Eight placed Wolfsburg will host 13th placed Freiburg at Volkswagen Arena on Saturday.
Last season, the Wolves equalled a record set by both Bayern Munich and Schalke with 16 wins and one draw in their 17 home games in the Bundesliga. This term, they have lost their way a little with three defeats already in front of their own fans.
On the other hand, Freiburg have won more games away from home this season than in front of their own fans, but their coach Robin Dutt insists that is purely coincidental, and a quirk of the fixture list which has sent many of the big clubs to the Dreisam Stadion in the first half of the season.
Dutt has several new options in his squad for the trip north with captain Heiko Butscher on the road to recovery and Daniel Caligiuri also available.
Wolfsburg are without Obafemi Martins, who will be out until the new year after undergoing surgery on his left shin this week.
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