📏 Form Guide

Augsburg

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Augsburg will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 2-0 Bundesliga defeat last time out to Bayer Leverkusen.

In that match, Augsburg had 47% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Bayer Leverkusen had 14 shots at goal with 5 on target. Patrik Schick (13') and Emiliano Buendía (45') scored for Bayer Leverkusen.

Jess Thorup's Augsburg have found the net a sum total of 5 times over their last 6 outings. The comparative number of goals that have been scored against them in those same fixtures is 7.

Going into this one, Augsburg have not won at home in their last 2 matches in the league.

Holstein Kiel

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Holstein Kiel will come into the encounter following a 4-3 Bundesliga win against Borussia Mönchengladbach in their last outing.

In that match, Holstein Kiel had 37% possession and 21 attempts at goal with 11 of them on target. For Holstein Kiel, the goals were scored by Shuto Machino (15', 91'), Alexander Bernhardsson (23') and Armin Gigović (76'). Borussia Monchengladbach had 15 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Tomáš Čvančara (60'), Alassane Pléa (69') and Franck Honorat (86') scored for Borussia Mönchengladbach.

The numbers tell their own story, and Holstein Kiel have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 13 goals in all. In defence, Holstein Kiel just haven’t been too solid at all.

Analysis of their past results shows that Holstein Kiel:

• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.
• have not won away from home in their last 3 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

The last league meeting between the two was Bundesliga match day 15 on 21/12/2024 when the final score was Holstein Kiel 5-1 Augsburg.

In that game, Holstein Kiel had 38% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Goals were scored by Lasse Rosenboom (12'), Phil Harres (32', 35') and Shuto Machino (39', 91').

At the other end, Augsburg had 16 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Alexis Claude-Maurice (5') scored.

The match was refereed by Tobias Welz.

🗞️ Team News: Augsburg

Noahkai Banks (Thigh problems), Yusuf Kabadayi (Knee surgery), Reece Oxford (Fitness) and Mergim Berisha (Thigh problems) are unavailable for Augsburg boss Jess Thorup.

We are thinking that Augsburg should opt for a 3-4-2-1 system for the game, beginning the first half with Finn Dahmen, Chrislain Matsima, Jeffrey Gouweleeuw, Cedric Zesiger, Marius Wolf, Kristijan Jakic, Frank Onyeka, Dimitrios Giannoulis, Mert Komur, A. Claude Maurice and Samuel Essende.

📰 Team News: Holstein Kiel

Holstein Kiel boss Marcel Rapp has some current player fitness concerns. Andu Kelati (Knee injury), Ivan Nekic (muscular problems), Patrick Erras (concussion), Colin Kleine-Bekel (Fitness) and Marco Komenda (Tendon rupture) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

We’re of the thinking that Holstein Kiel could decide to utilise a 3-4-1-2 formation, starting the game with Thomas Dähne, Timo Becker, Carl Johansson, David Zec, Lasse Rosenboom, Armin Gigovic, Nicolai Remberg, John Tolkin, Steven Skrzybski, A. Bernhardsson and Shuto Machino.

💡 Prediction

It looks to us that Augsburg will, in all likelihood, see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.

At the same time, Holstein Kiel are also probably going to find it difficult to score a goal of their own although we do reckon that they could well end up hitting back at some stage here, too.

Therefore, we are anticipating a pretty comfortable 3-1 win for Augsburg come full-time.

Andre Moura, 13:01 04/05/2025