Augsburg vs Mainz 05 Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 23rd September 2023

The Bundesliga clash at WWK Arena this coming Saturday sees home team Augsburg battling it out for the win against Mainz 05.

Since Augsburg have racked up one more point than Mainz 05 during this Bundesliga season, they currently occupy number 13 in the table. The latter, on the other hand, find themselves ranked as number 17.

Going into their upcoming encounter on Saturday, Mainz 05 are looking to finish the day ahead of Augsburg in the Bundesliga standings.

Augsburg scored 12 goals, conceded 22 and fought their way to one clean sheet in their previous ten matches.

Mainz 05 average 1.1 goals per game, scoring 11 times, while conceding 28. That makes an average of 2.8 per game, with clean sheet in zero as well in their previous ten matches.

The last time these two teams squared up, Mainz 05 ran out 3-1 winners which they surely won't mind doing again at WWK Arena.

Augsburg vs Mainz 05 Prediction

Augsburg Form

A draw is the best Augsburg can show from their last three games, where they came up short in a 3-1 defeat against Bayern Munich. A2-2 draw with Bochum followed before they were defeated 3-0 by RB Leipzig. Augsburg just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Bundesliga matches at the WWK Arena. They also drew three and lost two of these six encounters, in which they scored nine and conceded 13 goals.

Augsburg’s priority for this season will be to stay clear of the relegation zone, while challenging for a spot in the upper half of the Bundesliga.

Mainz 05 Form

A draw is all that prevents Mainz 05 from having nothing to show for their previous three games. They claimed a point in a 1-1 draw against Eintracht before getting trounced against Werder Bremen by a 4-0 score. Last time out, more disappointment followed as VfB Stuttgart ran out 1-3 winners. Mainz 05 are winless in their last six away games in the Bundesliga, in which they drew two and lost four. They conceded 17 goals while scoring four themselves.

Retaining their Bundesliga status and challenging for a top half finish will be on the agenda for Mainz 05 this season.

The crowd usually get a very entertaining encounter, when Augsburg face Mainz 05, and we see no reason for this to end this coming Saturday. The value bet lies with goals.

Augsburg vs Mainz 05 Squads

Augsburg Squad

Enrico Maassen will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Mainz 05 from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season):

Finn Dahmen (0/4), Marcel Lubik (0/0), Tomas Koubek (0/0), David Colina (0/0), Felix Uduokhai (0/4), Frederik Winther (0/0), Iago (0/1), Japhet Tanganga (0/0), Jeffrey Gouweleeuw (0/1), Kevin Mbabu (0/1), Mads Valentin Pedersen (0/4), Maximilian Bauer (1/4), Patric Pfeiffer (0/1), Raphael Framberger (0/0), Reece Oxford (0/0), Robert Gumny (0/2), Aaron Zehnter (0/0), Arne Engels (0/4), Arne Maier (0/1), Elvis Rexhbecaj (1/4), Fredrik Jensen (0/3), Masaya Okugawa (0/0), Nathanael Mbuku (0/0), Niklas Dorsch (0/4), Ruben Vargas (1/4), Tim Breithaupt (0/3), Dion Drena Beljo (2/4), Ermedin Demirovic (1/4), Irvin Cardona (0/2), Phillip Tietz (0/4), Sven Michel (1/2).

Mainz 05 Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 44 year-old Mainz 05 manager Svensson will select his starting XI from these players:

Daniel Batz (0/0), Lasse Riess (0/0), Robin Zentner (0/4), Andreas Hanche-Olsen (0/2), Anthony Caci (1/4), Danny da Costa (0/2), Maxim Leitsch (0/1), Philipp Mwene (0/3), Sepp van den Berg (0/4), Silvan Widmer (0/0), Stefan Bell (0/4), Aymen Barkok (0/2), David Mamutovic (0/0), Dominik Kohr (0/4), Edimilson Fernandes (0/4), Eniss Shabani (0/0), Jae-Sung Lee (1/4), Leandro Barreiro (1/4), Merveille Papela (0/2), Philipp Schulz (0/0), Tom Krauss (0/3), Brajan Gruda (0/3), Jonathan Burkardt (0/0), Karim Onisiwo (0/3), Ludovic Ajorque (0/2), Marco Richter (0/3), Nelson Weiper (0/3).

Augsburg vs Mainz 05 Team News

Augsburg are sweating on the fitness of no less than eight players before their match on Saturday.

Ruben Vargas, Niklas Dorsch, Frederik Winther, Japhet Tanganga, Sven Michel, Reece Oxford, Masaya Okugawa and Raphael Framberger are missing from the squad, Augsburg will field against Mainz 05on Saturday. Due to turning in a positive Covid-19 test, Reece Oxford are missing from the Augsburg squad.

Mainz 05 could have up to seven players on the injured and absent players for their match on Saturday atWWK Arena

Karim Onisiwo, Brajan Gruda, Nelson Weiper, Andreas Hanche-Olsen, Maxim Leitsch, Silvan Widmer and Jonathan Burkardt all face a spell on the sidelines for Mainz 05 due to various injuries.

Augsburg vs Mainz 05 Lineups

Augsburg vs Mainz 05 H2H

Mainz 05 got the better of Augsburg in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 3-1 and 2-1, respectively. Augsburg tend to have the upper hand against Mainz 05, grabbing all three points six times in ten matches. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 17/10.

Augsburg vs Mainz 05 Results

Under 2.5 goals came out a winning bet only two times in ten matches between Augsburg and Mainz 05. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 8/11 with the bookies this coming Saturday.

Augsburg vs Mainz 05 Betting Tips

Dion Drena Beljo found the target two times in his previous six matches, whereas Karim Onisiwo just scored once in a similar number of matches.

Augsburg claimed all three points five times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing three along the way. They endured defeat in two of the games in this run. Mainz 05 won four of their last 10 games away, while drawing two and losing four in this series of matches. Goals are flowing freely for Augsburg on home soil currently, as both teams scored in six of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target five times in Mainz 05''s last 10 league games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals came out eight times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Augsburg managed an average of 1.6 goals, with Mainz 05 averaging 1.4 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet seven times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of Augsburg’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in seven of Mainz 05's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 3.5 goals in these matches.