On Sunday May 8th, RB Leipzig hosts Augsburg in a clash of the Bundesliga. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 5th placed RB Leipzig, recorded a 1-3 loss against Borussia M’gladbach. Breel Embolo struck first for Borussia M’gladbach in the 17th minute, then Christopher Nkunku tied it up for RB Leipzig in the 36th minute on a feed from André Silva. With 20 points in their last 10 matches RB Leipzig should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 14th placed Augsburg, recorded a 1-4 loss against Köln. Jan Thielmann struck first for Köln in the 12th minute, then Mark Uth added another in the 15th minute. Augsburg is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Dec 15th, Augsburg hosted RB Leipzig in their last match together. Augsburg and RB Leipzig battled to a 1-1 draw. André Silva struck first for RB Leipzig in the 19th minute, but Daniel Caligiuri got the equalizer for Augsburg in the 86th minute earning Augsburg at least a draw.
Ruben Vargas and Jeffrey Gouweleeuw are the top scorers for Augsburg in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. RB Leipzig is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Dominik Szoboszlai and Emil Forsberg each only have 1 goal in their last 5
Amadou Haidara and Lukas Klostermann are unavailable to play for Domenico Tedesco’s team, while Markus Weinzierl’s Augsburg squad will be without Noah Joel Sarenren Bazee, Tobias Strobl and Felix Uduokhai.