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Important games ahead of Augsburg FC Augsburg have lost 6 of their last 7 Bundesliga games and will be looking at the gap between themselves and the relegation zone once again.  They’re currently on a run of 3 straight defeats – a fourth would equal a negative club record , which most recently occurred almost a year ago .  After the game against Leverkusen, FCA have matches against Mainz and Hertha, direct rivals in the fight against the drop. AUG/B-LEV - A worse record than in the Hinrunde Six of Augsburg’s 11 Bundesliga defeats this season have come in 2021 , with no other side losing so many games since Christmas .  They have picked up just 3 points from their four Rückrunde games so far, whilst FCA picked up 7 points against the same opponents in the Hinrunde .  Leverkusen also have a worse record in this respect, picking up just 4 points in their 4 Rückrunde games so far (they picked up 6 points against the same opponents in the first half of the season)...

https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/augsburg-vs-bayer-leverkusen-prediction-preview-team-news-bundesliga-2020-21 by  Aaditya Narayan   Augsburg host floundering Bayer Leverkusen in a Bundesliga clash 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. ...