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VfL Wolfsburg vs. FC Augsburg
In the last matchday before the international break, two winners of the last week meet in the Bundesliga this Saturday. VfL Wolfsburg welcome FC Augsburg at 15:30, who managed to gain some breathing space in the relegation battle by beating Stuttgart. After the disastrous performance in Mainz the previous week, this success was also important for those responsible, because another defeat would probably have made things tight for coach Markus Weinzierl.
The home side have already changed coaches once and so far this change has borne enormous fruit. In the two difficult games against Leverkusen and Salzburg, the team won both, even if the performances were not exhilarating. The results were right and that is the only thing that counts at the moment. The next points must come against FCA, then the Wolves could jump up to 4th place. Find out whether we think they will succeed in this Wolfsburg – Augsburg betting tip
Wolfsburg – Augsburg Info
– Date & Time: 06.11.2021, 15:30 Uhr
– Venue: VW-Arena (Wolfsburg)
– Competition: Bundesliga, Matchday 11
– TV broadcast: Live on Sky Sport
Wolfsburg Form & Balance Check
After the club surprisingly parted ways with Mark van Bommel and was able to present a successor relatively quickly in Florian Kohfeldt, the coach has managed to stabilise the team. With two largely convincing performances against Leverkusen and Salzburg, the Wolves were able to initiate the turnaround. Now, for the first time since taking over, the team is the clear favourite against Augsburg and, if you like, Kohfeldt still has a score to settle with the Fuggerstadters, because the defeat in Augsburg cost him his job as Werder coach. Before that, however, Augsburg were well-disposed towards him and he won 5 of the 6 previous duels with Werder.
Can Wolfsburg now really attack the top again?
With the success over the Werkself, the connection to the Champions League places has been re-established and with a victory over Augsburg, the VfL can possibly jump to 4th place. But above all, the team must become more dangerous offensively, because after 10 match days they have scored just 11 goals. Given the quality of their attack, that is clearly too few. Accordingly, Florian Kohfeldt must manage to teach his goal scorers to score again.
Wolfsburg facts & analysis
– Wolfsburg have won against Leverkusen for the first time in 5 league games.
– On average, the second fewest goals are scored in matches involving Wolfsburg
– They currently occupy 7th place in the table with 16 points
Augsburg form & balance check
On the last matchday Augsburg managed to get their 2nd win of the season and it was extremely important for everyone involved. If they had lost again, Markus Weinzierl would have been out of a job and it could have been a tight situation for Stefan Reuther. As a result, the team was able to significantly improve its position in the relegation battle and regain contact with the non-relegation places. However, offensively they are still lacking and 9 goals after 10 games are simply too few. Especially away from home they could only score 2 goals – that is clearly too few.
Relegation fight to the end?
With the repeated weak performances, it looks quite like it will be the next difficult season for Augsburg. Already in the last 3 years it was always a struggle to stay in the league and especially last year they had to rely on the competition performing even weaker. This year again there are some teams that might play even worse than Augsburg, but they shouldn’t rely on that, because a fall happens faster than you think.
Augsburg facts & analysis
– Augsburg have not yet won a game away from home this season.
– They won the last match 4:1 against Stuttgart at home
– The Fuggerstädter have scored the fewest goals away from home of all Bundesliga teams
Predicted line-up – last update on 4 November 2021
Both coaches actually have no reason to change after the successful games. For the home side, van de Ven could make his Bundesliga debut should Bornauw not be fit in time. Otherwise, we expect the Wolves to play in a 3-4-3 again. We don’t really expect any changes for Augsburg either, with Hahn and Niederlechner at most being alternatives for the starting eleven after their good wild card performances.
Wolfsburg – Augsburg direct comparison & statistics
The two teams have met exactly 20 times in the Bundesliga, and the direct comparison is extremely even, even though the last win for Augsburg was 4 years ago. In recent years, the games have often been characterised by a lot of fighting and have not really been pretty to watch.
– VfL Wolfsburg scores an average of 1.77 goals in home matches and FC Augsburg scores an average of 0.96 goals in away matches.
– The winner of the last encounter was VfL Wolfsburg
– FC Augsburg have not won any of their last 6 away matches
– When VfL Wolfsburg lead 1-0 in home games, they win 82% of matches
