Club members at WWK Arena haven’t celebrated many wins this season, with FC Augsburg languishing in the 14th spot. The visiting FC Köln will attempt to protect their higher league spot in this one.
- FC Augsburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FC Köln haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Both squads have had plenty of rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's wish for an energetic fixture!
FC Augsburg form and stats
6-4-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Bundesliga numbers at home for FC Augsburg so far this season.
FC Augsburg enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Bochum's place. The match ended 2-0 with Hahn and Gregoritsch scoring. Gikiewicz, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.42 out of 10 in that game. Gikiewicz topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Hertha BSC (0-1).FC Augsburg are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 15 games. Augsburg's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
FC Köln form and stats
The visitors are W4-D6-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga.
Impressive finishing from Thielmann, Uth and Modeste secured the home win 3-1 against DSC Arminia Bielefeld in their previous game. Midfielder Uth was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.63. Uth scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Borussia M'gladbach at their stadium, the result 3-1.The visiting FC Köln have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 20 goals from 15 games. As for defending, FC Köln rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 25 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have met each other before in this season, with the result FC Köln - Augsburg 0-2 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): FC Augsburg four wins, five draws and FC Köln one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  A. Modeste 17 goals |   M. Gregoritsch 8 goals |  A. Hahn 5 goals |
FC Augsburg missing players
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| FC Augsburg | FC Köln | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 36 | 22 | 7 | Scored | S | 7 | 20 | 47 |
| 47 | 21 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 25 | 45 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 87% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 87% | 81% |
| 48% | 53% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 47% | 52% |
| 29% | 27% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 47% | 48% |
| 23% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 16% |
| 55% | 67% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 73% | 68% |
| 29% | 20% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 13% |
| 26% | 13% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 19% |
| 4.4 | 5.4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.4 | 5 |
| 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.5 | 12.2 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 12 | 13.5 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 29% | 34% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 34% | 33% |
| 14.7 | 13.9 | 14.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 13.4 | 12.8 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
- FC Augsburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FC Augsburg have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- FC Augsburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- FC Köln 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 | Bayern München | 31 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 92 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 17 | 62 | 75 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 31 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 77 | 46 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 31 | 63 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 72 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 22 | 28 | 55 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 31 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 66 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 33 | 54 |
| 5 | Freiburg | 31 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 52 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 52 |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 31 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 2 | 50 |
| 7 | FC Köln | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 47 | 45 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 2 | 49 |
| 8 | Hoffenheim | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 47 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 5 | 46 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 44 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 23 | -2 | 40 |
| 10 | Mainz 05 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 43 | 41 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 33 | 2 | 39 |
| 11 | Borussia M'gladbach | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 58 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 33 | -13 | 38 |
| 12 | VfL Wolfsburg | 31 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 39 | 51 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -12 | 37 |
| 13 | Bochum | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 29 | -15 | 36 |
| 14 | FC Augsburg | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 47 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 26 | -11 | 35 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 31 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 34 | 66 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 35 | -32 | 32 |
| 16 | VfB Stuttgart | 31 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -19 | 28 |
| 17 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 31 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 49 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 28 | -25 | 26 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 31 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 76 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 46 | -51 | 17 |
