Augsburg vs Hoffenheim prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2024-11-09 14:30.
[p]Augsburg conceded a late leveller to draw 1-1 at Wolfsburg last time out, and are one of just two teams still yet to have kept a clean sheet in the Bundesliga this season pre-round. Despite that disappointment, they’re now unbeaten in consecutive league matches for the first time this term (W1, D1) and boast an identical German top-flight record to the one they had at this stage in 2023/24 (W3, D2, L4).[/p]
[p]All bar one of those 11 points this season have been earned on home soil (W3, D1, L1), and if Jess Thorup’s side are to better last term’s 11th-placed finish, they’re going to need to continue being dominant on their own patch. And if they’re able to record three straight wins as hosts in the Bundesliga for the first time since the Dane’s arrival in October 2023, they could be on the cusp of the European spots heading into the international break.[/p]
[p]Sunday’s visitors Hoffenheim, who drew 2-2 with Lyon on Thursday, are desperately struggling to cope with juggling domestic and European duties. Die Kraichgauer are yet to win a Bundesliga game which has followed one of their UEFA Europa League matches this season (D2, L1), and occupy a spot in the relegation zone ahead of this weekend, having made their joint second-worst start to a top-flight campaign with just eight points gleaned (W2, D2, L5).[/p]
[p]Hoffenheim will at least take some comfort from the fact that they’ve won 15 of their 26 previous Bundesliga H2Hs with Augsburg (D5, L6). They haven’t beaten any other opponent as often in the top flight and have been victorious in nine of the most recent 13 such meetings (D1, L3), so against current form, Pellegrino Matarazzo’s side may fancy their chances of picking up a result this weekend.[/p]
[p]Key battle: Alexis Claude-Maurice has four goal involvements in his last four league appearances (G3, A1), with three of those coming in the second half. Anton Stach, meanwhile, has been shown a yellow card in three of his last four competitive encounters, with all three bookings received in the first half.[/p]
[p]Hot streak: Hoffenheim have won just one of their last nine away league games (D2, L6), only netting 2+ goals twice during that sequence.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Ben Olawumi[/i][/p]