Augsburg vs RB Leipzig Prediction & Betting Tips

RB Leipzig make the trip to WWK Arena on Saturday for the Bundesliga 1 clash with home side Augsburg.

Our Augsburg v RB Leipzig tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below including the latest game odds.

📊 Form Guide

Augsburg

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Augsburg head into this match following a 0-0 Bundesliga 1 drawn match versus VfL Wolfsburg.

In that game, Augsburg managed 36% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 1 on target. On the other side, VfL Wolfsburg had 18 shots on goal with 6 on target.

Their more recent scorelines show that there has been much resilience in the Augsburg defence. Augsburg have kept it tight, resulting in the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their last six games standing at 4. We will find out if that trend will be continued on into this next match.

Coming into this clash, Augsburg haven't won against RB Leipzig in their previous 5 league games.

RB Leipzig

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RB Leipzig will go into this game after a 4-0 Bundesliga 1 win against Schalke in their most recent match.

In that game, RB Leipzig managed 67% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. For RB Leipzig, the scorers were Angeliño (35'), Willi Orban (45') and Marcel Halstenberg (80'). FC Schalke 04 got 5 attempts on goal with 1 on target. Can Bozdogan (31' Own goal) scored for Schalke.

In as many as 5 of the previous 6 clashes involving RB Leipzig, a minimum of three goals have been struck. The overall average number of goals per game within that time is 3.17, with the number of goals averaged by Leipzig coming out as 2.17.

Their past results show that RB Leipzig:

• remain unbeaten by Augsburg when they've played them away from home in the last 2 matches in the league.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 8 away league matches. What a good run they have put together.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of past results between these clubs stretching back to 09/02/2018 shows that these encounters have been disappointments for Augsburg. They’ve not managed to come away with any wins at all whereas RB Leipzig have managed to find a way, getting wins in 67% of those match-ups.

An aggregate of 12 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 3 of them from Augsburg and 9 created by Leipzig. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.

📋 Team News: Augsburg

Looking at personnel, there is just the sole fitness concern for the Augsburg gaffer Heiko Herrlich to contend with from of an almost fully healthy set of players. Jan Morávek (Muscle Injury) is sidelined.

ℹ️ Team News: RB Leipzig

RB Leipzig manager Julian Nagelsmann has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Ibrahima Konaté (Fitness), Fabrice Hartmann (Ruptured knee ligament) and Marcel Sabitzer (Torn Muscle Fibre) are not able to play.

🔮 Prediction

In our view, Augsburg have the ability to score a goal against this RB Leipzig outfit, but one goal possibly won’t be as many as they’ll concede.

Therefore, we’re predicting a 1-2 win for RB Leipzig at the end of the match. Should be a good one.

Peter Guest, 19:30 13/10/2020