In this 22nd week match, on Sunday Feb 21st, Augsburg plays host to Bayer Leverkusen in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. Augsburg sits at 13th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against RB Leipzig. Daniel Olmo struck first for RB Leipzig in the 38th minute on a penalty kick, then Christopher Nkunku added another in the 43rd minute. Augsburg looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while bayer Leverkusen is fresh off their 3-4 loss against Young Boys. Christian Fassnacht scored the first goal for Young Boys in the 3rd minute, then Jordan Siebatcheu added another in the 19th minute. Bayer Leverkusen is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
On Oct 26th, Bayer Leverkusen hosted Augsburg in their last match together. Bayer Leverkusen was victorious by a score of 3 to 1 in front of an empty stadium. Lucas Alario struck first for Bayer Leverkusen in the 16th minute on a penalty kick, then Daniel Caligiuri got the equalizer for Augsburg in the 51st minute on a feed from Ruben Vargas.
Patrik Schick has been the most prolific scorer on Bayer Leverkusen in his last five matches with 3 goals. Florian Niederlechner has been the most prolific scorer on Augsburg in the last five matches with 2 goals
Heiko Herrlich’s squad will be without Fredrik Jensen, Iago, Raphael Framberger, Felix Uduokhai, Jan Morávek and Alfreð Finnbogason, while Karim Bellarabi, Paulinho, Mitchell Weiser, Julian Baumgartlinger, Nadiem Amiri, Sven Bender, Lars Bender, Exequiel Palacios and Santiago Arias are unavailable to play for Peter Bosz’s team.