RB Leipzig vs Augsburg prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2024-09-27 13:30.
[p]Two consecutive 0-0 draws have meant that the positivity surrounding RB Leipzig’s start to the Bundesliga season has subsided (W2, D2), and, if they don’t beat Augsburg on Saturday, it would be their first four-match winless run since last December, having also tasted defeat in the UEFA Champions League at Atlético Madrid (2-1) earlier this month. [/p]
[p]Part of the frustration with those two league stalemates is that RB Leipzig enjoyed significantly more possession than their opponents on both occasions, but they’ll be confident about getting back to winning ways against Augsburg – a side that they have beaten in each of their last five meetings at the Red Bull Arena. In addition, this weekend presents Marco Rose’s men with the opportunity to equal their longest unbeaten home streak since last September (nine matches). [/p]
[p]Augsburg, meanwhile, have half as many points as their upcoming hosts, having lost 3-2 to Mainz last Friday in a game that saw both teams reduced to ten men. As a result of that defeat, Jess Thorup’s side have now conceded ten goals in Germany’s top flight so far this term – a higher total than only Hoffenheim and bottom-of-the-table Holstein Kiel heading into this round of fixtures. [/p]
[p]If Augsburg fail to beat Leipzig, it would be the fourth successive season in which they’ve won just one of their first five league matches of the campaign. To make matters worse, Die Fuggerstädter are currently on a five-game losing away run in the Bundesliga – their joint-worst such sequence since suffering six straight defeats on the road in the division between March and May 2021.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: David Raum may not yet have registered a goal contribution in 2024/25, but he got a goal and an assist last term for RB Leipzig against Augsburg, repeating his feat from 2021/22, when he was playing for Hoffenheim. Keven Schlotterbeck opened his account for Augsburg against Mainz last week, but in his last nine scoring appearances at first-team level, the centre-back’s side on the day have failed to keep a clean sheet (W4, D3, L2). [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Augsburg have received exactly three yellow cards in each of their five games this season. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Alex Bowmer[/i][/p]