VfL Wolfsburg 3:2 Manchester United

Niall · Dec 2, 2015

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Date - Tuesday, December 08 2015.
Kickoff Time - 1945 Hrs GMT.
Venue - Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg.

Champions League Group Standing and Form Guide

2. Manchester United : LWDWD
1. Wolfsburg : WLWLW

Previous Meetings

Manchester United 2 : 1 Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg 1 : 3 Manchester United

Manchester United 2 : 1 Wolfsburg

All-Time Record

Manchester United wins - 3
Wolfsburg wins - 0
Draws - 0

Pre-Match Pressers

Louis Van Gaal

Dieter Hecking

Team News

Manchester United

Luke Shaw, Wayne Rooney, Marcos Rojo, Phil Jones, Antonio Valencia, Ander Herrera and Morgan Schneiderlin ruled out. Patrick McNair doubtful.

Wolfsburg

Felipe Lopes ruled out. Luiz Gustavo doubtful.

Know the opposition

Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg, and nicknamed Die Wölfe (The Wolves) are a professional football club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany; and were founded in 1945 as VSK Wolfsburg, a new club formed in the aftermath of World War II, taking on from the first football club BSG Volkswagenwerk Stadt des KdF-Wagen, which was formed primarily with autoworkers building the historic Volkswagen Beetle. After long periods of struggle in the Verbandsliga Niedersachsen, Regionalliga Nord, Amateur Oberliga Nord, and Bundesluga mediocrity; Wolfsburg have now emerged as one of the most competitive clubs in German Football, especially since the hiring of taskmaster Felix Magath, who with the high octane striker partnership of Edin Dzeko and Grafite, led them to their first Bundesliga title in 2008/ 2009. Wolfsburg play their home games at the Volkswagen Arena.

Star player(s)

Naldo and Vieirinha.

With the departure of Kevin De Bruyne to Manchester City, and Ricardo Rodriguez's subdued form - Wolfsburg have struggled to find a consistently excellent player through the duration of the current campaign. While the likes of Träsch, Dost, Kruse and Draxler have performed well (the latter attacking trio in spurts), the defensive duo of Vieirinha and Naldo have emerged as Wolfsburg's most influential players.

Referee

Milorad Mažić.

poisson · Dec 5, 2015

Yea...not sure how we're going to beat them.

snk123 · Dec 5, 2015

If we play like we did today, we will definitely win.

An Irish Red · Dec 5, 2015

If we're lucky we'll score a goal.

Raw · Dec 5, 2015

0-0 draw and hope CSKA beat PSV for us. Only way.

vibe · Dec 5, 2015

I'm starting to worry that people might catch on to my clever scheme of getting easy score prediction table points :nervous:

#07 · Dec 5, 2015

Europa League here we come...

The Firestarter · Dec 5, 2015

marukomu · Dec 5, 2015

I just put 0-0 for every game now.

2 man midfield · Dec 5, 2015

We're going out. The PSV games sealed our fate really.

LawCharltonBest · Dec 5, 2015

Will be an easy win for Wolfsburg. Id love to play against this United team. Easy.

Martin(6)Buchan · Dec 5, 2015

Think we will struggle we had our chance.

the hea · Dec 5, 2015

WyoManU · Dec 5, 2015

Pretty certain we are going out of what had to be the easiest group.

ManRed · Dec 5, 2015

We have to win but I cant see where the goals are coming from. Team for me is :

-------De Gea --------
Darmian--Blindiling--Young

----Carrick---Schweini----

Lingard----Fellaini/Mata----Memphis

--------Martial--------------

sticky · Dec 5, 2015

We will lose this game and not score. A very comfortable victory for Wolfsburg who are a much better team than us. Carlo Ancelloti will be in charge of United by next weekend.

Di Maria's angel · Dec 5, 2015

Europa League, here we come!

Di Maria's angel · Dec 5, 2015

sticky said:
We will lose this game and not score. A very comfortable victory for Wolfsburg who are a much better team than us. Carlo Ancelloti will be in charge of United by the weekend.

