Greuther Fürth, L 0-2 v FC Augsburg, L 0-3 @ Arminia Bielefeld, W 3-1 v Hannover 96.

The market prices VFL at 72% implied. Our number sits apart on Energie Cottbus: a 22.3-point gap between model and market. That gap is the story, not the winner.

MeisterIQ rates the signal 52 of 100. Every input above is on the card; check the work before you trust the number.

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VfL Wolfsburg

WDWDW7-6-7

Scored 1.80 · Conceded 1.40 · Clean sheets 25% · BTTS 60%

  • WAKarlsruher SC5-2
  • DAAltglienicke3-3
  • WAHannover 961-0
  • DH1. FC Kaiserslautern0-0
  • WHTelstar3-1

Energie Cottbus

LWLLL9-2-8

Scored 1.79 · Conceded 1.79 · Clean sheets 21.1% · BTTS 57.9%

  • LHSpVgg Greuther Fürth3-4
  • LHFC Augsburg0-2
  • LAArminia Bielefeld0-3
  • WHHannover 963-1
  • LHWerder Bremen2-4

Managers

P. Simonis

Netherlands · 40

In charge since 2025 · 3 teams managed

  • Sparta Rotterdam U192018–2020

C. Wollitz

Germany · 60

In charge since 2021 · 4 teams managed

  • Magdeburg2020–2020
  • Energie Cottbus2016–2019
  • Viktoria Köln2013–2014
  • Osnabrück2011–2013

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