RB Leipzig vs Augsburg prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2023-09-15 13:30.
RB Leipzig will be hoping the international break hasn’t taken the sting out of their recent form after the Red Bulls won successive fixtures against Stuttgart and Union Berlin ahead of club football’s two-week hiatus, showing they have bounced back emphatically from losing their opening league game against Bayer Leverkusen.
International duty has certainly come at a cost for Marco Rose’s side though, after Dani Olmo picked up a knee injury when playing for Spain. The manager will be desperate to get the midfielder back to fitness as quickly as possible, especially as he has already netted five times in four club appearances this season (W3, L1), while of Leipzig’s eight league defeats in 2022/23, three came during the 11 matches that Olmo missed (W6, D2).
That will be music to the ears of opponents Augsburg, who are winless in the last 13 H2Hs (D4, L9), conceding 27 goals in the process! Such form does not bode well for Fuggerstädter, who have had an underwhelming start to the campaign, drawing two of their three Bundesliga matches (L1), as well as being dumped out of the DFB-Pokal by third-tier side Unterhaching.
Those results mean the fan pressure is growing on head coach Enrico Maaßen, but the club appear reluctant to make a change, with Sporting Director Marinko Jurendic insisting the “team needs time to grow together.” Even so, Augsburg’s hand may be forced into finding a replacement manager if they fail to end a run of just one win from 14 league outings since mid-March (D6, L7).
Key battle: Leipzig loanee Xavi Simons has made such a positive impact in his brief stay that manager Rose has already publicly expressed a desire to keep him beyond his loan term. With a remarkable record of going unbeaten in the last 24 club games in which he has netted (W20, D4), it’s easy to see why. Looking to outscore him will be Augsburg’s Dion Beljo, whose previous eight goals were all the first or last of the game.
Hot streak: RB Leipzig have scored at least two goals in their last eight matches, while Augsburg have conceded at least twice in six successive Bundesliga fixtures.