Augsburg – Bayer: forecast for the Bundesliga match
Augsburg and Bayer have gained solid momentum and are approaching the face-to-face match in the 14th round of the Bundesliga in excellent shape. The hosts have not lost in the last three matches, the visitors are on a six-match winning streak. How will the upcoming game on December 14 go and what reliable bets to choose? - the answer is in our forecast
Match announcement
Augsburg
Current form
Augsburg are approaching the upcoming match in 13th place in the league table, having suffered only one defeat in the last five rounds. The team has 16 points, the same as Union, who are one position above them. Jess Thorup men played their last match in the Bundesliga away against Eintracht, who are in excellent shape, and drew 2:2, having led 2:1 until the 74th minute. As usual, Augsburg achieves its greatest success at home, where it has taken 14 of its total 16 points. At home, the Fuggers have suffered only one defeat since the start of the season, against Mainz (2:3).
Disqualifications and injuries
Oxford, Pedersen, Jensen are out today due to injuries. Dahmen, Giannoulis and Essende are questionable.
Interesting trends for betting
- Augsburg are unbeaten in six of their last seven Bundesliga home games
- Augsburg have scored at least two goals at home in five of their last seven league matches
Tentative line-up: Labrovich - Matsima, Gaueleu, Schlotterbeck - Wolf, Onyeka, Rejbechai, Yakic, Cousonnou - Claude-Maurice, Titz.
Bayer Leverkusen
Current form
Bayer, taking into account all tournaments, have had an excellent six-match winning streak and are clearly in good shape now. In the Bundesliga, Leverkusen have won three matches in a row, third place with a gap of only one point from Eintracht in second place. In the last round, they managed to beat St. Pauli (2:1) on their home field, scoring two goals in the first half, the opponent only got one back at the end. This week in the Champions League, Xabi Alonso men won an important home victory over Inter (1:0) and rose to fourth place. It should be noted that throughout the season in the national championship, Bayer has played successfully away, has not suffered a single defeat, three wins and three draws.
Disqualifications and injuries
The injured list includes Adli, Hofmann and Boniface.
Interesting trends for betting
- Bayer have won 12 of their last 16 away matches in the Bundesliga
- Bayer have scored at least two goals in six of their last eight away league games
Estimated line-up: Hradecky – Mukiele, Tapsoba, Ta, Inkapie – Xhaka, Garcia – Frimpong, Wirtz, Grimaldo – Schick.
Trends
Bet Bayer to score in the second half
In four of the last five matches, the visitors scored goals in the second 45 minutes
1.43Bet Total first half under 1.5 goals
The bet has won in two of the three previous head-to-head matches
1.54Bet Exact score 1:2
Bayer have won two of their last four victories with this score
8.10Tip and bets
Of course, it is not worth underestimating Augsburg in home games, the team is traditionally strong on its home field. However, Bayer has now gained a decent momentum and deals with its opponents regardless of where the matches are held. Alonso has improved the game of his charges in defense, which has become in many ways the key to recent successes, Leverkusen has no problems with the attack. We expect that the visitors will continue their winning streak and win for the seventh time in a row, taking into account all tournaments.
Our prediction is a victory for Bayer with a coefficient of 1.63
Bet on total
Bayer are on a six-game winning streak, with at least three goals scored in four of them. Augsburg are playing quite boldly in attack at home, and there is a high probability that the upcoming match will be productive.
The second bet is total over 2.5 goals with odds of 1.70
Bet on the first half
It should be noted that Bayer is most powerful in the second halves, and the team does not force events on the field at the start of its matches. Thus, in three of the four previous matches of the Leverkusen team, a draw was recorded in the opening 45 minutes, which is what we expect today.
Forecast - draw in the first half with odds of 2.50