FC Augsburg – Wolfsburg PREDICTION & TIPS
Augsburg and Wolfsburg face off at the WWK Arena in a Bundesliga 13th round match. The history of direct matches played at this stadium favors the visiting team, who in the last 4 matches won 2, drew 1 and lost 1. Indeed, in the last match at this stadium, in a Bundesliga match, 27-08-2016, Wolfsburg only managed to win, by (0-2). D. Didavi (35 ‘) scored the only goal of the match. The home / away condition deserves special attention, since although this is a match between 10th and the general standings, this is actually a showdown between the 12th place in home games and the 10th place as a visitor.
After 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses, the home team is in 10th place, having won 16 points. In the last match, they lost to Bayern Munich (3-0), after having drawn 1-1 at Bayer Leverkusen (1-1) in the previous game. This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, it achieves practically the same points at home and away, having won 8 points in its stadium, with 9 goals scored and 7 conceded, against 8 points away, where it scored 7 goals and suffered 7. In the last 6 home games for the championship, Augsburg have won 2, 2 draws and 2 defeats, having won 8 points out of 18. His attack has scored regularly, as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 12 games in the competition, he never managed to turn the scoring in the five games in which he suffered the first goal.
Augsburg have been meditating in the Bundesliga but have won only 1 of their last 7 matches and need to look for a recovery as they are plunging into the qualifying table. The team is characterized by a reasonable attack that has scored 16 goals and is the seventh best among the 18 Bundesliga players, while the defense has shown good solidity, conceded 14 goals and is the fourth less leaked, evidencing a good balance between the offensive sectors and defensive. Playing at home like the start of this Saturday, Augsburg have not won 3 games where they have accumulated 2 losses and 1 draw, scored goals in every game in their stadium, but conceded goals in the last 3 games against their fans. For the confrontation against Wolfsburg, coach Manuel Baum has no problems in the team that has been working in the last rounds and should maintain the lineup of the last match against Bayern Munich.
The visiting team is currently in the 2nd place, with no points won, after 2 wins, 8 draws and 2 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied at home to Hertha Berlin by (3-3). In the last match, won at home to Freiburg by (3-1). This is a team little affected by the house factor, since it has achieved similar results at home and abroad. In the league, Wolfsburg won 6 points in 15 chances, after 1 win, 3 draws and 1 loss in their last 5 away games.
For this competition, you do not win as a visitor for 4 games. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded at least one goal in each of the last 10 games, but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 12 games in this competition, he never got around to scoring in the 7 games in which he conceded the first goal. There are 1 periods highlighted in the last 7 matches played as a visitor for all competitions: he suffered 4 of his 6 goals between minutes (31’-45 ‘).
Wolfsburg finished an incredible seven straight draws in the Bundesliga with a good win in the last round and wants to keep up the good pace to try to get away from the bottom of the standings. The team is characterized by a reasonable offensive system that scored 16 goals and is the seventh most positive of the national, while the defense suffered 17 goals and is the seventh most leaked, showing some imbalance between the two sectors, needing to be a little more solid defensively . Playing away from home, such as this Saturday’s match, Wolfsburg have not won for four rounds where they have lost 1 and 3 draws and it is worth mentioning that in the last 3 games away from their domains, the team scored and conceded goals. For the match against Augsburg, coach Martin Schmidt is expected to repeat the scrimmage of the last round where he won a great victory over Freiburg.
FC Augsburg – Wolfsburg FREE TIPS
FC Augsburg – Win @ 2.30
Both teams to score / YES @ 1.80
Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.90
