On Saturday, starting with 14:30, the Augsburg – Wolfsburg match will be played, within the 26th round of the Bundesliga, 2019/2020 edition. Augsburg lost 4 of the previous 5 direct duels with Wolfsburg, being without victory in these 5 meetings. In the round, the two teams drew, score 0-0, and Wolfsburg won 8-1 in the last stage of the previous season, on May 18, 2019.
Augsburg won only one Bundesliga match in 2020, 2-1 with Bremen, otherwise lost 6 times and drew only once. This negative course places Heiko Herrlich’s team on the 14th place, with 27 points. There are still no emotions for Augsburg regarding the relegation, because it keeps a 5 point lead over Dusseldorf, which is on 16, a dam position for maintenance. At home, the Bavarian group has a positive goal difference, 24-21 and 5 victories in 12 matches played on WWK Arena. The main goal scorer of the hosts, Niederlechner (11 goals and 8 assists), did not “produce” for 5 stages.
On the other hand, Wolfsburg comes to Bavaria with a recent excellent record against Herrlich’s team. The “Wolves” have won two of the previous three trips to Augsburg, most recently 3-2 in December 2018. The team coached by Oliver Glasner has won only twice in 12 stages of the Bundesliga, but then managed a positive series of 6 disputes without defeat. Wolfsburg is on the 7th place in the ranking, with 36 points, one point away from the 6th position occupied by Schalke, which leads to the Europa League. Weghorst (suspended) was the top scorer of the “Wolves” in the previous season, with 17 successes, and now he has scored 11 times in the first 25 stages.
Of course, the 8-1 victory of the previous season is a record for Wolfsburg, but such a success is not expected. Augsburg have great defensive problems, but the guests will try to get a positive result without scoring too many times. Usually, the hosts manage to resist in the first part of the matches, but “fall” in the second half, testifying even the defeat with Bayern Munich, from the 25th round!
Augsburg: Luthe – Framberger, Gouweleeuw, Jedvaj, Max – Richter, Khedira, Baier (c), Vargas – Finnbogason, Niederlechner
Absent: –
Coach: Heiko Herrlich
Wolfsburg: Casteels (c) – Mbabu, Knoche, Brooks, Roussillon – Steffen, Schlager, Arnold – Mehmedi, Ginczek, Brekalo
Absent: Gerhardt, Guilavogui, Weghorst, William
Coach: Oliver Glasner
PREDICTION: Wolfsburg to win @ 2,10
