GolVolt — VfL Wolfsburg vs St. Pauli: preview, line-ups, chances

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

Attack

VfL Wolfsburg score 3.0 goals per match

VfL Wolfsburg3.0 St. Pauli1.0

Last 5 matches in all competitions. St. Pauli score 1.0.

Defence

VfL Wolfsburg concede 2.0 goals per match

VfL Wolfsburg2.0 St. Pauli0.4

Last 5 matches in all competitions. St. Pauli concede 0.4.

Last time

Last meeting, 12 September: St. Pauli – VfL Wolfsburg 1:0

DDLLW

Before that, St. Pauli went 4 meetings in a row without a win.

Streak

St. Pauli unbeaten in 6 matches

DWDWDD

All competitions, friendlies excluded: 2 wins and 4 draws. Last defeat: 30 August, 1:2 against Kaiserslautern.

Player in form

Robert Glatzel: 5 goals in 5 league matches

Goals5 xG2.48

Scoring more than his chances suggest (xG 2.5).

Streak

VfL Wolfsburg have scored in 5 matches in a row

WDWDL

All competitions, friendlies excluded: 15 goals in those matches.

Players to watch

2. Bundesliga, this season.

Fabian Reese

VfL Wolfsburg · midfielder

4goals 6assists 7.86avg rating

Last match, VfL Bochum 1848: 1 goal, rating 7.3.

Abdoulie Ceesay

St. Pauli · forward

4goals 0assists 6.91avg rating

Last match, Darmstadt 98: rating 6.5.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.

Recent matches

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“This set-up” is VfL Wolfsburg at home and St. Pauli away, as in this match.

VfL Wolfsburg

at home · 10

2W3D5L1.6scored per match1.5conceded per match

St. Pauli

away · 10

0W6D4L0.8scored per match1.5conceded per match

Head to head

5 meetings since 2024.

Last time · 12 Sep 2026 · 2. Bundesliga St. Pauli 1:0 VfL Wolfsburg Fujita 88'. St. Pauli: a first win in this fixture in 4 meetings.

2wins

2 draws2.0 goals per match · both scored in 3 of 5

1wins

Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: VfL Wolfsburg (4-2-2-2, last: SC Freiburg) · St. Pauli (3-4-1-2, last: Darmstadt 98).

TWWellenreuther JMMaehle CLCleiton HWWahl SNNseke VCCosta MAArnold MDDamar ERRexhbecaj KSShiogai ABBernhardsson BVVoll LRRitzka ESSmith DNNemeth LOOppie JFFujita MRRasmussen APPyrka CMMetcalfe ACCeesay YNNiang

VfL WolfsburgSt. Pauli

When the provider publishes the expected XI (usually a day before the match), it replaces the last one. A player on the absence list stays on the pitch as a pale, dashed “ghost”.

Who wins?

The provider's forecast usually arrives a few days before kick-off.

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Volt matchup

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