Augsburg vs. RB Leipzig Match Analysis and Prediction

Game week 11 of the Bundesliga will see Augsburg lock horns with RB Leipzig this weekend at WWK Arena. Match day schedules for October 22 at 16:30 EAT.

Augsburg is 12th in the German top fight with 13 points after the 13 matches they have played so far. In their campaign so far, they have recorded four victories against five loses and a draw. Coming into this game, Augsburg won three of their last six matches (LWWWDL).

Augsburg prepares for this fixture aiming for better results after 3-2 Bundesliga defeat to FC Koln in their last outing. In that gmatch, Augsburg had 35% possession, five shots with two of them on target and goals scored by Florian Niederlechner (14′) and Daniel Caligiuri (68′). Köln got 15 shots with six of them on target and goals by Steffen Tigges (47′, 81′) and Denis Huseinbašić (61′).

Meanwhile RB Leipzig is 10th in the table with 15 points and will look to extend their unbeaten run to seven games across all competitions this weekend. In their campaign they have recorded four wins against three loses and three draws.

RB Leipzig gets into this meeting after 4-0 DFB-Pokal triumph over Hamburg in their previous encounter. In that match, RB Leipzig had 43% possession, 13 shots with seven of them on target and goals scored by Yussuf Poulsen (33′, 36′), Mohamed Simakan (69′) and Benjamin Henrichs (81′). Hamburg got seven shots with one of them on target.

Augsburg vs. RB Leipzig head to head

Leipzig has the upper hand in the head to head history of this match having won nine times from the 16 meetings since 2011; four matches ended in draws while Augsburg won three times.

• Leipzig 4-0 Augsburg 08/05/22
• Augsburg 1-1 Leipzig 15/12/21
• Leipzig 2-1 Augsburg 12/02/21
• Augsburg 0-3 Leipzig 22/12/20
• Augsburg 0-2 Leipzig 17/10/20

Home

• FC Cologne 3-2 Augsburg
• Augsburg 1-1 Wolfsburg
• Schalke 2-3 Augsburg
• Augsburg 5-2 Austria Lustenau
• Augsburg 1-0 B. Mun

Away

• Leipzig 4-0 Hamburg
• Leipzig 3-2 Hertha
• Celtic 0-2 Leipzig
• Mainz 1-1 Leipzig
• Leipzig 3-1 Celtic

Augsburg team news

Tobias Strobl, Reece Oxford, Noah Joel Sarenren Bazee, Niklas Dorsch, Rafal Gikiewicz, André Hahn Arne Maier and Felix will be unavailable for the hosts through injuries.

RB Leipzig team news

Manager Marco Rose will be without Lukas Klostermann, Péter Gulácsi, Christopher Nkunku, Timo Werner Dani Olmo and Konrad Laimer who are all sidelined following injuries.

Prediction and odds

• RB Leipzig Win
• Draw
• Both teams to score