On Wednesday, starting with 19:30, the Augsburg – Paderborn match will be played, within the 28th round of the Bundesliga. In the tour, Augsburg won 1-0 at Paderborn, through the success of Max, from the first half. Regarding the history of direct confrontations, Augsburg won 4 times, Paderborn 4 times, and the other 4 duels ended in a draw. The previous match played in Bavaria was won by the hosts 3-0, in 2014.
Augsburg exceeded all expectations and ticked off a resounding success in Gelsenkirchen, 3-0 with Schalke. The forty-five minutes were dominated by “Miners”, with an impressive 72 percent possession of the ball. Heiko Herrlich’s students won the first 3 points after a break of 7 stages, during which they were defeated 5 times. After 27 stages, Augsburg accumulates 30 points and is ranked 12th in the standings.
Instead, the newly promoted Paderborn is struggling to get points, although it does not have the worst game in the Bundesliga. The team coached by Steffen Baumgart managed two consecutive draws since the resumption of the season, 0-0 in Dusseldorf and 1-1 at home with Hoffenheim. Paderborn remains in last place in the Bundesliga, with 18 points, 9 points behind. The “blue-blacks” do not have the worst attack, nor the weakest defense, but they have the fewest victories in 2019/2020, 4 in number, the last one obtained on January 25, 2-0 in Freiburg.
Augsburg managed an excellent game in Gelsenkirchen, after a good evolution in the defeat of the last stage, with Wolfsburg. Herrlich’s team has seen an improvement in performance with the experienced technician on the bench and could take advantage to win another duel with Paderborn. The guests have not triumphed on the Bavarian field since 2008 and there is little chance of doing so on Wednesday.
– Augsburg had a 28% possession in the first half of the trip with Schalke;
– The Bavarians have the lowest average sutures / match in the Bundesliga, 10.7;
– Paderborn received 63 yellow cards, finishing 3rd;
– New-promoted wins an average of 14.3 air duels / match, only Dortmund ticking fewer (11.4);
Augsburg: Luthe – Framberger, Jedvaj, Uduokhai, Max – Khedira, Baier (c) – Sarenren Bazee, Löwen, Richter – Niederlechner
Absent: Hahn
Coach: Heiko Herrlich
Paderborn: Zingerle – Jans, Strohdiek, Schonlau (c), Collins – Vasiliadis, Gjasula, Sabiri – Pröger, Srbeny, Antwi-Adjei
Absent: –
Coach: Steffen Baumgart
PREDICTION: Augsburg to win @ 1,92
