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Bayer Leverkusen vs. FC Augsburg
In the Bundesliga, the Werkself corrected their course with a strong 2-1 away win in Mönchengladbach. After Leverkusen started the second half of the season with a 2-2 draw against Union Berlin, the Werkself slipped out of the Champions League ranks. With the success last Saturday evening, Leverkusen climbed back into the top four of the table and are even in 3rd place before the start of the next matchday.
FC Augsburg, on the other hand, has been winless for four games in a row. After the Fuggerstädter won 2-0 in Cologne at the beginning of December, coach Markus Weinzierl’s team did not win a match again. In order to free themselves from the bottom of the table, investor David S. Blitzer spent a whopping 20 million euros to buy the young American Riccardo Pepi from FC Dallas. However, this transfer did not prevent the Fuggerstädter from losing the second-round opener 3-1 against Hoffenheim and only taking one point against Frankfurt last Sunday. Find out whether FCA will remain winless for the fifth game in a row in Leverkusen on Saturday in our Leverkusen – Augsburg betting tip.
Leverkusen – Augsburg Info
– Date & Time: 22.01.2022, at 15:30 hrs.
– Venue: Leverkusen, Bayer Arena
– Competition: Matchday 20, Bundesliga
– TV broadcast: Sky
Leverkusen Form & Balance Check
Coach Gerardo Seoane’s side bounced back with their first win since December 4 last Saturday. After the Werkself failed to beat Frankfurt, Hoffenheim, Freiburg and Union since their 7-1 thumping of Greuther Fürth, Borussia from Mönchengladbach was due. Leverkusen deservedly won 2-1 and climbed back into the Champions League zone of the Bundesliga. With 32 points, the Werkself is now in 3rd place in the table. The second win in a row is expected against Augsburg.
Counter susceptibility prevents points
The fact that Leverkusen have only won one of their last six matches is also due to the susceptibility of coach Gerardo Seoane’s team to counterattacks. Seoane plays very offensively and involves the defenders in the build-up to the game. As a result, the Werkself can be counterattacked. Although Leverkusen have scored an average of 2.3 goals in 19 games so far this season, their susceptibility to counterattacks has been particularly evident in recent weeks. Leverkusen stand tall and play courageously, but forget about the rest of the defence. Against Frankfurt, the Werkself even had to concede five goals. Last week in Gladbach, Leverkusen appeared more stable and prevented switching situations of the opponent.
Leverkusen facts & analysis
– Leverkusen are in 3rd place in the table with 32 points.
– The win in Gladbach broke the streak of 5 winless games.
– Leverkusen have never lost against Augsburg
Augsburg form & balance check
Augsburg FC surprised the football world during the winter break. Nobody really knew that the Fuggerstädter had a US investor who had joined the Bavarian club. FCA supporters learned this fact casually after taking a look at the commercial register. David S. Blitzer is listed there. According to this, Blitzer acquired 45 per cent of the shares of FC Augsburg through his company Bolt Football Holding. Blitzer sponsored Riccardo Pepi in the winter break, who moved to Augsburg for 20 million. But this transfer has not helped so far. Augsburg lost the second-round opener at Hoffenheim and could only draw 1-1 against Frankfurt last Sunday.
Pepi transfer blends over weaknesses
The fact that Augsburg are 15th in the table with only 19 points and only one point more than Bielefeld, who are in the relegation play-off place, is overlooked in the current coverage of FCA. Augsburg is a clear relegation candidate and has won only one of its last seven games. In addition, the football that Weinzierl is playing is simply scary. The Fuggerstädter are passive and only lurk on the counterattack. The fact that Augsburg managed a 1-1 draw against Frankfurt was entirely down to Eintracht, who could only get one of their 14 shots on goal past Gikiewicz. With only 19 goals in the season, Augsburg have the fourth-harmiest team in the Bundesliga.
Augsburg facts & analysis
– Augsburg are 15th in the table with 19 points.
– FCA picked up only one win from their last 7 matches
– In last 5 matches Augsburg played three times draw
Predicted line-up – last update on 20 January 2022
Bayer Leverkusen play very offensively and stand tall even with the last defensive chain. Although the Werkself scores a lot of goals in their 4-2-3-1 system established by coach Seoane, they are very susceptible to counterattacking situations from their opponents.
This is exactly what Augsburg could take advantage of, as they only score goals on the counterattack. Coach Weinzierl is using a 4-4-2 system. Augsburg will have eight players on the ball and two strikers waiting for conversion situations.
Leverkusen – Augsburg direct comparison & statistics
Leverkusen and Augsburg have already met 23 times. In this duel, Leverkusen earned the more positive record. The Werkself won 16 games, whereas FCA has not yet won a single match. A further 7 meetings ended in a draw. The last time they met, the whistle blew 4:1 for Leverkusen.
– Augsburg have never won against Leverkusen.
– Leverkusen have won 6 of their last 7 matches against Augsburg.
– Leverkusen have won 7 of their last 10 home matches against Augsburg.
– Augsburg failed to score in 5 away matches at Leverkusen.
– Augsburg have never scored more than 1 goal at Leverkusen.
