Augsburg vs RB Leipzig Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 10th February 2024

When RB Leipzig arrive at WWK Arena on Saturday to face Augsburg in the Bundesliga, the latter will be hoping to use their home turf to their advantage.

Augsburg are number 12 in the table on 22 points after 20 matches. RB Leipzig rank as number five with 36 points after 20 matches played.

Augsburg are out to avenge a disappointing loss against RB Leipzig in their most recent meeting. According to the bookmakers, the home side could be in for another tough ride, though as it looks like an fairly unequal pairing at WWK Arena.

Augsburg scored ten goals, conceded 15 and fought their way to zero clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

RB Leipzig travel to their next away match this coming Saturday having performed a tolerable average of 1.9 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 19 goals, whilst shipping 17 goals against. An average of 1.7 goals against a game. They hung on to one clean sheet in this streak.

RB Leipzig celebrated two wins against Augsburg in their most recent meetings, outclassing their next opponent by 3-0 and 3-2.

Augsburg vs RB Leipzig Prediction

Augsburg Form

In has been a bit of everything for Augsburg in their previous three matches, where they first beat Borussia Moenchengladbach by 1-2. This was followed by a disappointing 2-3 defeat against Bayern Munich, before an encounter with Bochum produced a 1-1 draw. Augsburg claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Bundesliga. They also drew two and lost two, scored nine goals and conceded nine.

RB Leipzig Form

RB Leipzig suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches as they were run over by Bayer Leverkusen in a 2-3 defeat. VfB Stuttgart also proved too hard to handle as they won 5-2, before RB Leipzig were able to strike back in a 2-0 win against Union Berlin. In their last six away matches in the Bundesliga, RB Leipzig won twice, while also recording one draw. They endured three defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying 13 goals conceded and ten scored.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, and we fully expect the trend to continue, when Augsburg renew RB Leipzig their acquaintance.

Augsburg fought their way to one win and four points from their last seven games against teams inside the top six. They were on target six times in these matches, but also let in 15 goals. Augsburg have a record of five wins, seven draws and eight defeats in the Bundesliga this season. RB Leipzig show off 11 wins, three draws and six defeats in the Bundesliga.

Augsburg vs RB Leipzig Squads

Augsburg Squad

The 53-year-old coach of the home team, Jess Thorup, will select the lineup against RB Leipzig from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Finn Dahmen (0/20), Marcel Lubik (0/0), Tomas Koubek (0/0), Felix Uduokhai (1/19), Iago (1/14), Jeffrey Gouweleeuw (0/17), Kevin Mbabu (0/14), Mads Valentin Pedersen (1/18), Maximilian Bauer (1/8), Patric Pfeiffer (0/6), Raphael Framberger (0/0), Reece Oxford (0/0), Robert Gumny (0/12), Arne Engels (2/18), Arne Maier (0/8), Daniel Hausmann (0/0), Elvis Rexhbecaj (2/20), Fredrik Jensen (1/16), Kristijan Jakic (0/7), Niklas Dorsch (0/15), Pep Biel (0/1), Ruben Vargas (1/18), Tim Breithaupt (0/10), Dion Drena Beljo (2/16), Ermedin Demirovic (11/20), Phillip Tietz (4/20), Sven Michel (1/14).

RB Leipzig Squad

Below is the full team squad of RB Leipzig. The manager Rose will pick his starting XI against Augsburg from these players:

Janis Blaswich (0/19), Leopold Zingerle (0/0), Peter Gulacsi (0/1), Timo Schlieck (0/0), Benjamin Henrichs (1/19), Castello Lukeba (1/19), Christopher Lenz (0/5), David Raum (2/20), El Chadaille Bitshiabu (0/1), Lukas Klostermann (1/17), Mohamed Simakan (1/19), Tim Koehler (0/0), Willi Orban (0/5), Amadou Haidara (0/10), Christoph Baumgartner (3/18), Eljif Elmas (0/4), Kevin Kampl (1/17), Nicolas Seiwald (0/9), Xaver Schlager (0/18), Xavi Simons (5/19), Benjamin Sesko (5/17), Dani Olmo (2/9), Ikoma Lois Openda (14/20), Yussuf Poulsen (3/19).

Augsburg vs RB Leipzig Team News

Augsburg could have as many as seven players on the injured and absent list, when they face up to RB Leipzig on Saturday.

Dion Drena Beljo, Niklas Dorsch, Ermedin Demirovic, Patric Pfeiffer, Kristijan Jakic, Reece Oxford and Raphael Framberger are missing from the squad, Augsburg will field against RB Leipzigthis coming Saturday. Due to turning in a positive Covid-19 test, Reece Oxford are missing from the Augsburg squad.

RB Leipzig just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Augsburg at the WWK Arena.

Amadou Haidara nurses an injury and won't be travelling with RB Leipzig.

Augsburg vs RB Leipzig Lineups

Augsburg vs RB Leipzig H2H

RB Leipzig celebrated two wins against Augsburg in their most recent meetings, outclassing their next opponent by 3-0 and 3-2. RB Leipzig left Augsburg with a bloody nose in the most recent meeting between the two. RB Leipzig claimed a 3-0 win on the day. The bookies have an away win in this match at best price odds of 3/4.

Augsburg vs RB Leipzig Results

In six of the previous ten matches between Augsburg and RB Leipzig both teams scored.

Augsburg vs RB Leipzig Betting Tips

Ermedin Demirovic has four strikes in six Bundesliga matches for Augsburg, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with RB Leipzig. The visitors are looking to Ikoma Lois Openda, who has provided his team with four Bundesliga goals.

WWK Arena witnessed Augsburg winning five of their 10 latest matches across all tournaments here. They drew two and lost three in this run. RB Leipzig won four of their previous 10 games away, drew one and lost five. Strap yourselves up for a goals at WWK Arena since both teams scored in eight of the last 10 home matches for Augsburg. The same occurred in eight of the last 10 league games away from home for RB Leipzig.

The last ten encounters between Augsburg and RB Leipzig saw over 2.5 goals scored seven times, with Augsburg averaging 0.9 goals a game. RB Leipzig scored 2.3 goals on average in these, as both teams scored six times in this run. In their last ten matches across all tournaments, Augsburg saw four of them finish with more than 2.5 goals, with themselves scoring an average of one goal during this run. Over 2.5 goals appeared in six of the last ten matches that RB Leipzig played across all tournaments. They scored 1.8 times on average in the process.