VfL Wolfsburg vs Bayern München preview: the match of the week

On Saturday, a clash between VfL Wolfsburg and Bayern München, the two teams ranked second in the German Bundesliga, will take place in the Volkswagen Arena in Wolfsburg. It is also a match-up of the best home and away teams in the Bundesliga this season.

Hosts Wolfsburg hold the best home record in the Bundesliga this season, having won 11 of their 12 home matches. Borussia Dortmund (4 wins, 9 draws) is the only other team still undefeated at home this season.

Opponents Bayern München have won six and lost only three of their 13 away matches in 2008/2009, which makes them the strongest Bundesliga side in away matches in 2008/2009.

Best teams in home matches - Bundesliga 2008/2009
Rank Club P W D L Pts Goals O-Rank

1 VfL Wolfsburg 12 11 1 0 34 32-10 2
2 Hertha BSC 13 10 2 1 32 24-10 1
3 Hamburger SV 12 10 1 1 31 20-9 4
4 Hoffenheim 13 8 4 1 28 26-12 5
5 VfB Stuttgart 13 8 3 2 27 25-13 6
6 Bayern München 12 8 2 2 26 34-20 2
7 Werder Bremen 13 7 4 2 25 33-16 10
8 Schalke 04 12 7 3 2 24 16-8 8
9 Hannover 96 13 6 6 1 24 26-18 13


Best teams in away matches - Bundesliga 2008/2009
Rank Club P W D L Pts Goals O-Rank

1 Bayern München 13 6 4 3 22 19-11 2
2 Bayer Leverkusen 12 6 2 4 20 23-15 7
3 1. FC Köln 13 6 1 6 19 18-18 11
4 Hertha BSC 12 5 2 5 17 15-19 1
5 Hamburger SV 13 5 2 6 17 19-27 4
6 Hoffenheim 12 4 4 4 16 26-22 5
7 Borussia Dortmund 12 4 4 4 16 18-21 9
8 VfB Stuttgart 12 4 3 5 15 19-23 6
9 VfL Wolfsburg 13 3 5 5 14 21-21 2

Note: O-Rank represents overall ranking in Bundesliga 2008/2009.