The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Augsburg are in the 11th position while the guests worry at 16th.
It's no vacation for neither Augsburg nor Fortuna Düsseldorf as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Augsburg form and stats
Augsburg have collected 11 points from their Bundesliga home games so far after 3-2-2. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at WWK ARENA.
Happy days for Augsburg in their previous game, a Bundesliga match away at Hoffenheim (placed 8th) that ended with a 4-2 victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Mainz 05 in a game that was won 2-1.
A goal frenzy last time out for Augsburg, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Hoffenheim. Fun stuff to watch! Augsburg goalkeeper Tomáš Koubek did an outstanding job against Hoffenheim with 6 saves, so vital to securing the victory.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Augsburg have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won 0 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Augsburg as they are travelling to their away game against RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga. That match is four days after this one.
A decent goal production from Augsburg in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. Augsburg have conceded 11 from these games.
Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats
There's been little loot from Fortuna Düsseldorf's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 8 away games in the Bundesliga. Fortuna Düsseldorf only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
Fortuna Düsseldorf aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 183 league minutes without a goal. R. Hennings was the last player to find the net.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Bundesliga home defeat versus RB Leipzig with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the Fortuna Düsseldorf manager F. Funkel faced defeat when travelling to Borussia Dortmund and losing 0-5.
Fortuna Düsseldorf are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. From a total of ten matches.
Fortuna Düsseldorf are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 8 games (in the league). For Fortuna Düsseldorf, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Last eight meetings between the teams: Augsburg won 4, Fortuna Düsseldorf won 3 and 1 draw. 4 games with over 2,5 goals, 4 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
R. Hennings
10 goals
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F. Niederlechner
7 goals
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P. Max
4 goals
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Augsburg missing players
Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players
| Augsburg | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
|
Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 24 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 16 |
| 28 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 19 | 32 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 87% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 67% | 86% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 75% | 67% |
| 47% | 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 33% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 13% |
| 73% | 71% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 60% |
| 20% | 14% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 27% |
| 3.5 | 3 | 5.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 5.6 | 5.1 | 2.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 6.4 | 5.7 |
| 2 | 2.4 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.4 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 161 | 80 | 32 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 96 | 184 |
| 59 | 31 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 31 | 56 |
| 41% | 42% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | 29% |
- All of Augsburg's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Fortuna Düsseldorf's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Augsburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Augsburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | RB Leipzig | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 26 | 33 |
| 2 | Borussia M'gladbach | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 29 |
| 4 | Bayern München | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 27 |
| 5 | Schalke 04 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 6 | Freiburg | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| 7 | Bayer Leverkusen | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Hoffenheim | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -6 | 21 |
| 9 | Wolfsburg | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Union Berlin | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 20 |
| 11 | Augsburg | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | -4 | 20 |
| 12 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 18 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 15 |
| 14 | Mainz 05 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 24 | -18 | 15 |
| 15 | Werder Bremen | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 21 | -12 | 14 |
| 16 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -16 | 12 |
| 17 | Köln | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -16 | 11 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -15 | 9 |