Will the Fuggerstädter plunge VfL deeper into the crisis?
According to the approximate market values of the players of the two opponents in this Saturday’s match, VfL Wolfsburg, who weigh roughly twice as much as FC Augsburg, should be the clear favorites. However, the team from the Fuggerstadt have already picked up seven points more than the team from Lower Saxony and are going into this game with significantly more momentum, which is why we are tipping the Bavarian Swabians to win a point in Wolfsburg v Augsburg
While the Wolves have not won in ten Bundesliga games (six draws, four defeats), FCA have won three consecutive matches in the top flight of German soccer for the first time since the fall of 2022. The club from the Fuggerstadt also occupy fourth place in the table for the second half of the season. Our prediction for Wolfsburg v Augsburg is therefore a double chance X2
The head-to-head comparison also favors a point win for the visitors, as FC Augsburg are currently unbeaten in four consecutive meetings against VfL Wolfsburg (two wins, two draws). What’s more, the team from the Fuggerstadt has also been much better defensively of late, keeping two clean sheets in a row. Accordingly, there is even a lot of value in the bet that FCA will leave the Volkswagen Arena with the full three points in the bag
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Wolfsburg – Statistics & current form
After VfL Wolfsburg only missed out on participation in a European competition on match day 34 in the 2022/23 season, the club from Lower Saxony actually started the new season with high goals. However, the Wolves never really got involved at the top.
In the course of a prolonged winless streak, the Green-Whites have now even slipped into the bottom third of the table. Niko Kovac’s side are 13th in the Bundesliga going into the final matchday before the international break, during which they will have to do a lot. After all, just 25 points from 25 league games equates to the weakest Bundesliga season in the club’s history
Wolfsburg with an unprecedented slump
Wolfsburg have now gone ten league games without a win (six draws, four defeats). VfL have not had such a long dry spell in the top flight of German soccer since 2009/10. The fact that they have not kept a clean sheet in all ten games is also the longest such negative streak in four years.
Consequently, the table for the second half of the season is anything but good for VfL, who have a miserable five points from their eight games in the second half of the season (club-low) and are therefore only 16th in the table
Wolfsburg did not score much at home against Augsburg
It’s all the more surprising that the odds for Wolfsburg v Augsburg are nevertheless tipping in favor of Kovac’s side, who not only lost the first leg against FCA, but have now not won against the Fuggerstädter in four competitive matches (two draws, two defeats).
However, there is a small glimmer of hope: The Wolves have not been beaten by FCA in home matches in the Bundesliga for six consecutive seasons (two wins, four draws). That is the longest active unbeaten streak for Lower Saxony at home against a current Bundesliga club.
Predicted Wolfsburg line-up:
Augsburg – Statistics & current form
FC Augsburg have been involved in the relegation battle from time to time in recent years, but are currently having a really good season. The yield of 32 points from 25 league games corresponds to the best interim result for the Bavarian Swabians in six years (2017/18 was also 32).
The Fuggerstädter are now in ninth place in the Bundesliga table and even have one eye on seventh place, which would be enough to qualify for the Conference League if Leverkusen win the cup
Augsburg have always had problems away from home
Augsburg are in fourth place in the Bundesliga table for the second half of the season, thanks in particular to their recent run. Jess Thorup’s team have won their last three Bundesliga games in a row. There have not been four wins in a row for the Bavarian Swabians in the top flight of German soccer since December 2014 under Markus Weinzierl.
In any case, the away record of Wolfsburg against Augsburg suggests that the Fuggerstädter’s next treble is unlikely. Six of the twelve point games in the 2023/24 season were lost away from home (three wins, three draws)
Augsburg improved their defensive stability
Despite this, FCA will travel to Lower Saxony with strong form and ambitions. Thorup’s side kept two clean sheets in a row in their two recent victories over Darmstadt (6-0) and Heidenheim (1-0), which must have pleased keeper Finn Dahmen in particular. After all, the 25-year-old did not concede a single goal in his first 36 Bundesliga games of his career.
Given that captain Ermedin Demirovic is also the fourth-highest scorer in the Bundesliga in the 2023/24 season (14) behind Harry Kane (30), Serhou Guirassy (21) and Lois Openda (17), the Fuggerstädter also have the necessary attacking punch to survive in the Volkswagen Arena.
Augsburg’s expected line-up:
Wolfsburg – Augsburg head-to-head comparison / H2H result
Head to head: 8 – 9 – 8
A total of 25 meetings have taken place between the two teams so far and the direct comparison is completely even with eight wins each. Most recently, however, the encounter has been more in the hands of the Fuggerstädter, who not only won the first leg 3:2, but are also unbeaten in four encounters with FC Augsburg (two wins, two draws).
Wolfsburg – Augsburg betting tip
All in all, our prediction for Wolfsburg vs Augsburg is for the Bavarian Swabians to win the game, as they go into this match in very good form. Not only have FCA not lost any of their last four league games against the Wolves (two wins, two draws), but the Fuggerstädter have also won three in a row in the Bundesliga and are currently in fourth place in the table for the second half of the season. In the same table, Lower Saxony are only in 16th place
In view of the fact that VfL have now been winless in ten Bundesliga games (six draws, four defeats) and have not kept a single clean sheet in this period, our tip is now for the double chance X2.
For the Fuggerstädter to score in the Volkswagen Arena, Betano offers odds of 1.78, which we play with four out of ten units.
