Augsburg vs Freiburg prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-03-01 16:30.
[p]Sunday’s Bundesliga action comes to a close at the home of Augsburg, who are enjoying their best return at this stage of a league campaign since 2018 following a seven-match unbeaten run (W4, D3). A club-record equalling third consecutive top-flight shutout bookends that sequence, meaning history is in the making ahead of the visit of Freiburg, a side Augsburg have failed to keep a clean sheet against in almost ten years! [/p]
[p]Achieving that record against this particular opposition will be especially tricky for Jess Thorup and his team, as Augsburg entered this round with no league wins against sides that were in the top-eight (D4, L6). Four of those six defeats against sides starting the weekend in the top half of the table came without reply, though one of the two exceptions was an unfortunate 3-1 defeat in the reverse fixture which saw Augsburg trail by three goals at half-time. [/p]
[p]Visiting manager Julian Schuster has overseen a great campaign so far in his first season at the helm, after a perfect February saw Freiburg win all four games without reply to maintain an unlikely push for a top-four spot. A fifth straight win would equal the club record for successive Bundesliga victories, which was achieved by Schuster’s predecessor Christian Streich in 2020/21, whilst a fifth straight clean sheet would also equal the club record set in 2000/01. [/p]
[p]Maintaining that electric form will be necessary to fend off a glut of tightly packed sides beneath them, in what is sure to be a closely-fought battle to the season end for the European places. Perhaps raising a sense of trepidation ahead of this trip is Freiburg’s inconsistent away form which has seen them remain unbeaten against sides placed 12th or below (W4, D2), while losing every game against sides ranked any higher ahead of the weekend (L6). [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Augsburg’s Alexis Claude-Maurice scored his first career hat-trick last weekend, with three of his six scoring competitive appearances this season now seeing him net at least twice. Freiburg’s Vincenzo Grifo also scored multiple goals last weekend and now seeks a fourth straight scoring H2H against Augsburg, his most successful opposition in terms of goals scored (seven).[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Both teams scored in ten of the last 12 Augsburg-held H2Hs (AUG: W4, D6, L2). [/p]
[p][i]Written by Matthew Billon[/i][/p]