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Bayer Leverkusen - Augsburg
Germany Bundesliga I - BayArena
Champions Bayer Leverkusen contest their final Bundesliga fixture of the campaign against Augsburg at the BayArena on Saturday, 18 May. Check out our Bundesliga betting tips for the fixture below.
Bayer Leverkusen vs Augsburg prediction: Goals likely at the BayArena
🔥Hot tip
Over 2.5 Goals
⚽ Correct score prediction
Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 Augsburg
⚽ Anytime scorer prediction
Patrik Schick
Key Stats
- Bayer Leverkusen remain unbeaten in all competitions so far this season.
- Leverkusen managed to score at least twice in eight of their last nine Bundesliga home games.
- Leverkusen’s league fixtures have been averaging 3.33 goals per 90 minutes this season.
- Patrik Schick found the net in each of Bayer Leverkusen’s last two league matches.
Pre-game odds and win probability: Champions are odds-on favourites
- HOME: 1/4 (1.25) – 80%
- DRAW: 19/4 (5.75) – 17.4%
- AWAY: 5/1 (6.00) – 16.7%
*odds from Ladbrokes, subject to change
Bayer Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso is likely to make wholesale changes to his team with next week’s Europa League final against Atalanta on the horizon and that could make the champions’ final Bundesliga fixture against Augsburg more competitive than it might have been.
The bookies have given Leverkusen an 80% chance of winning, however, the goal markets feature more readily in our top football predictions ahead of the weekend. Augsburg, who ate 5/1 underdogs, managed to score in seven of their last eight away games in the division.
Last five H2Hs: Wins have been shared around
Germany Bundesliga I 13/01/24
Augsburg
Bayer Leverkusen
Germany Bundesliga I 03/02/23
Augsburg
Bayer Leverkusen
Germany Bundesliga I 13/08/22
Bayer Leverkusen
Augsburg
Germany Bundesliga I 22/01/22
Bayer Leverkusen
Augsburg
Germany Bundesliga I 28/08/21
Augsburg
Bayer Leverkusen
Typically, Bayer Leverkusen scored the latest of winners to beat Augsburg when the teams last met in January, though Die Fuggerstädter won each of the last two tussles between the clubs before that.
Bayer Leverkusen preview: Hosts to name a much-changed XI
Bayer Leverkusen have close to a full squad to choose from ahead of the weekend, though defender Odilon Kossounou is injured. Xabi Alonso is expected to make wholesale changes to his XI ahead of next week's Europa League Final.
Predicted lineup: Hradecky – Tah, Tapsoba, Hincapie – Stanisic, Palacios, Puerta, Arthur – Adli, Hofmann, Iglesias
Germany Bundesliga I 31/08/24
L
RB Leipzig
3
Bayer Leverkusen
2
Germany DFB Pokal 28/08/24
W
Carl Zeiss Jena
0
Bayer Leverkusen
1
Germany Bundesliga I 23/08/24
W
Borussia M'gladbach
2
Bayer Leverkusen
3
Germany Super Cup 17/08/24
W
VfB Stuttgart
2 (3)
Bayer Leverkusen
2 (4)
Elite Club Friendlies 10/08/24
D
Real Betis
1
Bayer Leverkusen
1
Augsburg preview: Defender Mababu suspended
Ruben Vargas, Finn Dahmen, Fredrik Jensen, Elvis Rexhbecaj, Robert Gumny, Reece Oxford and Raphael Framberger are out injured while Kevin Mbabu is serving a ban and won't be involved either.
Predicted lineup: Koubek – Pedersen, Gouweleeuw, Uduokhai, Iago – Breithaupt, Jakic, Dorsch – Maier, Demirovic, Tietz
Europe Friendlies 05/09/24 W SSV Ulm 1846 1 Augsburg 4 Germany Bundesliga I 01/09/24 L Heidenheim 4 Augsburg 0 Germany Bundesliga I 24/08/24 D Werder Bremen 2 Augsburg 2 Germany DFB Pokal 18/08/24 W Viktoria 89 Berlin 1 Augsburg 4 Elite Club Friendlies 10/08/24 L Marseille 3 Augsburg 1
Player to watch – Patrik Schick
Patrik Schick has been rotated back into the Bayer Leverkusen starting XI for Bundesliga fixtures of late due to the team’s hectic schedule and the Czech Republic striker has been grabbing his opportunities with two hands.
Schick hitting a late purple patch
28-year-old Schick rattled the net against Wolfsburg last weekend and that was the centre forward’s second goal in as many Bundesliga fixtures for Bayer Leverkusen. Schick has scored seven times in the German top tier overall this term despite starting on only 12 occasions.
