Augsburg – Dusseldorf SOCCER PICKS
Augsburg and Fortuna Düsseldorf meet at WWK Arena, in a match for the 18th round of the Bundesliga. Augsburg out (1-2) won the last time they met in this league edition, on 08-25-2018. The Fortuna Düsseldorf presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor, so in this game the home factor may be decisive.
Augsburg:
After 3 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses, the home team is currently in the 15 th position, with 15 points won. In the penultimate match, they tied in an away match against Hertha BSC, by (2-2). In the last match, they lost in a home match against Wolfsburg, by (2-3). This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses in away matches; against 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses at their stadium. In their last 8 home matches for the championship Augsburg won 1, tied 4 and lost 3, so they have won 7 points out of 24 possible.
For this competition, they have not won any of the last 5 home matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 1-0 (3 out of 8 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 9 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 17 matches in this competition, they have only won 1 of the 8 matches they suffered in the first goal.
The Augsburg is making a terrible campaign in the Bundesliga, comes in a terrible phase, which accumulates 5 losses and 3 draws, and goes in search of a recovery, as it fell in the qualifying table and is now the first team above of the descent zone. The team needs to improve a lot, both in the offensive and in the defensive sector, since they scored 25 goals, being the eighth worst attack of the competition, and suffered 29 goals, having the fifth weakest defense, so much that they suffered goals in the last nine rounds. In its stadium, the Augsburg has the worst campaign of the championship, is the team that won the least and the third most goals suffered, showing the difficulty of acting before their fans, where it needs to be more offensive, but ends up leaving many spaces behind. For the match against Fortuna Düsseldorf, coach Manuel Baum will not be able to count on midfielder Rani Khedira, suspended for the accumulation of yellow cards.
Fortuna Düsseldorf:
The away team is currently in the 14 th position of the league, with 18 points won, after 5 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against Borussia Dortmund, by (2-1). In the last match, they won in an away match against Hannover 96, by (0-1). This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses in away matches, with 44 goals scored and 26 conceded; against 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses at their stadium, with 22 goals scored and 18 conceded. The team comes to this match after a home win against Emmen by (1-0). For the league, Fortuna Düsseldorf won 6 points out of 24 possible points, after 1 win, 3 draws and 4 losses in the last 8 away matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (4 out of 8 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 17 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 9 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 5 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 3 of their 7 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘).
The Fortuna Düsseldorf raised production in the last days, comes from 3 consecutive victories, managed to leave the relegation zone and goes in search of another positive result against a direct adversary to continue rising in the qualifying table. The team still needs adjustments, both in the offensive and in the defensive sector, as they scored only 19 goals, being the fifth worst attack of the competition, and suffered 33 goals, having the fourth weakest defense, although they suffered only 1 goal in the last 3 rounds, playing more cautiously, without desperately launching the attack.
