Wolfsburg vs Augsburg prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2024-03-15 14:30.
[p]Wolfsburg began this round of games sat seven points ahead of the promotion-relegation playoff and as many behind upcoming opponents Augsburg, but now they’ll likely have to look down the table rather than up it after a loss at league leaders Bayer Leverkusen (2-0) saw the club equal their longest Bundesliga winless streak of this century (D6, L4). That will likely set alarm bells ringing for the hosts but in spite of going ten league games without winning between November to February of that year, that side still managed to finish eighth in 2009/10.[/p]
[p]Even before failing to score against Leverkusen, media reports speculated about Wolfsburg already looking to replace head coach Niko Kovač, raising names such as Bo Svensson and Thomas Reis as successors. That’s in part due to the fact that the home fans haven’t seen a Bundesliga clean sheet since September, whilst across all venues the Wolves have kept only bottom-of-the-table Darmstadt scoreless in their last 19 league games, placing significant pressure on an attacking unit that has struggled since topscorer Jonas Wind fell away.[/p]
[p]Augsburg midfielder Arne Maier spoke of “a great feeling” around the club after their third consecutive Bundesliga win last weekend (1-0 at home to Heidenheim), whilst head coach Jess Thorup declared it “proof of the development that the team has undergone” since his appointment in October 2023, with the club winning just four of his first 15 games in charge (D6, L5).[/p]
[p]They were in a similarly rich vein of form when overcoming a half-time deficit to beat Wolfsburg 3-2 in late October, and a 6-0 whipping of a helpless Darmstadt in their last Bundesliga away trip was a perfect warm-up for this fixture. But with a record of W3, D3, L2 this league season whilst visiting the other eight clubs joining Wolfsburg in the bottom half of the table at the end of the round, a win is still by no means guaranteed for the in-form visitors.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: The only loss of Lovro Majer’s last 37 goalscoring appearances for any club was in the reverse fixture, whilst Phillip Tietz scored in Augsburg’s last two Bundesliga away wins as well as that previous meeting with Wolfsburg.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Augsburg have trailed at half-time on 12 occasions this Bundesliga season, amongst the most in the league (W3, D2, L7). [/p]