In a weekend match in week 20, on Saturday Jan 22nd, Bayer Leverkusen will host Augsburg in a Bundesliga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 3rd placed Bayer Leverkusen, recorded a 2-1 win against Borussia M’gladbach. Robert Andrich scored the first goal for Bayer Leverkusen in the 51st minute, then Patrik Schick added another in the 74th minute on a feed from Piero Hincapié Reyna. Bayer Leverkusen is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Augsburg recorded a 1-1 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt. Daichi Kamada struck first for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 22nd minute, then in the 38th minute, Iago sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Michael Gregoritsch squeezing out at least the one point for Augsburg. Augsburg is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Aug 28th, Bayer Leverkusen took the match by a score of 4 to 1 in front of almost 11000 fans. Iago struck first for Bayer Leverkusen on an own goal in the 3rd minute, then Florian Niederlechner added another on an own goal in the 14th minute.
Michael Gregoritsch has been the most prolific scorer on Augsburg in his last five matches with two goals. Patrik Schick has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored six goals for Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer Leverkusen will be without Charles Aránguiz, Paulinho, Julian Baumgartlinger, Nadiem Amiri, Daley Sinkgraven and Niklas Lomb, while Markus Weinzierl’s Augsburg squad will be without Tobias Strobl, Felix Uduokhai, Alfreð Finnbogason, Carlos Gruezo, Tomáš Koubek and Tim Civeja.