Augsburg vs FC Koln prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2024-03-30 13:30.
[p]Prior to the international break, Augsburg enjoyed a terrific 3-1 win in Wolfsburg which both extended their winning run to four games and strengthened their European prospects greatly. To put their purple patch into perspective, Augsburg have not won four straight games in the Bundesliga since they did so back in 2014, with the final win in that run a 2-1 victory against none other than Sunday’s opponents, Cologne.[/p]
[p]Seventh place could well be enough to qualify for Europe next season so long as Bayer Leverkusen justify their favouritism in the DFB Pokal, so Augsburg maintaining their momentum in the final eight games is imperative. A home return should aid the Bavarians in that regard too given they’ve won their last two outings here and boast a respectable record of just one home league defeat against sides beginning the round below themselves (W4, D3). [/p]
[p]Things aren’t quite so peachy for Cologne, who travel here on the back of a heavy 5-1 defeat against Leipzig, which coupled with Mainz’s win in the previous round, meant that the Billy Goats spent the break in the automatic relegation spots. That’s largely thanks to a run of just one victory across the last 13 league games (D6, L6), with all but one of the defeats during that sequence coming by multi-goal margins. [/p]
[p]It typically doesn’t get easier without home advantage, although the visitors can at least take some pride in their ongoing four-game unbeaten run of away games, albeit with all ending in stalemates. Three of those games saw Cologne squander a lead to draw and as many ended 1-1, which is curiously the same scoreline as they managed to play out in the reverse fixture![/p]
[p]Players to watch: Augsburg midfielder Kristijan Jakić scored as many goals in his last Bundesliga appearance (G2) as he did across his first 62 appearances in the competition. As for Cologne, Sargis Adamyan had won in ten straight personal scoring appearances until he netted his side’s sole goal in their thumping 5-1 defeat in the previous round. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Cologne have failed to win eight of the 11 league games when scoring the opener this season (W3, D6, L2). [/p]