Augsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen - prediction, team news, lineups

Following connected from their first Bundesliga win of the season, Bayer Leverkusen volition question to look Augsburg astatine WWK Arena connected Saturday.

Die Fuggerstadter volition beryllium assured aft making a 100% start, portion Die Werkself volition beryllium hoping to repetition past weekend's emphatic triumph.

Match preview

Augsburg endured a turbulent 2025-26 campaign, but manager Manuel Baum has guided the nine to an fantabulous opening this clip around.

Die Fuggerstadter kicked disconnected the play eyeing overmuch much than specified survival, and planted their emblem firmly with a comprehensive 3-0 triumph implicit Schalke 04 connected August 30.

Following that occurrence with a 4-1 hammering of Eintracht Frankfurt has marked Baum's broadside arsenic 1 to ticker successful the aboriginal days of the Bundesliga calendar, and they volition contiguous a importantly tougher proposition for Leverkusen than galore expected.

As things stand, Augsburg beryllium astatine the apical of the array successful the German apical flight, acknowledgment to their awesome six goal-difference aft conscionable 2 matches.

Saturday's hosts volition besides beryllium buoyed by their commendable tally of 7 goals truthful acold - the joint-highest successful the part alongside Elversberg.

Meanwhile, Leverkusen fans were served a scare successful their opener, but Carles Martinez Novell's broadside volition beryllium retired to beryllium that it was a specified stumble.

Die Werkself paid a sojourn to promoted nine Elversberg connected matchday one, and amazingly walked distant bare handed, suffering a daze 3-2 defeat at Waldstadion Kaiserlinde.

However, Martinez Novell's men were capable to bounce backmost by thrashing Union Berlin 4-0 connected location turf past clip out, courtesy of 2 goals successful each half.

That triumph has Leverkusen seventh successful the Bundesliga, but taking each 3 points this play could spot them ascent up into the Champions League places, wherever they volition anticipation to enactment for the remainder of the campaign.

In bid to marque that ambition a reality, Die Werkself volition request to defy their mixed travelling record, which features 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats from their past six league outings connected the road.

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Team News

Augsburg volition beryllium without striker Steve Mounie, portion versatile attacker Anton Kade is simply a uncertainty pursuing a musculus injury.

If the second is unavailable, then Michael Gregoritsch and Arijon Ibrahimovic should commencement up front, supported by Robin Fellhauer.

Elsewhere, antiaircraft midfielder Tim Breithaupt is sidelined owed to a toed injury, though Han-Noah Massengo and Fabian Rieder volition beryllium connected manus to run successful the centre of the park.

As for Leverkusen, they person a fig of doubts successful defence, including right-back Guela Doue, and centre-back Facundo Medina, who was forced disconnected with a musculus contented against Union.

Loic Bade is apt to measurement successful astatine centre-half if Medina is not acceptable to play, portion Jarell Quansah could proceed astatine right-back, with Montrell Culbreath sidelined owed to a ft injury.

Die Werkself are besides airy successful midfield, fixed that Kennet Eichorn is dealing with a metabolic disorder, Nathan Tella is closing connected a instrumentality from a backmost injury, and Martin Terrier is simply a uncertainty aft sitting retired against Union. 

With that successful mind, Equi Fernandez and Aleix Garcia volition commencement successful the visitors' treble pivot, portion Malik Tillman lines up successful the fig 10 role.

Augsburg imaginable starting lineup:

Dahmen; Wolf, Matsima, Brackelmann, Banks, Behrens; Fellhauer, Rieder, Massengo; Gregoritsch, Ibrahimovic

Bayer Leverkusen imaginable starting lineup:

Flekken; Quansah, Taposoba, Bade, Gutierrez; Fernandez, Garcia; Moreira, Tillman, Maza; Schick

We say: Augsburg 3-3 Bayer Leverkusen

Augsburg person scored 7 goals crossed their archetypal 2 matches of the season, and it would not beryllium astonishing to spot them find joyousness successful beforehand of extremity erstwhile again.

However, Leverkusen person besides managed six from their archetypal 2 outings, truthful expect to spot a high-scoring brushwood connected Saturday.

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