Augsburg take on the visitors Bayer Leverkusen in the round 19 match of German Bundesliga. The match will be played on Friday, February 3rd at WWK Arena (Augsburg).
Augsburg are playing poorly this season. The team is fighting for survival, they are two points away from the zone of playoffs and four from the zone of direct relegation. Yes, Enrico Maasen's wards are very rarely able to show decent football, but this has to happen more often. The team has lost more than half of its Bundesliga matches this season (in 10 out of 18). It is likely that they will lose again.
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Bayer right now is a team of a higher level than Augsburg and is quite capable of getting the better of such an opponent even away. Before losing to Borussia Dortmund, the Pharmacists had won five consecutive league matches with an aggregate score of 14-3. We think that in this round, Xabi Alonso's wards, who have gained excellent conditions, will begin their new successful series in the Bundesliga.
Yes, Bayer lost at home in the previous round. But you can’t call that Dortmund victory other than a lucky escape. Xabi Alonso's team were superior to the Bumblebees on all components: 55%-45% in possession, 20-6 in attempts, 7-2 in shots on target, 8-4 in corners. We think that in terms of sports, the motivated “pharmacists” will take away three points from Augsburg in this round. On the road, Bayer know how to win - in the last two away matches of the league, Leverkusen got the better of Cologne and Borussia Monchengladbach. And only Schalke plays worse than Augsburg at home this season. Enrico Maasen has five defeats in eight Bundesliga home matches. At the WWK-Arena, the hosts have already lost to Freiburg, Mainz, Hertha, Eintracht and even Bochum. We think they will also lose to Bayer, who defeated the opponent 4-1 in the previous head-to-head on the road.
Prediction for the match: Bayer Leverkusen to win.
