Augsburg v Bayer Leverkusen preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Date: Fri 26.April
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: WWK Arena (30662 seats)

Season ticket holders at WWK Arena haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Augsburg languishing in the 14th position so far. The guesting Bayer Leverkusen will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Augsburg form and stats

When playing at home, Augsburg have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 15 games.

Augsburg's last game was hosting Stuttgart and winning 6-0. In the game before, an away victory match versus Eintracht Frankfurt with a 3-1 scoreline.

Goals decide football matches and Augsburg are scoring many of them at home; 30 on target from 15 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Augsburg defense is not exactly impregnable. 25 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Bayer Leverkusen form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

The supporters enjoyed Bayer Leverkusen's previous game versus Nurnberg, a Bundesliga 2-0 win played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Stuttgart with the score of 1-0.

The travelling fans enjoy Bayer Leverkusen's attacking play in away games, having scored 28 goals in 15 away matches. Bayer Leverkusen have conceded 25 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Bayer Leverkusen - Augsburg 1-0 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 0 Augsburg victories, 6 draws and 4 Bayer Leverkusen wins.

Top Goalscorers

K. Havertz
13 goals / 4 assists
K. Volland
13 goals / 6 assists
A. Finnbogason
10 goals / 1 assists

Augsburg missing players

Bayer Leverkusen missing players

Augsburg Bayer Leverkusen
Total Home Statistic Away Total
30 15 Played 15 30
46 30 Scored 28 53
55 25 Conceded 25 48
93% 93% Over 0.5 93% 97%
87% 93% Over 1.5 87% 83%
73% 80% Over 2.5 73% 63%
47% 60% Over 3.5 40% 47%
23% 33% Over 4.5 33% 27%
67% 73% Both teams to score 67% 60%
13% 20% Clean Sheet 20% 30%
27% 13% Failed To Score 20% 13%
 
4.3 5 Corners For (avg) 5 5.9
4.9 4.3 Corners Against (avg) 5.8 5
1.7 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.7 1.6
1 0 Red Cards (total) 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Bayer Leverkusen is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Augsburg is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Bayern München 30 22 4 4 79 29 15 11 3 1 41 12 15 11 1 3 38 17 50 70
2 Borussia Dortmund 29 20 6 3 68 36 15 13 2 0 47 19 14 7 4 3 21 17 32 66
3 RB Leipzig 30 18 7 5 57 23 15 9 5 1 32 8 15 9 2 4 25 15 34 61
4 Eintracht Frankfurt 29 15 7 7 57 34 15 8 3 4 32 19 14 7 4 3 25 15 23 52
5 Borussia M'gladbach 30 15 6 9 49 37 15 9 2 4 29 18 15 6 4 5 20 19 12 51
6 Hoffenheim 30 13 11 6 65 41 15 7 5 3 27 15 15 6 6 3 38 26 24 50
7 Bayer Leverkusen 30 15 3 12 53 48 15 8 1 6 25 23 15 7 2 6 28 25 5 48
8 Werder Bremen 30 12 10 8 52 42 15 7 5 3 31 23 15 5 5 5 21 19 10 46
9 Wolfsburg 29 13 6 10 47 44 14 6 4 4 25 21 15 7 2 6 22 23 3 45
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 30 11 4 15 40 59 15 7 0 8 21 26 15 4 4 7 19 33 -19 37
11 Mainz 05 30 10 6 14 37 51 15 7 4 4 24 17 15 3 2 10 13 34 -14 36
12 Hertha BSC 29 9 8 12 41 48 14 5 5 4 22 21 15 4 3 8 19 27 -7 35
13 Freiburg 29 7 11 11 39 50 14 5 6 3 26 21 15 2 5 8 13 29 -11 32
14 Augsburg 30 8 7 15 46 55 15 5 4 6 30 25 15 3 3 9 16 30 -9 31
15 Schalke 04 30 7 6 17 32 52 15 4 1 10 16 28 15 3 5 7 16 24 -20 27
16 Stuttgart 30 5 6 19 27 67 15 4 4 7 18 27 15 1 2 12 9 40 -40 21
17 Nürnberg 30 3 9 18 24 56 15 3 6 6 15 17 15 0 3 12 9 39 -32 18
18 Hannover 96 29 3 5 21 25 66 15 3 1 11 11 26 14 0 4 10 14 40 -41 14