If losing on Tuesday means a different manager by the weekend, I'd take that.

ottosec · Dec 5, 2015

We better hope that 0-0 is enough to qualify, if not we're fecked.

NJM78 · Dec 5, 2015

2-0 I doubt they will be as careless as west ham with finishing. I think this clean sheet record will end soon because we do concede a lot of chances each game. I wouldn't give two shits if we conceded every game from now until the end of the season as long as we scored goals!

Fergus' son · Dec 5, 2015

I'm going to put money on us not scoring, to make me feel a bit better when it happens.

royboy16 · Dec 5, 2015

Pressure game.

Sandikan · Dec 5, 2015

Raw said:
0-0 draw and hope CSKA beat PSV for us. Only way.

this.

it's going to be a tough one.

whereas today I thought we'd win without too much effort.

Gerald G · Dec 5, 2015

PSV will score that's for sure. I hope CSKA beat PSV so we don't have to worry about our game.

De Gea
Varela--Smalling--Blind--Darmian
Carrick--Schweinsteiger
Lingard--Fellaini--Memphis
Martial

If Schneiderlin is fit start him instead of Carrick.

Jazz · Dec 5, 2015

Obviously hoping we win but not terribly optimistic. So preparing myself for the Europa League. I reckon we send the under 21s to play seeing as they're not playing that much at the moment. They can't be any worse than the first team and it would be a good experience for them.

kouroux · Dec 5, 2015

It's very likely that we won't win.

Varun · Dec 5, 2015

sticky said:
We will lose this game and not score. A very comfortable victory for Wolfsburg who are a much better team than us. Carlo Ancelloti will be in charge of United by next weekend.

Livewire1974 · Dec 5, 2015

Another borefest. The only positive being us not getting through will accelerate the end of the philosophy.

soapythecat · Dec 5, 2015

I honestly don't know how this United side will score a goal in Germany....or England come to think of it.
We royally fecked this season CL when we could have coasted this group.

Sonny1972 · Dec 5, 2015

Wolfsburg - Dortmund 0-1

bosnian_red · Dec 5, 2015

De Gea
Young? Smalling Blind Darmian
Carrick Schweinsteiger
Lingard Mata Memphis
Martial

Please no fellaini. Probably going to be 0-0 or 1-0 to either side. Let's hope whatever happens, PSV doesn't match our result.

Sandikan · Dec 5, 2015

am hoping United mirror my other team Wycombe, looked utterly rubbish in the league midweek, and then beat Millwall away in the cup today!
United have done the rubbish league performance part!

Havak · Dec 5, 2015

Really think it'll be 0-0 and we're out.

The Law of Denis · Dec 5, 2015

A few years ago Van Gaal's Bayern went to Juve on a poor run of form needing a win to get out of the group stages. They won emphatically and went on to do the double. Here's hoping this game can be our catalyst. I would play

------------ DDG
--Young-------Smalling-------Blind-------Darmian
--------------Carrick---------Bastian
---Memphis----------Fellaini--------------Lingard
------------------------Martial

And may god have mercy on us.

pseudo_canadian · Dec 5, 2015

I will be genuinely shocked if this game doesn't end in a 0-0 draw.

Mciahel Goodman · Dec 5, 2015

If it's 0-0 at 89mins then we should just field an ineligible player so that we get banned from European competition.

DomesticTadpole · Dec 5, 2015

Mciahel Goodman said:
If it's 0-0 at 89mins then we should just field an ineligible player so that we get banned from European competition.

We could bring Giggs on.

Mciahel Goodman · Dec 5, 2015

DomesticTadpole said:
We could bring Giggs on.

I'd fecking register Giggs as a player. Would be better than a lot of what we have now.

Jazz · Dec 5, 2015

Mciahel Goodman said:
If it's 0-0 at 89mins then we should just field an ineligible player so that we get banned from European competition.

Silverman · Dec 5, 2015

We're gonna win this one, when we're not expecting much.

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