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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 22.October
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: WWK Arena (30660 seats)

Which team will claim the points when RB Leipzig visit FC Augsburg? In this preview you'll get all the relevant news and numbers required to predict the outcome.

Insights:
  • FC Augsburg have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • RB Leipzig have yet to win a game away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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FC Augsburg form and stats

The story so far in the Bundesliga for FC Augsburg at their home stadium (WWK Arena) is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

The Augsburg followers got no joy from their last game, a DFB Pokal duel also played here at WWK Arena: A 2-5 defeat against FC Bayern München. The first setback in the shape of a loss after collecting points through four league fixtures.

A Bundesliga defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Köln.

FC Augsburg aren't scoring a lot here at WWK Arena in the league, with only {3 goals} from 5 games. FC Augsburg have conceded 9 from these games.

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RB Leipzig form and stats

The visitors are W0-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga.

The regulars enjoyed Leipzig's previous game versus Hamburger SV, a DFB Pokal win (4-0) played at home. Attacker Poulsen got a player rating of 8.4 in the game. "Man of the match" Poulsen scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Before that, RB Leipzig secured a home win against Hertha BSC with the score 3-2.

A new game in only three days for Leipzig, the Champions League home match versus Real Madrid. Busy days.

The attacking power of RB Leipzig when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Leipzig have conceded 11 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

RB Leipzig have pulled off a sequence of 11 consecutive games without losing (8-3-0) when facing FC Augsburg.

Top Goalscorers

RB LeipzigC. Nkunku
C. Nkunku
7 goals
FC AugsburgE. Demirović
E. Demirović
4 goals
RB LeipzigW. Orban
W. Orban
3 goals

FC Augsburg missing players

RB Leipzig missing players

FC Augsburg RB Leipzig
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 1 5 10
4 1 0 Won W 0 0 4
1 1 0 Drew D 1 2 3
5 3 1 Lost L 0 3 3
11 3 1 Scored S 1 3 17
16 9 2 Conceded C 1 11 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 70%
30% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 40%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
50% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 50%
20% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 30%
30% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 20%
 
4.9 5.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2 6 6
5.2 5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.6 4.3
3.4 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.8 10.8 6 Shots (avg) S ( 13 13.2 14.1
3.9 3.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.8 5.5
28% 19% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 16% 31%
 
17.7 17.2 13 Shots against (avg) S A 9 11.6 10.3
6.9 7 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.4 3.6
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • All of RB Leipzig's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • FC Augsburg have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • FC Augsburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • RB Leipzig have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • RB Leipzig have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • RB Leipzig have yet to win a game away.
  • RB Leipzig 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 Union Berlin 10 7 2 1 18 6 5 4 1 0 10 3 5 3 1 1 8 3 12 23
2 FC Bayern München 10 5 4 1 30 8 5 3 2 0 14 3 5 2 2 1 16 5 22 19
3 SC Freiburg 10 5 3 2 14 13 4 2 1 1 4 4 6 3 2 1 10 9 1 18
4 TSG Hoffenheim 10 5 2 3 17 10 5 3 1 1 9 5 5 2 1 2 8 5 7 17
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 10 5 2 3 21 17 6 3 1 2 13 9 4 2 1 1 8 8 4 17
6 Borussia M'gladbach 10 4 4 2 18 14 5 4 0 1 12 4 5 0 4 1 6 10 4 16
7 Köln 10 4 4 2 19 17 5 3 1 1 9 6 5 1 3 1 10 11 2 16
8 Borussia Dortmund 10 5 1 4 13 14 5 3 1 1 7 5 5 2 0 3 6 9 -1 16
9 Werder Bremen 10 4 3 3 20 16 5 1 1 3 10 10 5 3 2 0 10 6 4 15
10 RB Leipzig 10 4 3 3 17 15 5 4 1 0 14 4 5 0 2 3 3 11 2 15
11 Mainz 05 10 4 3 3 11 13 4 0 3 1 2 5 6 4 0 2 9 8 -2 15
12 FC Augsburg 10 4 1 5 11 16 5 1 1 3 3 9 5 3 0 2 8 7 -5 13
13 Wolfsburg 10 2 4 4 11 17 5 1 3 1 9 10 5 1 1 3 2 7 -6 10
14 VfB Stuttgart 10 1 5 4 13 15 6 1 2 3 7 8 4 0 3 1 6 7 -2 8
15 Hertha BSC 10 1 5 4 12 15 5 0 4 1 6 7 5 1 1 3 6 8 -3 8
16 Bayer Leverkusen 10 2 2 6 14 21 5 1 1 3 8 9 5 1 1 3 6 12 -7 8
17 Schalke 04 10 1 3 6 10 24 5 1 1 3 8 15 5 0 2 3 2 9 -14 6
18 Bochum 10 1 1 8 9 27 5 1 1 3 5 12 5 0 0 5 4 15 -18 4

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