Quick quiz question: heading into the October international break this season, one Bundesliga team was still unbeaten. It's Wolfsburg , and no-one - not even the man who has orchestrated a start that has left Wolfsburg in second place, just a point off top spot - expected that.

In fact, Glasner is the first Wolves' boss who can boast of such an achievement. That sort of success was certainly not something Wolfsburg supporters thought would come when Glasner - a relative unknown - was handed his first coaching job outside his native Austria last summer having taken Linz to runners-up spot behind RB Salzburg last season.

Glasner does enjoy one statistic though: no side has conceded fewer than the four Bundesliga goals his team have let in this season.

It is all the more impressive given the injury-enforced absences of John Brooks and first-choice goalkeeper Koen Casteels.

The Belgian is on his way back to full fitness, but he and his excellent understudy, Pavao Pervan - Glasner's former charge at Linz - can expect to be under-employed all season long.

However, this was never the subject of today's discussion. Bundesliga News Wolfsburg have confirmed that Oliver Glasner will stay on as head coach.

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Robert Lewandowski to miss Bayern's game against Lokomotiv Moscow due to minor injury. In , he became part of the managing staff of Red Bull Salzburg.

In July , he became assistant coach of Roger Schmidt in the first squad. After a successful stint at Salzburg, he was appointed head coach of his former team SV Ried.

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Retrieved 21 August Not only do at least two midfielders follow the player, but one of the three centre-backs is used to engage the midfielder higher than what would be expected.

Linz used this tactic to great effect to create counter-attacking opportunities. The remaining four defenders squeeze together to create a traditional back four and if the trio of players pressing the opposing player are successful, they are able to quickly spring a counter-attack.

We can expect a period of time for this formation to bed in, and fans and the board will have to show patience with their new man.

However, although pre-season friendly results are not something to pay much heed to, Wolfsburg are yet to suffer a defeat under Glasner. Teams may be happy to leave three players up against Wolfsburg, knowing they can create a three-on-three situation.

The fast break has been an issue on several occasions in pre-season, and they will perhaps need to be more cautious when playing the top sides in the Bundesliga.

Glasner wants his sides to get the ball forward quickly. His wing-backs are given license to roam the flanks, and with the front three able to occupy the opposition back four, they are an excellent option to get the ball behind the defence, whether through dribbling, or a pass.

The centre-backs would look for this opportunity as soon as they received the ball. The two centre-midfielders facilitated this by moving wide and created the space for Klauss to receive.

As soon as the ball reached the forward he was able to play the ball out wide instantly, knowing the wing-backs would be in a high position.

As he came deep, the two wide-forwards were able to run into the space behind him and look for a through ball from the wing-back.

This is due to the angle from which they are able to pass, and it provides two options for the forwards. Above we can see that Klauss has moved off of the centre-back to receive the pass from the wing-back.

By doing so he has left space behind for a forward to run into. He can play a quick interchange with one of the wide-forwards, or hold the ball up and await larger numbers.

Felix Klaus, traditionally a midfielder, has seen playing time as the focal point of the front three as a false nine in pre-season for Wolfsburg.