There is a great selection of mid-week Bundesliga fixtures to look forward to and one of the pick of the matches is the meeting between Augsburg and RB Leipzig at the WWK Arena. The hosts come into this match sitting seventh in the Bundesliga table having claimed 7 points from a possible 12 available. As things stand, they are in position to challenge for a European place but its early days and a lot can happen between now and the end of the season.
RB Leipzig will be hoping a lot does happen as they aim to continue their tremendous progress from last season by competing with the teams at the top of the table. RB Leipzig have an identical record to their hosts but have scored 1 goal more and that’s why they are above them in sixth place.
Augsburg Form
Augsburg have bounced back from their opening day 1-0 defeat at Hamburg very well and come into this match in good form. Since the loss at Hamburg they have picked up a point at home in a 1-1 draw with Borussia Monchengladbach and defeated Koln 3-0 at home before picking up their first points on the road at the weekend thanks to a 2-1 victory at Eintracht Frankfurt.
Augsburg have scored at least 2 goals in each of their last 3 Bundesliga games but have kept just a single clean sheet so far, this season. At home, Augsburg have scored at least 1 goal in each of their last 10 Bundesliga games and have scored 2 goals or more in 5 of their last 6 at the WWK Arena.
RB Leipzig
It’s been a tough start to the new season for RB Leipzig and it was always going to be interesting to see how they coped having finished runners-up in 2016/17.
The opening day 2-0 defeat at Schalke did not help but they soon forgot about that thanks to a resounding 4-1 home win over Freiburg. This was followed up with a 2-0 win at Hamburg but having been held at home by Monaco in the Champions League, RB Leipzig were forced to settle for a point at home in a 2-2 draw with Borussia Monchengladbach on the weekend.
RB Leipzig have scored at least 2 goals in 6 of their last 7 Bundesliga games but have also conceded 2 or more goals in 4 of their last 6 Bundesliga games.
Team News
Augsburg are sweating on the fitness of several players ahead of this match. Marvin Friedrich, Moritz Leitner, Georg Teigl, Raphael Framberger and Tim Rieder are all doubtful.
RB Leipzig will be without influential midfielder Naby Keita who is suspended following his red card on the weekend. Fabio Coltorti is struggling with a muscle injury.
Top Betting Tips
This has the makings of an exciting Bundesliga match and there should be plenty of goal mouth action given the recent performances of both teams. You can get 3/4 for both teams to score with Ladbrokes.
Keeping with the goal scoring theme and it may be worth combining both teams to score with over 2.5 goals to improve the odds and you can back both teams to score and over 2.5 goals at 5/4 with Coral.
Finally, with the recent results of Augsburg and the fact RB Leipzig are missing Naby Keita, the visitors are going to find it tough to win this match. However, a point is achievable and the 2-2 correct score is on offer at 16/1 with William Hill.