Werder Bremen vs Augsburg - prediction, team news, lineups

Werder Bremen volition beryllium looking to instrumentality a immense measurement towards Bundesliga safety erstwhile they invited Augsburg to the Weserstadion this Saturday afternoon.

The hosts person experienced a timely upswing successful signifier implicit caller weeks arsenic they proceed to propulsion for top-tier survival, portion Die Fuggerstadter are hoping to boost their European ambitions amid a four-match unbeaten run. 

Match preview

When Daniel Thioune took implicit the managerial blistery spot from Horst Steffen past February, Werder Bremen were connected a one-way roadworthy to relegation aft slumping to the relegation playoff spot.

Confidence sank adjacent further erstwhile the 51-year-old kicked disconnected his latest foray into coaching with a three-match losing tally - including a 2-1 decision against relegation rivals. St Pauli.

Since then, Bremen person made a singular turnaround, picking up 4 wins from 8 games and moving six points wide of the bottommost three.

The River Islanders could mathematically unafraid their Bundesliga presumption with a triumph this Saturday afternoon, though a batch besides depends connected different results successful the competition.

One of the reasons for the club’s seemingly miraculous turnaround has been a wide betterment successful idiosyncratic performances from definite members of the squad. 

Olivier Deman, for instance, was connected the brink of leaving the nine successful the wintertime model pursuing a dreadful commencement to the season, lone to go 1 of the cardinal members of the squad nether Thioune. 

Similar things tin beryllium said astir Jens Stage, who has delivered fantabulous idiosyncratic performances successful caller weeks - peculiarly against Union Berlin, Hamburger SV and Stuttgart.

Augsburg person followed a akin travel to Bremen this season, though dissimilar their upcoming opponents, Die Fuggerstadter could inactive extremity the run with European qualification.

Former German planetary Sandro Wagner started the play successful the dugout, but helium lone lasted 12 games aft seeing the nine plummet down the standings.

Manuel Baum picked up the pieces successful December, and the nine has since flourished nether the stewardship of the erstwhile teacher.

As things stand, Augsburg find themselves ninth successful the standings, and they could yet situation seventh-placed Eintracht Frankfurt for that all-important Europa Conference League qualifying spot.

There are conscionable six points separating some teams with 3 matchdays remaining, and Augsburg volition instrumentality assurance from the information they are unbeaten successful 4 games.

Baum’s men person picked up 5 points from their past 3 outings, but what makes that tally adjacent much awesome is the information each 3 opponents were top-seven teams.

Speaking successful his pre-match property conference, Baum revealed that his players are inactive “hungry for more”, which indicates Augsburg are not rather acceptable to settee for a mid-table finish.

Werder Bremen Bundesliga form:

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Augsburg Bundesliga form:

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Team News

Werder Bremen person got a fig of wounded worries up of Saturday’s location clash with Augsburg.

Head manager Thioune volition beryllium without defender Felix Agu, who has missed the past 2 matches with a musculus problem.

Forward Keke Topp has been connected the sidelines since mid-March with a genu injury, and the 22-year-old is not expected to marque a instrumentality this weekend.

Julian Malatini (ankle) and Karl Hein (hand) are 2 different absentees, portion the experienced Leonardo Bittencourt (thigh) is simply a doubt.

Augsburg, connected the different hand, are astir afloat acceptable up of their travel to the northbound of Germany.

Mads Pedersen is the lone uncertainty up of the match, with the subordinate nursing a insignificant genu issue.

In presumption of attack, Fabian Rieder is the antheral to ticker considering helium scored a brace successful Augsburg’s past distant outing. 

Werder Bremen imaginable starting lineup:

Backhaus; Sugawara, Pieper, Friedl, Deman; Stage, Lynen, Puertas; Grull, Milosevic, Schmid

Augsburg imaginable starting lineup:

Dahmen; Chaves, Gouweleeuw, Zesiger; Fellhauer, Massengo, Rieder, Giannoulis; Kade, Claude-Maurice; Gregoritsch

We say: Werder Bremen 2-2 Augsburg

Looking astatine the table, you mightiness spot 2 mid-table teams with small to play for. However, that could not beryllium further from the truth. 

There are superior motivations for some teams up of Saturday’s encounter, and considering they are some successful bully form, we are backing a high-scoring draw. 

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