VfL Wolfsburg Haberleri

On Saturday 27 August, the Wolves are playing at RB Leipzig (kick-off at 15:30 CEST). Matches in Leipzig are among the toughest tasks facing teams in the Bundesliga, and here, Josuha Guilavogui tells us how the Green-and-Whites are preparing for the match and what they need to improve on already this season.

The game at Leipzig’s Red Bull Arena on Saturday 27 August (kick-off 15:30 CEST) features two teams who have fallen short of expectations so far this season. Domenico Tedesco’s Bulls and Niko Kovac’s Wolves are both winless after three matchdays, each with just two points to their name in the league.

VfL Wolfsburg are still waiting for their first Bundesliga win of the season after Matchday 4. Niko Kovac’s side went down 2-0 at Leipzig, who were also winless going into the game. RB star Christopher Nkunku gave the hosts an early lead in the fourth minute, converting a penalty that had been awarded for handball, before wrapping up the three points in stoppage time. Despite a significantly improved performance in the second half, VfL couldn’t find a way past the impressive Janis Blaswich in the Leipzig net.

VfL Wolfsburg are delighted to announce a new partnership to join French computer games company Unagi’s cross-league fantasy football game. Starting this season, the men’s first team will become the first German Bundesliga club to take part in the next-generation ‘Ultimate Champions’ game. The licensing and sponsorship partnership, which not only involves the Wolves joining the ‘Ultimate Champions’ platform but also providing a wide range of advertising services that will initially run until the end of the 2023/24 season.

Bartosz Bialek has agreed to join Dutch top-flight side Vitesse Arnhem on loan. The Polish forward will lace his boots for the team currently occupying 16th place in the Eredivisie until 30 June 2023. Bialek joined VfL in summer 2020 from Zaglebie Lubin and has so far scored two goals in 36 competitive outings for the Wolves.

After over four and a half years at VfL Wolfsburg, Renato Steffen is embarking on a new chapter with FC Lugano after the Wolves reached an agreement with the Swiss first-division side. Steffen joined the Green-and-Whites from FC Basel in January 2018 and experienced something of a rollercoaster ride at the club, taking part in the relegation play-off before going on to help VfL reach both the Europa League and Champions League. The 30-year-old midfielder made 144 appearances for the Wolves, scoring 18 goals.

The third home game of the season is almost upon us, as the Green-and-Whites take on 1. FC Köln on Saturday 3 September (kick-off at 15:30 CEST) at the Volkswagen Arena. The last time the two sides met was in Cologne on Matchday 33 last season, when a goal from Yannick Gerhardt was enough for a 1-0 win – the last time that VfL took all three points in the league. History also favours the Wolves, who have won 16 of the 35 matches between the two sides to date, while Köln have picked up just nine victories.

The German Football League (DFL) published the kick-off times for Matchdays 8 and 9 on Thursday. The Green-and-Whites will play VfB Stuttgart on Saturday 1 October at home at the Volkswagen Arena at 15:30 CEST. A week later, they will travel to FC Augsburg on Saturday 8 October, with the kick-off again at 15:30 CEST.

Lino Kasten has left VfL Wolfsburg after seven years at the club. The goalkeeper’s contract has been terminated by mutual consent. The 21-year-old joined the VfL academy in 2015 from Viktoria Berlin, progressing through the U17 and U19 teams and also featuring for the reserves in the Regionalliga. Kasten was loaned to Austrian partner club SKN St. Pölten between July 2021 and June 2022. We wish Lino all the best for his future on and off the pitch.

The Wolves are currently on a four-match unbeaten run in the Bundesliga but they have drawn their last three – including last weekend’s 2-2 draw at Bayer 04 Leverkusen. The aim against an improving VfL Bochum side on Saturday 29 October (15:30 CEST) is to end that sequence of stalemates. At Friday’s pre-match press conference, VfL coach Niko Kovac answered questions on…