Aiming to end a recent DFB-Pokal hoodoo against RB Leipzig, an out-of-sorts Wolfsburg welcome the reigning champions to the Volkswagen Arena for a second-round showdown on Tuesday night.
The hosts fell to a 3-2 loss to 10-man Augsburg in their last Bundesliga affair, while Die Roten Bullen put six past Koln without reply in a demolition job.
Wind's eighth top-flight goal of the campaign and a Lovro Majer penalty sent Wolfsburg a goal to the good against Augsburg following Phillip Tietz's opener, but an unfortunate Sebastian Bornauw own goal levelled proceedings, two minutes before Arne Engels came up with the decisive contribution.
Not even a late red card to Felix Uduokhai - who was one of several players to go into the referee's book during a bad-tempered battle - could spark a late fightback for Wolfsburg, who have certainly experienced a Halloween horror show in October; previous losses to Stuttgart and Bayer Leverkusen have seen Kovac's troops plummet to ninth in the rankings.
Before their alarming downturn in fortunes, Wolfsburg kicked off their campaign with a 6-0 obliteration of minnows TuS Makkabi Berlin in their DFB-Pokal opener, but this week's hosts still have just the one crown to show for their endeavours, sinking Borussia Dortmund in the 2015 showpiece.
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