After relegation to the 2. Bundesliga in the summer, head coach Tobias Strobl took over in the motor-city. The 37-year-old has been charged leading the former Bundesliga team back to the top flight and currently has his team in fifth place in the table. Under his reign, they have certainly progressed, compared to last season at least. 

Quick on the break, Wolfsburg have scored 26 times from 204 shots on goal so far, the product of 747 intensive runs that shows their active style of play.

Recently, VfL's outside defender Saël Kumbedi caused a surprise. The Frenchman was called up by national coach Zinédine Zidane to Les Bleus squad, and is now set to make his national team debut as a second division player.

“We want to use the international break to continue working on ourselves and to take the next step as a team. The Friendly in Wolfsburg is a good opportunity for us to give out some playing time, implement  training content on the pitch, to learn from mistakes, and continue to develop. We want to take the insights from this into the league afterwards,“ said head coach Mauro Lustrinelli ahead of the friendly 

Kick off in the AOK-Stadion in Wolfsburg (Allerpark 2, 38448 Wolfsburg-Sonderbezirk) is at 14:30. Tickets are available until the start of the match online for the price of €5. Children up to and including six years get in for free.