On Saturday, Augsburg will play Koln at the WWK Arena in a Bundesliga matchup. The home side have had their battles this season yet stay confident of keeping away from the drop as the season enters its business end. In their most recent match, they played Wolfsburg to a 2-2 draw and looked like they would win before their opponents scored twice in the last 15 minutes.
With 29 points from 26 games, Augsburg is in 12th place in the league table. When they play on Saturday, they’ll be looking to rebound from their most recent setbacks and win again. Koln is currently in the bottom half of the league and has had a difficult run of results recently. Last time out, they played Borussia Monchengladbach to a goalless draw. They probably deserved more from the game after putting in a good performance, but they couldn’t score.
In the league table, the visitors are one spot and one point behind their opponents this weekend, so they will want to get as many points as possible this weekend.
Prediction
Augsburg has drawn their last two league games and are winless in their last three. However, they have won four of their last five home games and will be eager to play on Saturday.
In the Bundesliga, Koln is winless in six games, with four of those games ending in defeat. They are without an away success this year and could see rout this end of the week.
Prediction: Koln 2-1 Augsburg
Head-to-Head
- There have been 22 interactions between Koln and Augsburg. In those games, the hosts have won eight, while the visitors have only won one. Between the two teams, there have been seven draws.
- In this matchup, the visitors have won three of their last four games.
- Since 2017, Koln has not kept a clean sheet in their last ten games against this opponent.
- This season, Augsburg has won five of its eight league games at home.
- In their last six matches across all competitions, the hosts have not kept a clean sheet.
- The Sires have won only one away association game throughout the season. Only Stuttgart (0 wins) has more.
Team news
Prior to this match, Augsburg had double figures in absentees.
Mads Pedersen will be suspended subsequent to getting a fifth booking of the time last end of the week, while Ermedin Demirovic is as yet prohibited following his straight red card before the global break.
After going down early last week, central defender Jeffrey Gouweleeuw is questionable, and Niklas Dorsch will remain out after nose surgery.
Tobias Strobl, Andre Hahn, and Kelvin Yeboah—both of whom are unlikely to play again this season—all have ACL tears that will keep them out for the foreseeable future.
Although Koln’s injury list is a little lighter, striker Mark Uth will be out for the rest of April as he recovers from a groin injury.
Along with fellow long-term absentees Sebastian Andersson and Kristian Pedersen, Florian Dietz is out with an ACL injury.
Lineup
Augsburg
- Gikiewicz
- Gumny, Bauer, Renato Veiga, Iago
- Maier, Engels, Rexhbecaj, Vargas
- Berisha, Cardona
FC Koln:
- Schwabe
- Schmitz, Hubers, Chabot, Hector
- Shkiri, Martel, Kainz, Huseinbasic, Maina
- Selke
Betting Tips
Result: Augsburg Goals – Over/Under 2.5 – Over 2.5 goals (three of the teams’ last four games have resulted in more than 2.5 goals) Both teams to score: Yes, as both teams have scored in six of their last eight encounters.
Where to watch
Sony LIV.