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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 27.June
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: WWK Arena (30660 seats)

Struggling Augsburg will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying RB Leipzig in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Augsburg and RB Leipzig should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Augsburg are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Leipzig are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Augsburg form and stats

Augsburg have collected 20 points from their Bundesliga home games so far after 5-5-6.

The home team returns to WWK Arena after being equal after 90 minutes with Fortuna Düsseldorf (placed 16th) on their last time out; the Bundesliga game ended 1-1. Ahead of that match, Augsburg lost 1-3 at home to Hoffenheim.

A decent goal production from Augsburg in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 16 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Augsburg defense is not exactly impregnable. 27 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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RB Leipzig form and stats

RB Leipzig's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed RB Leipzig, who have the most clean sheets (8) away in Bundesliga, collect 34 points from their 16 away matches in the Bundesliga. 10 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Having won their last three away games Leipzig has no reason to fear anyone.

RB Leipzig failed to get anything from their last game, a Bundesliga home match vs Borussia Dortmund (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-2. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Leipzig create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 41 goals in 16 travels. It's not easy to score on RB Leipzig as they have only conceded 15 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the RB Leipzig - Augsburg 3-1 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Augsburg victories, three draws and four RB Leipzig wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

RB LeipzigT. Werner
T. Werner
26 goals
AugsburgF. Niederlechner
F. Niederlechner
13 goals
RB LeipzigP. Schick
P. Schick
10 goals

Augsburg missing players

RB Leipzig missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Augsburg RB Leipzig
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
9 5 0 Won W 5 10 17
9 5 1 Drew D 0 4 12
15 6 4 Lost L 0 2 4
44 27 8 Scored S 18 41 79
61 27 15 Conceded C 4 15 36
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
88% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 94%
58% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 69% 67%
36% 38% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 50% 52%
24% 19% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 60% 38% 24%
61% 75% 80% BTTS BTTS 40% 44% 64%
21% 19% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 50% 30%
24% 12% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 19% 12%
 
4 3.8 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.6 4.7 5.5
5 4.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 5.3 4.6
1.9 2.1 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.8 1.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
350 181 43 Total Shots T S 90 259 537
127 65 19 Shots on Target S O 36 101 209
35% 42% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 41% 38%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Augsburg has the most conceded goals in the second half (42)
  • Augsburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • RB Leipzig has the fewest conceded goals (15) away
  • RB Leipzig has the most clean sheets (8) away
  • RB Leipzig has the most points from losing position (19)
  • RB Leipzig have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • RB Leipzig have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 33 25 4 4 96 32 17 13 2 2 53 15 16 12 2 2 43 17 64 79
2 Borussia Dortmund 33 21 6 6 84 37 16 11 3 2 46 13 17 10 3 4 38 24 47 69
3 RB Leipzig 33 17 12 4 79 36 17 7 8 2 38 21 16 10 4 2 41 15 43 63
4 Borussia M'gladbach 33 19 5 9 64 39 16 11 2 3 38 20 17 8 3 6 26 19 25 62
5 Bayer Leverkusen 33 18 6 9 60 44 16 8 4 4 31 22 17 10 2 5 29 22 16 60
6 Wolfsburg 33 13 10 10 48 42 16 4 7 5 19 19 17 9 3 5 29 23 6 49
7 Hoffenheim 33 14 7 12 49 53 17 7 1 9 26 37 16 7 6 3 23 16 -4 49
8 Freiburg 33 12 9 12 44 47 16 8 2 6 19 17 17 4 7 6 25 30 -3 45
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 33 12 6 15 56 58 16 7 4 5 33 25 17 5 2 10 23 33 -2 42
10 Hertha BSC 33 11 8 14 47 57 17 6 3 8 23 32 16 5 5 6 24 25 -10 41
11 Schalke 04 33 9 12 12 38 54 17 5 7 5 20 27 16 4 5 7 18 27 -16 39
12 Union Berlin 33 11 5 17 38 58 16 7 3 6 21 20 17 4 2 11 17 38 -20 38
13 Mainz 05 33 11 4 18 44 64 17 5 2 10 18 29 16 6 2 8 26 35 -20 37
14 Köln 33 10 6 17 50 63 17 6 4 7 28 27 16 4 2 10 22 36 -13 36
15 Augsburg 33 9 9 15 44 61 16 5 5 6 27 27 17 4 4 9 17 34 -17 36
16 Fortuna Düsseldorf 33 6 12 15 36 64 17 4 6 7 18 28 16 2 6 8 18 36 -28 30
17 Werder Bremen 33 7 7 19 36 68 16 1 3 12 9 35 17 6 4 7 27 33 -32 28
18 Paderborn 33 4 8 21 35 71 17 2 2 13 21 46 16 2 6 8 14 25 -36 20

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 33 25 4 4 96 32 17 13 2 2 53 15 16 12 2 2 43 17 64 79
2 Borussia Dortmund 33 21 6 6 84 37 16 11 3 2 46 13 17 10 3 4 38 24 47 69
3 RB Leipzig 33 17 12 4 79 36 17 7 8 2 38 21 16 10 4 2 41 15 43 63
4 Borussia M'gladbach 33 19 5 9 64 39 16 11 2 3 38 20 17 8 3 6 26 19 25 62
5 Bayer Leverkusen 33 18 6 9 60 44 16 8 4 4 31 22 17 10 2 5 29 22 16 60
6 Wolfsburg 33 13 10 10 48 42 16 4 7 5 19 19 17 9 3 5 29 23 6 49
7 Hoffenheim 33 14 7 12 49 53 17 7 1 9 26 37 16 7 6 3 23 16 -4 49
8 Freiburg 33 12 9 12 44 47 16 8 2 6 19 17 17 4 7 6 25 30 -3 45
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 33 12 6 15 56 58 16 7 4 5 33 25 17 5 2 10 23 33 -2 42
10 Hertha BSC 33 11 8 14 47 57 17 6 3 8 23 32 16 5 5 6 24 25 -10 41
11 Schalke 04 33 9 12 12 38 54 17 5 7 5 20 27 16 4 5 7 18 27 -16 39
12 Union Berlin 33 11 5 17 38 58 16 7 3 6 21 20 17 4 2 11 17 38 -20 38
13 Mainz 05 33 11 4 18 44 64 17 5 2 10 18 29 16 6 2 8 26 35 -20 37
14 Köln 33 10 6 17 50 63 17 6 4 7 28 27 16 4 2 10 22 36 -13 36
15 Augsburg 33 9 9 15 44 61 16 5 5 6 27 27 17 4 4 9 17 34 -17 36
16 Fortuna Düsseldorf 33 6 12 15 36 64 17 4 6 7 18 28 16 2 6 8 18 36 -28 30
17 Werder Bremen 33 7 7 19 36 68 16 1 3 12 9 35 17 6 4 7 27 33 -32 28
18 Paderborn 33 4 8 21 35 71 17 2 2 13 21 46 16 2 6 8 14 25 -36 20

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