Prediction: Augsburg vs Union Berlin

Prediction: Union Berlin to win 2-0

Best Odds: 10/1

Bookmaker: Zetbet

Augsburg and Union Berlin will lock horns with each other in the Bundesliga this week. The match between Manuel Baum’s side and Steffen Baumgart’s team will be held at the Augsburg Arena and is scheduled to kick off at 7:30pm UK time on Thursday.

Augsburg

Augsburg are a modest club in Germany who are happy to finish in and around mid-table in the German top flight. Fuggerstädter side ended up 12th in the Bundesliga table last season and will be more than happy with a similar position this time around.

Manuel Baum is in interim charge of Augsburg at the moment, with the team in real danger of getting relegated to the second tier of German football at the end of the season. Augsburg are 15th in the Bundesliga table at the moment with 14 points from 16 matches, two points above 16th-placed Mainz.

Augsburg will head into the Bundesliga game against Union Berlin this week on the back of a 4-0 defeat at the hands of Borussia Monchengladbach away from home in the league. It came after a goalless draw with Werder Bremen at the Augsburg Arena in the Bundesliga, which followed a 100 defeat at the hands of Eintracht Frankfurt on the road in the league.

Team News:

Augsburg are likely to line up in a 3-4-2-1 formation against Union Berlin. Finn Dahmen will be in goal and will have Noahkai Banks, Keven Schlotterbeck and Cedric Zesiger in front of him in defence. Robin Fellhauer, Mert Komur, Han-Noah Massengo and Mads Pedersen will be the four midfielders. Fabian Rieder and Alexis Claude-Maurice will be the two attacking midfielders. Anton Kade will lead the line for Augsburg.

Union Berlin

Union Berlin are a modest club in Germany, but they were playing in the UEFA Champions League in the 2022-23 season and rubbing shoulders against Real Madrid.

Steffen Baumgart’s side are ninth in the Bundesliga table at the moment with 22 points from 16 matches. Union are 10 points behind fourth-placed VfB Stuttgart, who are currently fourth in the standings.

Union Berlin will head into the Bundesliga game against Augsburg this week on the back of a 2-2 draw with Mainz at home in the league. It came after a 1-0 victory over Koln away from home in the Bundesliga, which followed a 3-1 win against RB Leipzig at Stadion An der Alten Forsterei.

Team News:

Union Berlin are likely to line up in a 3-4-2-1 formation against Augsburg. Frederik Ronnow will be in goal and will have Danilho Doekhi, Leopold Querfeld and Diogo Leite in front of him in defence. Janik Haberer, Rani Khedira, Aljoscha Kemlein and Derrick Kohn will be the four midfielders. Oliver Burke and Livan Burcu will be deployed in attacking midfield. Andrej Ilic will lead the line for the visiting team.

Key Factors to Consider

• Augsburg have won 2 and lost 3 of their last 6 Bundesliga games.
• Augsburg have won only 4 of their 16 Bundesliga games so far this campaign.
• Augsburg have scored 17 goals and conceded 32 goals in 16 Bundesliga games so far this season.
• Union Berlin have won 3 and lost 2 of their last 6 Bundesliga matches.
• Union Berlin have scored 22 goals and conceded 25 goals in 16 Bundesliga matches so far this season.

Conclusion

Augsburg have been dire so far this season, and it is hard to see anything but a win for Union Berlin in this particular Bundesliga game.

Prediction: Union Berlin to win 2-0

Best Odds: 10/1

Bookmaker: Zetbet