Augsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen Match Predictions & Odds
Bundesliga Leaders Head to Augsburg
Leverkusen: Last Remaining Unbeaten Team
Bayer Leverkusen have taken the Bundesliga by storm this season and are still unbeaten after 16 games. In fact, they’re the only Bundesliga team remaining in Europe’s top five leagues without a single loss. On Saturday, leaders Leverkusen head to Augsburg for their first Bundesliga match of 2024 following the league’s Winter break. We’ll make some Augsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen match predictions and check out the odds ahead of the match.
Augsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen
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Location: WWK Arena, Augsburg, Germany
Streaming: Watch Live Sports
Head-to-Head
Augsburg won both meetings vs Bayer Leverkusen on the German Bundesliga schedule last season. Mergim Berisha, now of Hoffenheim, scored the game’s only goal at the WWK Arena last February. In the reverse fixture, Augsburg picked up a 2-1 win at Leverkusen while Gerry Seaone was still manager.
So, Xabi Alonso is looking for his first win over Augsburg as Leverkusen manager. Prior to last season, Bayer had never lost to Augsburg. Leverkusen hold a 17-7-2 record vs Augsburg all-time.
Augsburg Yet to Keep Clean Sheet in 2023-24
FC Augsburg fell 3-0 at Stuttgart three weeks ago in their last match of 2023. Augsburg couldn’t contain Stuttgart’s dynamic duo of Serhou Guirassy and Deniz Undav as both players got on the scoresheet in the match.
With the loss, Augsburg fell to 4-6-6 on the season and slipped to 11th place in the Bundesliga standings. While Augsburg are just 1-2-5 on the road this season, they’ve only lost one match at home. Plus, they’ve lost just two of their last nine games overall.
However, Augsburg haven’t kept a clean sheet all season and they hold an 0-3 record vs the other current top four teams this season. Nearly all Augsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen match predictions have the visitors getting on the scoresheet.
On the other end of the pich, Ermedin Demirovic has scored one third of Augsburg’s 24 Bundesliga goals this season. The Bosnian international also leads Augsburg with five assists.
This month, Augsburg don’t have any Bundesliga players leaving for the Africa Cup of Nations or AFC Asian Cup, which could be an advantage. However,
Mads Pedersen is suspended for Saturday’s match. Meanwhile, Elvis Rexhbecaj and Iago are day-to-day and might be game time decisions for this one. Regardless, Augsburg have not lost at home for over three months.
Record-Breaking Start for Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer Leverkusen destroyed VfL Bochum 4-0 in their final match of 2023. Patrik Schick made his first Bundesliga start of the season up front and rewarded Xabi Alonso’s faith in him by scoring a hat trick.
Victor Boniface also got on the scoresheet for Leverkusen in the victory. Incredibly, Leverkusen have opened up the season with a 25-match unbeaten run, in all competitions.
No other Bundesliga team has ever started a season with a longer unbeaten run. Alonso has done an incredible job with Leverkusen and they could win their first-ever Bundesliga title this season.
Currently, they hold a four-point lead over second-placed Bayern Munich but Bayern have a game in hand. The latest Bundesliga odds still price Leverkusen as +200 underdogs to win the title. Their play has been highly encouraging and they’ve conceded the fewest goals in the league to this point.
The emergence of Schick post-injury is an important development as well, as Boniface is out injured for the next month. Meanwhile, Amine Adli and Edmond Tapsoba are away at AFCON.
Already, five Leverkusen players have 10 Bundesliga goal contributions. Boniface leads the team with ten goals, while all of Alex Grimaldo, Jeremie Frimpong, Florian Wirtz and Jonas Hofmann have double digit goals + assists.
Granit Xhaka has also been a key cog in Bayer Leverkusen’s midfield since joining from Arsenal over the Summer. Leverkusen are one of the must-watch teams in Europe’s top five leagues going forward.
Match Analysis & Odds
With Boniface out for Bayer Leverkusen, expect Schick to get another start at striker. He’s only a couple years removed from a 24-goal season in the Bundesliga and is one of the league’s premier strikers when healthy. For Saturday’s match, Leverkusen are -195 road favorites and they hold an unbeaten 5-2-0 Bundesliga record away from home so far.
The odds imply Augsburg could fall at home for just the second time this season. Augsburg are +460 underdogs for this one and a draw comes in at +380 odds. Augsburg +1 comes in at even odds, while bettors can take Leverkusen -1 at -120. Leverkusen currently hold a 13-3-0 record in the league and they’ve only drawn vs teams currently in the top five.
The first of our Augsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen match predictions is that Augsburg’s conceding streak will continue. In fact, we think that Leverkusen will get on the scoresheet multiple times in this match as they have in 14 of their 16 Bundesliga games so far.
We also like Patrik Schick as an anytime goalscorer, which currently displays -125 odds. The over isn’t the worst bet in the world either, as over three goals are priced at -120 odds for this one.
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