On Friday, starting at 19:30, Augsburg – Leverkusen, the 31st round of the Bundesliga, the 2018-2019 edition, will be played.
The hosts have never defeated Leverkusen, and in the last 8 straight duels, there have been 6 draws. In the tournament confrontation, “Aspirines” won on their own field with the score 1-0.
Augsburg has experienced a real “resuscitation” since the appointment of the experienced Martin Schimdt. The “White-Greens” beat 3-1 in Frankfurt, the Europa League semi-finalist, then shattered the WWK Arena, Stuttgart, with a score of 6-0. After a series of negative results, the Bavarian band found its offensive spirit. Augsburg is, alongside Bayern, Dortmund and Dusseldorf, the team that has managed 22 matches with “over 2.5 goals” this season. Friday night, he will meet another hungry grouping, Leverkusen, which is the top 3 offensive on the pitch.
“Aspirins” had 3 consecutive “heavy” failures, but technician Peter Bosz found the “key” of the deadlock. Leverkusen defeated Stuttgart, score 1-0, then won with Nurnberg, score 2-0 on Bay Arena. Former finalist of the Champions League in 2002, lead a fight with four other bands, for the 5-6 place, which will lead in the Europa League preliminaries in the next season. Fifth position would be direct entry into this competition, but Borussia Monchengladbach currently has a 3-point lead over Bosz’s group.
In every direct confrontation on the Augsburg field, it was scored by both sides, and except for the last season, score 1-1, scored at least 4 times. The hosts have been relegated to relegation, and now guests are very motivated at this season’s end.
Probable teams
Augsburg: Kobel – Schmid, Gouweleeuw, Khedira, Stafylidis – Baier (c) – Hahn, Koo, Gregoritsch, Max – Richter
Leverkusen: Hradecky – Weiser, Tah, S. Bender, Wendell – Aranguiz, Baumgartlinger, Brandt – Havertz, Alario, Volland (c)
PREDICTION: Bayer Leverkusen to win @ 1,70
