Week 2 brings us a match on Aug 13th, where Bayer Leverkusen hosts Augsburg in a clash of the Bundesliga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 29 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. In their last match, Bayer Leverkusen recorded a 0-1 loss against Borussia Dortmund. Marco Reus struck first for Borussia Dortmund in the 10th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bayer Leverkusen couldn’t manage to score, and Borussia Dortmund took the shutout win. Bayer Leverkusen looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10, while augsburg sits at 17th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-4 loss against Freiburg. Michael Gregoritsch scored the first goal for Freiburg in the 46th minute, then Vincenzo Grifo added another in the 48th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Augsburg couldn’t manage to score, and Freiburg took the shutout win. Augsburg looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Bayer Leverkusen won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Michael Gregoritsch and Daniel Caligiuri are the top scorers for Augsburg in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Bayer Leverkusen’s top weapon lately has been Iker Bravo Solanilla, who has three goals in the last 5 matches
Gerardo Seoane’s squad will be without Amine Adli and Wirtz, while Reece Oxford, Ruben Vargas, Noah Joel Sarenren Bazee and Tobias Strobl are unavailable to play for Enrico Maaßen’s team.