Competition:German Bundesliga
Date: March 3 2017
Kick off at 19:30 UK
Venue: WWK Arena.


Augsburg vs RasenBallsport Leipzig Preview and Prediction

RB Leipzig’s title dream suffered a major setback with four defeats during a seven-game spell, but Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side appear to be back on track thanks to back-to-back wins over Borussia Monchengladbach and Cologne and they will be determined to keep this winning run going as they continue their pursuit of league leaders Bayern Munich.

Leipzig are five points behind Bayern heading into this latest round of fixtures and that means they can move within two points of Carlo Ancelotti’s side on Friday night – even if it is for just 24 hours. Leipzig kick off the weekend’s action with a trip to face an Augsburg side that will be looking over their shoulder at the relegation zone. They are, after all, just seven more points clear of the bottom three and that means a few negative results could leave them in all sorts of trouble.

Augsburg halted a sequence of back-to-back defeats with a victory at rock-bottom Darmstadt last time out, but I am not expecting them to build on that with more points here. RB Leipzig may have lost a few away games over the past few months, but on the whole they have been strong on their travels this season and they have won five of their last eight away games with two of their defeats coming against the ‘big two’ – Bayern and Borussia Dortmund.

RB Leipzig should be too good for Augsburg on Friday night and in-form striker Timo Werner can play his part by finding the back of the net. The 20-year-old striker has now scored in each of his last two appearances for Leipzig and he has now scored 10 goals in his last 12 appearances for the title hopefuls. In that sort of form he represents great value in the anytime goalscorer market for this match.

Augsburg v RB Leipzig Stats

RB Leipzig have won just one of their previous three meetings with Augsburg, losing twice
RB Leipzig ran out 2-1 winners when they entertained Augsburg back in September
Augsburg are one of the lowest scoring sides in the Bundesliga with 21 goals


Augsburg v RB Leipzig Predictions: both team to score