14th- against 9th place might not seem all that sexy. But: We have the data that makes FC Augsburg - Bayer 04 Leverkusen (even) more action-packed!
- FC Augsburg have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in Bundesliga
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This promises to be an engrossing match with lots of action and energy as both sides are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!
FC Augsburg form and stats
FC Augsburg's struggle is real here at WWK Arena with only 8 points collected from 9 Bundesliga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-5.
FC Augsburg lost their last game at Freiburg (placed 5th) after a 1-3 scoreline. FC Augsburg's goalkeeper Gikiewicz was extremely busy against Freiburg, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves.
Before that, Augsburg had a home game versus Borussia M'gladbach which ended with a victory 1-0.Some stats: A review of the 11 most recent league games shows that 9 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
FC Augsburg aren't scoring a lot here at WWK Arena in the league, with only {8 goals} from 9 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Bundesliga travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, as they have won on their previous two travels.
The manager Olano was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue BayArena. Leverkusen suffered a 0-2 loss to Borussia Dortmund (placed 4th). That loss was their first after five consecutive league matches winning points. The attacker Diaby got a match rating of 7.41 in that game. Diaby hit three key passes.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Bochum.Bayer 04 Leverkusen have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 11 goals have been scored. For Leverkusen, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved met each other earlier on this match year: Bayer 04 Leverkusen - FC Augsburg 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - two - seven (FC Augsburg wins - draws - Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Demirović 6 goals |   M. Diaby 6 goals |  M. Berisha 5 goals |
FC Augsburg missing players
Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players
| FC Augsburg | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 23 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 30 |
| 33 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 72% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 61% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 39% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 44% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 61% | 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 44% |
| 17% | 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 28% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 28% |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 2.8 | 3.9 |
| 5.3 | 4.7 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 11.5 | 11.7 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9 | 12.6 |
| 3.7 | 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.9 | 5.3 |
| 34% | 26% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 35% | 31% |
| 17.6 | 14.8 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 16.9 | 12.5 |
| 6.7 | 6 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.8 | 4.6 |
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FC Augsburg have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in Bundesliga
- FC Augsburg 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 | FC Bayern München | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 52 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 36 | 37 |
| 2 | Union Berlin | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 36 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 35 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 34 |
| 5 | Freiburg | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 34 |
| 6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 32 |
| 7 | Wolfsburg | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 29 |
| 8 | Borussia M'gladbach | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 25 |
| 9 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | Werder Bremen | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 21 | -8 | 24 |
| 11 | FSV Mainz 05 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | Köln | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -2 | 22 |
| 13 | TSG Hoffenheim | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -5 | 19 |
| 14 | FC Augsburg | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -10 | 18 |
| 15 | Stuttgart | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -10 | 16 |
| 16 | Bochum | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 29 | -25 | 16 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 14 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -27 | 10 |
