Augsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen - Prediction, Preview, Team News
Augsburg host floundering Bayer Leverkusen in a Bundesligaclash at the WWK Arena, with the visitors stuck in a rut at the moment.
In midweek, Leverkusen lost their Europa League round of 32 first leg match, going down 4-3 to Swiss club Young Boys in Bern.
The three away goals keep them in the tie for the moment, ahead of the reverse leg at the BayArena this Thursday.
However, Leverkusen have slipped to fifth place in the Bundesliga after being in the title race a couple of months ago.
Leverkusen have won only one of their last four league games, and also got knocked out of the DFB-Pokal after losing to Rot-Weiss Essen.
Peter Bosz knows that his side will have to turn results around soon if they are to finish in the top four at the end of the season.
Augsburg are 13th in the Bundesliga at the moment, and have just 22 points from 21 games. They have just four points more than Arminia Bielefeld, who are currently in the relegation playoff spot.
Augsburg have lost their last three Bundesliga games, but those were all against teams near the top of the standings.
Following defeats against Borussia Dortmund and Wolfsburg, Augsburg lost 2-1 to RB Leipzig last weekend.
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Augsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen Head-to-Head
Augsburg have won only one of the last 21 games that they have played against Bayer Leverkusen, with the Werkself winning 14 of those.
Leverkusen won the reverse fixture 3-1, with Lucas Alario scoring a hat-trick in that game.
Augsburg form guide: L-L-L-W-L
Bayer Leverkusen form guide: L-D-W-L-L
Augsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen Team News
Augsburg:
Injured: Fredrik Janssen, Iago
Doubtful: Alfred Finnbogason
Suspended: None
Bayer Leverkusen:
Injured:
Lukas Hradecky (could be ruled out for several weeks), Karim Bellarabi, Santiago Arias, Lars Bender, Mitchell Weiser, Paulinho (are all still a few weeks away from full fitness), Julian Baumgartlinger (out for the rest of the season with a knee problem).
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Augsburg Predicted XI (3-4-2-1):
1 Rafal Gikiewicz;
36 Reece Oxford 6 Jeffrey Gouweleeuw [k] 19 Felix Uduokhai;
20 Daniel Caligiuri 33 Tobias Strobl 25 Carlos Gruezo 3 Mads Pedersen;
28 Andre Hahn 16 Ruben Vargas
7 Florian Niederlechner
All. Heiko Herrlich
Bayer Leverkusen Predicted XI (4-3-3):
36 Niklas Lomb;
Timothy Fosu-Mensah 4 Jonathan Tah 12 Edmond Tapsoba 18 Wendell;
10 Kerem Demirbay 20 Charles Aranguiz [k] 23 Florian Wirtz;
9 Leon Bailey 19 Lucas Alario 19 Moussa Diaby
All. Peter Bosz
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