Perhaps a welcome break from league football as FC Augsburg & FC Bayern München face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Augsburg and FC Bayern München.
FC Augsburg form and stats
FC Augsburg have reached this DFB Pokal stage through battling and winning against BW Lohne. FC Augsburg was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the DFB Pokal.The story so far in the Bundesliga for FC Augsburg at their home stadium (WWK Arena) is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Augsburg are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus Köln. The forward Niederlechner outshone all the other players in that game and got a match rating of 7.63 out of 10. Niederlechner scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Bundesliga home game that ended 1-1 versus Wolfsburg.No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where FC Augsburg had similar winning odds as today, and found 5 games. In these, the hosts won 2, drew 1 and lost 2. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that FC Augsburg lost 1 similar game by at least two goals.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for FC Augsburg, as the Bundesliga home game vs RB Leipzig is only three days away.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Augsburg here at WWK Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 5 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the FC Augsburg defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
FC Bayern München form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Viktoria Koln in order to reach 2nd round of DFB Pokal. FC Bayern München was sent out of DFB Pokal in the 2nd round last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Bundesliga travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
München go into this game after a win, the home game against SC Freiburg that ended 5-0. As you can tell from the results above, FC Bayern München was very dominant against SC Freiburg, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Choupo-Moting, Sabitzer, Mané, Gnabry and Sané providing the goals. Choupo-Moting, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.34. Choupo-Moting scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Ahead of that, the Champions League win away at Viktoria Plzen. Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with München given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 16 matches with 12 wins as expected, 1 draw and 3 surprise home wins. The favourites won 10 of these games by at least two goals.
FC Bayern München have another match that requires travelling in just three nights, a Bundesliga match against Hoffenheim. A difficult itinerary for the visitors!
The FC Bayern München manager Nagelsmann has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 16 goals in 5 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Augsburg won two games, two matches ended with a tie and FC Bayern München have six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Musiala 5 goals |  L. Sané 5 goals |  S. Mané 5 goals |
FC Augsburg missing players
FC Bayern München missing players
| FC Augsburg | FC Bayern München | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 39 | 23 | Scored | S | 44 | 72 | ||
| 34 | 19 | Conceded | C | 17 | 25 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 69% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 46% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.7 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.8 | 18.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8.8 | 8.4 | ||
| 36% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 34% | ||
| 15.5 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 9.8 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 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 | 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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