Augsburg vs Holstein Kiel prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-05-03 13:30.
[p]Augsburg still have an outside shot at securing European football this season, but even a perfect winning run across the final three rounds may not be enough. Defensive solidity has been key to Augsburg retaining meaning in their season at this late stage, as since ending 2024 with a 5-1 thumping by Holstein Kiel in the reverse, Augsburg have conceded a league-low ten goals in 2025. [/p]
[p]Augsburg are the third-best performing team in the Bundesliga in the second half of the season, behind only Bayern and Leverkusen ahead of this round of fixtures (W7, D6, L3). Returning home should provide the perfect stage to keep that momentum going as Augsburg have lost just one of their last six games here (W2, D3, L1), while they’ve also avoided defeat in five of their last six home contests against newly-promoted sides (W4, D1, L1). [/p]
[p]Picking up four points from their last two games (W1, D1), Holstein Kiel’s survival bid looks set to go to the wire as they continue to fight for a chance to stay up via the relegation play-off. Avoiding defeat in a third straight game at this level would set a new club record for Kiel, although with no side with 22 or fewer points at this stage of a season ever going on to survive, securing that record could be in vain. [/p]
[p]Breaking records isn’t beyond the visitors, who recorded their largest-ever margin of victory in the Bundesliga in the reverse. A repeat scoreline seems unlikely for a side who have only won once in away league action all season (D5, L9), but for all of their problems, Kiel are one of only two sides in Europe’s traditional top-five leagues, along with new English champions Liverpool, to score in every Bundesliga away game this season! [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Augsburg’s Samuel Essende assisted within the first five minutes of the reverse fixture and he’s often equally quick when striking, opening the scoring on his last three scoring appearances. Shuto Machino became the first man to score ten Bundesliga goals for Kiel after his brace last weekend, the third time this season that he scored twice in a game. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Holstein Kiel have failed to win the majority of their league games when scoring first (W4, D5, L1). [/p]
[p][i]Written by Matthew Billon[/i][/p]