Wolfsburg vs. Augsburg: probable line-ups, match stats and LIVE blog!
Latest / WOLFSBURG
Wolfsburg may be yet to taste victory in the Bundesliga in 2020/21, but Oliver Glasner's side are also undefeated after draws with Bayer Leverkusen and Freiburg.
The Wolves are also looking to bounce back from the disappointment of a UEFA Europa League play-off defeat to AEK Athens in midweek.
Last season's top scorer Weghorst is still chasing his first goal of the domestic campaign with Josip Brekalo the only Wolfsburg player to find the back of the net in the Bundesliga.
Both should start at the weekend having played on Thursday, with Admir Mehmedi continuing in the No.10 role.
First-choice goalkeeper Koen Casteels could be missing, though, after he pulled up with a knee problem in the warm-up before the Freiburg game. Pavao Pervan is on standby.
Ridle Baku joined from Mainz on Thursday and could be an immediate solution to the Wolves' right-back problem, with William and Kevin Mbabu injured.
Latest / AUGSBURG
Augsburg are enjoying their best start to a Bundesliga campaign in their 11th consecutive top-flight season.
Wins over Union Berlin and a surprise defeat of Borussia Dortmund last time out have given Augsburg maximum points from their two games played.
Heiko Herrlich's side have had five different scorers already this term, although last season's 13-goal top scorer Niederlechner is yet to find the target. His place in die Fuggerstädter's starting line-up is safe though, with Herrlich unlikely to change much from the side that overcame BVB.
Ruben Vargas is fighting to be fit having missed out with a muscular injury last weekend, with Andre Hahn expected to continue out wide should the Swiss remain on the sidelines.
MATCH STATS
Weghorst bagged a hat-trick as Wolfsburg recorded their biggest-ever Bundesliga win by beating Augsburg 8-1 on the final day of the 2018/19 season.
That result saw the Wolves score three more goals than in all of their other eight Bundesliga home games against Augsburg combined, of which they won just one.
Wolfsburg are without a win in six Bundesliga home games, which is their longest such run since going eight in 2017/18.
Augsburg’s Matchday 2 hero Daniel Caligiuri has now scored a personal-best six Bundesliga goals against Dortmund. His second-favourite opponent is former club Wolfsburg with five goals.
This is the first time in their 10 Bundesliga campaigns that Augsburg have started with back-to-back wins. It’s also the first time they’ve ever ended a matchday in the top two.
Die Fuggerstädter are winless in five against Wolfsburg, but their seven clean sheets is their best record against a Bundesliga opponent.
Probable line-ups
Wolfsburg 4231:
12 Pervan
Baku, 23 Guilavogui (c), 4 Lacroix, 15 Roussillon
Schlager, 27 Arnold
11 Klaus, 14 Mehmedi, 7 Brekalo
9 Weghorst
Out: Mbabu (knee), Pongracic (glandular fever), 8 Steffen (not selected), 40 Joao Victor (groin), William (knee)
Doubtful: 1 Casteels (knee)
Coach: Oliver Glasner
Augsburg:
1 Gikiewicz
32 Framberger, 6 Gouweleeuw (c), 19 Uduokhai, 22 Iago
20 Caligiuri, 8 Khedira, 25 Gruezo, 28 Hahn
11 Gregoritsch, 7 Niederlechner
Out: Moravek (muscular)
Doubtful: Löwen (muscular), Vargas (muscular)
Coach: Heiko Herrlich
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