Augsburg aim for a fourth straight win as they travel to RB Leipzig for a Bundesliga clash at the Red Bull Arena.
Leipzig, sitting fifth with 10 games left and two points outside the top four, are seeking consistency in the season's final stretch. Their recent form includes two wins, three draws, and two defeats in the last seven league matches. Their most recent victory came away to Hamburger SV, where Rômulo Cardoso scored to cancel out Fábio Vieira’s opener and assisted Yan Diomande for the winner. Cardoso also had a penalty saved, though Leipzig still secured their third win in four away league games.
Leipzig return to a home venue where they have not won in four consecutive matches since a 2-0 win over Freiburg on January 14. They can draw encouragement from having won eight of nine Bundesliga home meetings with Augsburg, including a prior victory over the visitors at the Red Bull Arena.
Team news: Leipzig will be without several players due to injury (Péter Gulácsi, Viggo Gebel, Kosta Nedeljković, Assan Ouédraogo, Xaver Schlager).
Predicted lineup: Vandevoordt; Baku, Orbán, Lukeba, Raum; Gruda, Seiwald, Baumgartner; Diomande, Nusa; Rômulo.
Augsburg have recovered from relegation danger with five wins in six games, including three straight since a 2-0 defeat at Mainz. They started the run with a 1-0 win over Heidenheim and followed with a 3-2 comeback win at Wolfsburg, then a 2-0 home victory over FC Köln, powered by Rodrigo Ribeiro and Alexis Claude-Maurice. Augsburg will seek their first Bundesliga away win over Leipzig and their first league head-to-head win since a 2017 victory at the WWK Arena, as they also aim to extend their away winning run for the first time since early 2025.
Team news: Augsburg are without Jeffrey Gouweleeuw, Chrislain Matsima, Uchenna Ogundu and Yannik Keitel due to injury, while Cédric Zesiger faces a one-match ban for yellow-card accumulation.
Predicted lineup: Dahmen; Chaves, Schlotterbeck, Banks; Fellhauer, Jakić, Massengo, Giannoulis; Rieder, Claude-Maurice; Ribeiro.
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