The
UEFA Europa League quarterfinal brings on Thursday the
second leg between
VfL Wolfsburg and
Fulham FC. The first leg in London ended with a 2:1 home win for Fulham through goals from Bobby Zamora (59.) and Damien Duff (63.). On the other side scored Alexander Madlung (89.) per header Wolfsburg´s important away goal.
For both clubs this meeting will be their first UEFA club competition quarterfinal and both Wolfsburg and Fulham still have the chance to advance to the semi-final. VfL Wolfsburg has started this European season in the UEFA Champions League. The German champions finished Group B behind Manchester United and CSKA Moskva and advanced as third to the UEFA Europa League Round of 32. In the first knock out round the Wolves beat Villarreal CF with a 2:2 draw in Spain and a 4:1 home win. The next round brought an exciting duel with Rubin Kazan. At the end Wolfsburg eliminated Kazan after extra time (1:1, 2:1 a.e.t.). VfL Wolfsburg have won 3 of their 5 home games in this European season (3-1-1). In the German Bundesliga Wolfsburg faces rank 9, the last round brought a 4:0 home win against 1899 Hoffenheim through goals from Edin Džeko (2), Andrea Barzagli und Zvjezdan Misimović.
Fulham FC has started the competition in the 3rd qualifying round. On their road to the UEFA Europa League group stage they eliminated FK Vetra (3:0, 3:0) and FK Amkar Perm (3:1, 0:1). Then Fulham FC finished the group stage behind AS Roma as second and qualified therewith for the knock-out stage. In the round of 32 Fulham beat last year UEFA Cup winner Shakhtar Donetsk (2:1, 1:1) and in the round of 16 they eliminated Juventus Turin (1:3, 4:1) and advanced so for their first UEFA club competition quarterfinal. Fulham have won just 2 of their 7 away games in this European season (2-2-3). In the Premier League table Fulham faces rank 12, the last round brought a 2:1 home win over Wigan Athletic.
VfL Wolfsburg vs Fulham FC
UEFA Europa League: Quarterfinal, second leg
Thursday, 08.04.2010, 21:05 CET
Wolfsburg, Volkswagen Arena
My tip: Win VfL Wolfsburg
The best odd for tip 1 you find at BetClic with 1.75
