Augsburg vs Bayern Munich prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2024-01-26 14:30.
Augsburg restored some comfort to their mid-table position in the Bundesliga table last time out, ending a four-match winless (D1, L3) run by coming from behind to beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-1. Jess Thorup’s men may well now have their eyes trained forward rather than over their shoulders, as they start the round closer to the European places than the relegation zone.
The Fuggerstädter find themselves in the middle of a brutal run of home fixtures, and after they failed to beat either Borussia Dortmund or Bayer Leverkusen in their last two outings at the WWK Arena (D1, L1), they now welcome Bayern Munich. This is a fixture the home faithful will be far from afraid of though, as Augsburg have avoided defeat from three of the last four league H2Hs here (W2, D1), winning the last two such meetings!
The record German champions are far from their fluid best at present, although they recovered from defeat to Werder Bremen by seeing off Union Berlin 1-0 in an ill-tempered affair on Wednesday night. That victory kept Bayern within four points of Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen, and as they face off with Xabi Alonso’s men in two weeks, there’s no room for error.
Injuries to Dayot Upamecano and Konrad Laimer leave boss Thomas Tuchel worried about the condition of his squad ahead of this trip. January arrival Eric Dier is therefore in line for a start here, and if selected history will be made, as along with top scorer Harry Kane, Bayern could pick two Englishmen in the starting XI for the first time in their history.
Players to watch: Augsburg defender Kevin Mbabu turned in a Flashscore Player of the Match performance thanks to his assist against Gladbach, but he lost all five of his previous meetings with Bayern while at Wolfsburg. That’s something Kingsley Coman could look to exploit as he aims to add to his unbeaten record against Augsburg (W10, D1) – he directly contributed to six goals in that run (G3, A3).
Hot stat: Augsburg have conceded two-thirds (22) of their Bundesliga goals in the first half of matches.