Record against Wolfsburg
Overall: 40 games, 17 wins, 6 draws, 17 defeats, 55:62 goal difference
Home: 20 games, 12 wins, 3 draws, 5 defeats, 33:25 goal difference
Away: 20 games, 5 wins, 3 draws, 12 defeats, 22:37 goal difference
Other encounters
The teams have met six times in the DFB Cup. The first fixture ended in a 2-2 draw in 1972/73, but VfB have won each of the subsequent five games. In 2007, Stuttgart earned a 1-0 away victory in the last four to book their ticket to the final.
Looking back
The most recent meeting between the clubs took place on Matchday 21 last season. Divock Origi put the Wolves 1-0 up in the 24th minute before Mario Gomez netted the equaliser on the hour-mark, his first goal for VfB since returning to Stuttgart from Wolfsburg.
Fans
Approximately 1,300 away tickets have been sold for the match. Ticket offices open three hours before kick-off.
Weinzierl's favourite opponents
VfB head coach Markus Weinzierl picked up 13 of a possible 15 points from his last five Bundesliga matches against Wolfsburg with former clubs FC Augsburg and FC Schalke 04, conceding just one goal in that period.
Gentner's first Bundesliga goal
Christian Gentner has scored 43 times in 363 Bundesliga outings to date, with the first of those goals arriving against Wolfsburg in May 2006 when he was 20. That 70th-minute strike – set up by a 19-year-old Andreas Beck - proved to be the winner in a 2-1 victory on the penultimate Matchday of the 2005/06 campaign.
