On Sat Aug 20th, in week 3, Augsburg and Mainz 05 will play a match in Augsburg in a meeting of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 9th placed Augsburg is fresh off their 2-1 win against Bayer Leverkusen. Fredrik Jensen struck first for Augsburg in the 15th minute on a feed from Ermedin Demirović, then Charles Aránguiz tied it up for Bayer Leverkusen in the 43rd minute. Augsburg is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while mainz 05 sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Union Berlin. Neither Mainz 05 nor Union Berlin could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 11 and 10 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Mainz 05 is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Mainz 05 is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Delano Burgzorg and Karim Onisiwo each having 2 goals in their last 5. Fredrik Jensen has been the most prolific scorer on Augsburg in his last 5 matches with two goals
Augsburg will be without Reece Oxford, Ruben Vargas, Noah Joel Sarenren Bazee and Tobias Strobl, while Bo Svensson’s squad will be without Jonathan Burkardt.