In round 17 of the Bundesliga on Sunday, December 23, FC Augsburg – VfL Wolfsburg will be played. The match will take place on “WWK Arena”, starting at 14:30.
Without a victory in the last seven stages, the hosts are very close to descending to the red area of the leaderboard with just one advance point. The point they scored in the previous round, when they drew at Hertha, score 2-2. In fact, Augsburg seems to be better off on a foreign land where he has managed to gather eight of the 15 points he has accumulated so far. Moreover, on top of top teams such as Dortmund, Hoffenheim or Leverkusen has always lost to goals scored in the last quarter of an hour. Instead, in front of their fans, the course is quite modest: a victory, four draws and two defeats. The only band he managed to defeat was Freiburg. Under these circumstances, a confrontation on Sunday does not seem to bring anything good. Especially since Janker, Jakob and Jensen are injured, while Richter is uncertain.
On the other hand, the European dream of “wolves” seems to take on more and more contour. With four wins in the last five stages, they rank sixth to three points away from a qualification in the Champions League. After taking over the team at the end of February and having hardly managed to avoid relegation, Bruno Labbadia seems to have managed to turn the team up this season. The adventures of Weghorst and Ginczek in the summer brought an offensive plus, with the pair scoring 11 goals. In the disputed games, VfL recorded 4 wins, one draw and two defeats. In all the victories obtained offensive scored at least twice. Bruno Labbadia will not be able to count on Azzaoui, Brekalo, Camacho and Tisserand (injured).
Probable teams:
Augsburg: Luthe – Schmid, Gouweleeuw, Hinteregger, Max – Koo, Gregoritsch, Khedira, Baier (c), Caiuby – Finnbogason
Wolfsburg: Casteels – William, Knoche, Brooks, Roussillon – Gerhardt, Guilavogui (c), Arnold – Mehmedi – Weghorst, Ginczek
The last direct encounter ended undecided, score 0-0. It was the second white result recorded in the last six straight games. During this time, Wolfsburg has won a single victory.
PREDICTION: Under 2.5 goals @ 1.86
