PREVIEW & PREDICTION – RB Leipzig vs Augsburg 9/02/2018
A new day of Bundesliga begins and those in charge of opening it are Leipzig and Augsburg. The goal for the local is clear: Win to stay on in the fight to play a new Champions. Another important goal is to get well to the duel against Napoli by the Europa League (16th finals).
Leipzig arrives toned to this duel after defeating Borussia Monchengladbach 0-1 on time and add 3 vital points in their fight to qualify for the next Champions League. The ideal is that the team can win two or more games in a row and put a positive streak of results that gives a clear difference to their closest pursuers (Borussia Monchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, Schalke, Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen).
Acting as a local has reaped good results, despite having yielded many points to lower level rivals (6 wins, 3 draws and 1 fall, managing to score 21 goals and give 12 on his fence). The problem arises when it ties with Mainz, loses with Hertha and equals with Hamburg. To avoid this type of complications, Timo Werner needs to appear more.
The present of Augsburg is acceptable, despite having alternated good and bad results throughout the tournament. His last game was positive after beating 3-0 at Eintracht Frankfurt, staying in the bout to qualify for European tournaments. A detail to consider of this team is that most of their presentations are adjusted, with few or many goals.
Far from home, he has managed to steal valuable points and have acceptable numbers in this condition (3 wins, 3 draws and 4 falls, reaching to specify 13 goals and give 14 in his goal). They have not won in their last 3 league outings, after falling 3-2 with Schalke, stumbling 2-0 with Borussia Monchengladbach and equaling 1-1 against Cologne.
The last duel between both teams took place in the first round of the competition, with Augsburg winning 1-0. In the Leipzig field, they collided at the end of September 2016 and the final result was 2-1 for the venue.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1.76



