Augsburg take on the visitors Schalke in the round 25 match of German Bundesliga. The match will be played on Saturday, February 18th at WWK Arena (Augsburg).
In the current season, Augsburg have gradually turned into a typical home team, which rarely earns points on the road, but achieves victory after victory on their own turf. Currently, Enrico Maassen's successful streak in Bundesliga home matches has already reached four consecutive victories: Borussia from Gladbach, Hoffenheim, and even Bayer left the "WWK Arena" stadium with 0-1 defeats, and Bremen's Werder lost here (1-2). In the new calendar year, Augsburg not only did not lose on their home field, but also did not even drop points. Therefore, the home team's handicap of zero looks like an attractive bet for the match against one of the league's underdogs.
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Meanwhile, Schalke remain one of the outsiders of the championship. Yes, their football and results seem to be slowly improving, and Thomas Reis's charges have not known defeat for seven consecutive rounds. But overestimating Schalke are still not worth it. In these 7 rounds, the team has only won twice, and in the current season, they have only obtained four victories in total. They were able to beat only the modest Bochum on the road - a direct competitor in the fight for survival. In the other ten away matches of the championship, Schalke suffered six defeats.
Undoubtedly, Schalke's unbeaten streak is impressive. But sooner or later, it must come to an end. And I think it is high time for this to happen in the away match against Augsburg, who in recent times have not dropped any points in matches on their own field, even when far more superior teams visit. On the other hand, Schalke has lost most of their away matches in the championship. In the first round of the current season, they even lost at home to Augsburg (2-3). Moreover, in the last five head-to-head matches, they have only come out on top once. Based on all this, I believe that the home team is more likely to win the upcoming match, and therefore, betting on Augsburg's handicap of (0) seems quite logical.
Prediction for the match: Augsburg to win with 0.0 handicap.
