On Sunday, starting at 17:00, the Augsburg – Schalke match will be played in the 10th round of the Bundesliga, the 2019/2020 edition. Augsburg has a “horror” record with Schalke, winning only one of the 16 direct matches in the Bundesliga. Basically, the Bavarians have a better percentage of victories with Bayern (12%) than with the “Blue” (6%). Last season, there were two draws, 1-1 and 0-0.
Augsburg won a single match this season, 2-1 with “European” Frankfurt, leading a fierce fight with Cologne, Union Berlin and Dusseldorf, to avoid relegation. Martin Schmidt’s students have the second weakest defense in the championship, with 21 goals scored, after Paderborn (22), but they have proposed two interesting results in the last period. Augsburg drew “home” with Bayern, score 2-2, but kept chess and Wolfsburg 0-0 away.
As for Schalke, the Gelsenkirchen squad is still in the books for the European Cups, even though he has not won in the 4-stage Bundesliga. The “miners”, however, performed excellently last weekend, managing an honorable 0-0 with Dortmund in “Revierderby”. David Wagner’s “Blue” did not lose 8 more games with Augsburg in the Bundesliga, and at WWK Arena, they gave up only one match, 1-2 in December 2015 (V2, E5).
A new white draw does not help the hosts, who will try to win the match on Sunday. Schalke is a favorite, and at least two goals should be scored. Augsburg’s defense is penetrable, while the guests have an average of 2 goals per game in this season’s away matches.
Probable teams
Augsburg: Koubek – Lichtsteiner, Jedvaj, Uduokhai, Max – Richter, Khedira, Baier (c), Vargas – Finnbogason, Niederlechner
Coach: Martin Schmidt
Schalke: Nübel (c) – Kenny, Kabak, Sane, Oczipka – Caligiuri, Mascarell, Serdar – Harit – Burgstaller, Matondo
Coach: David Wagner
PREDICTION: Schalke to win @ 1,89
