RB Leipzig vs Augsburg Live Stream, Predictions

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RB Leipzig

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RB Leipzig will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 0-3 Bundesliga 1 triumph against Union Berlin.

In that game, RB Leipzig managed 65% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. For RB Leipzig, goals were scored by Xavi Simons (51') and Benjamin Šeško (85', 87'). At the other end, Union Berlin got 3 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.

RB Leipzig have been offensively very strong of late, lashing 19 goals past the opposition during the course of their previous 6 matches. In those meetings, RB Leipzig have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them total 6. Let’s see if that trend will end up being sustained here.

Taking a look at their past results, RB Leipzig:

• have not been beaten in the league by Augsburg in their previous 11 games. A long run without a loss.
• are undefeated in their last 5 league matches at home.

Augsburg

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In their last fixture, Augsburg drew 2-2 in the Bundesliga 1 match with VfL Bochum.

In that game, Augsburg managed 37% possession and 11 shots at goal with 4 on target. For Augsburg, the goals were scored by Dion Drena Beljo (35') and Ermedin Demirović (62'). For their opponents, Bochum had 21 shots on goal with 8 on target. Takuma Asano (45', 64') scored for VfL Bochum.

Looking at their form, and Augsburg have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 16 goals in all. Defensively, Augsburg have clearly had some problems.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their past head to head results stretching back to 22/12/2020 shows that these fixtures have not been kind to Augsburg. They’ve not been able to get any victories whatsoever whereas RB Leipzig have just been stronger than them, getting wins in 67% of those matches.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 23 in all at an average of 3.83 goals per meeting.

The previous league clash featuring these clubs was Bundesliga 1 match day 28 on 15/04/2023 which ended up with the score at RB Leipzig 3-2 Augsburg.

That day, RB Leipzig had 59% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The goalscorers were Kevin Kampl (10') and Timo Werner (32', 35').

On the other side, Augsburg got 12 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Arne Maier (5') and Ruben Vargas (82') scored.

The match was refereed by Marco Fritz.

ℹ️ Team News: RB Leipzig

Péter Gulácsi (Cruciate Ligament Rupture), Amadou Haidara (Muscle Injury), Willi Orbán (Knee Injury), Dani Olmo (Knee Injury) and El Chadaille Bitshiabu (Medial Collateral Ligament avulsion) will not be taking part for RB Leipzig manager Marco Rose.

It seems likely that Leipzig will possibly kick off with a 4-4-2 system for this game with Janis Blaswich, Benjamin Henrichs, Mohamed Simakan, Castello Lukeba, David Raum, Xavi Simons, Xaver Schlager, Kevin Kampl, Emil Forsberg, Ikoma Lois Openda and Yussuf Poulsen.

📰 Team News: Augsburg

Augsburg manager Enrico Maaßen has a number of players out of action. Masaya Okugawa (Collarbone fracture), Jeffrey Gouweleeuw (Ankle Injury), Reece Oxford (Muscular problems) and Raphael Framberger (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) won’t be making appearances.

We are inclined to think that Augsburg appear most likely to play in a 3-4-2-1 system by sending out Finn Dahmen, Patric Pfeiffer, Maximilian Bauer, Felix Uduokhai, Kevin Mbabu, M. Valentin Pedersen, Elvis Rexhbecaj, Niklas Dorsch, Ruben Vargas, Ermedin Demirovic and Dion Drena Beljo.

⚡ Prediction

We’re of the view that Augsburg are likely to score against this RB Leipzig side, however that might not quite be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We’re expecting a very close game with a 2-1 winning margin for RB Leipzig at the end of this one. Let’s see what happens here.

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Peter Guest, 08:21 13/09/2023