Hertha Berlin – Augsburg Prediction & Picks (18.12.2018)

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Hertha Berlin – Augsburg SOCCER PICKS

Hertha BSC and Augsburg face at Olympiastadion Berlin, in a match for the 16th round of the Bundesliga. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which records 2 wins and 2 draws in the last 4 matches. However, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium was on 04-28-2018, in a match for the Bundesliga that ended in a draw by (2-2). The goals of the match were scored by V. Ibišević (84 ‘) and D. Selke (87’), for Hertha BSC, and M. Gregoritsch (32 ‘) and S. Córdova (61’), for Augsburg.

Hertha BSC:

The home team is currently in the 7 th position of the league, with 23 points won, after 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against Eintracht Frankfurt, by (1-0). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Stuttgart, by (2-1). In the last 7 home league matches Hertha BSC has a record of 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, so they have won 14 points out of 21 possible. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 15 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 6 times and only managed 1 comeback.

Hertha Berlin is a club that has conquered the Bundesliga twice in its history, but both titles have been conquered in the 1930s. In the current season, the team has been doing a relatively good campaign in the championship, since it has conquered 23 of the 45 points played so far, being thus with the same score as the fifth classified and two points behind the fourth. In the last five games that Hertha Berlin played at home, for the national championship, they all scored one or more goals in the first half. We believe that in this match Hertha Berlin will make another game more open, as it has quality to score their goals in the first half.

Augsburg:

After 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses, the away team is currently in the 14 th position of the league, with 14 points won. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Bayer Leverkusen, by (1-0). In the last match, they tied in a home match against Schalke 04, by (1-1). In the last 8 away league matches Augsburg has a record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses, so they have won 7 points out of 24 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (4 out of 8 matches). The team has conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 matches, so it has not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 15 matches in this tournament, they have conceded the first goal 7 times and have only won 1 result. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 10 away matches for all competitions: they have suffered 6 of their 14 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘).

The Augsburg is a club that never managed to conquer the Bundesliga (German Championship), having as its most outstanding campaign throughout its history the second position in the 2. Bundesliga (second national division), conquered in the 2010/11 season . In the current season, the team has been doing a bad campaign in the national championship, winning 14 of the 45 points played so far, thus being two points ahead of the first team in the relegation zone. In the last five games that Augsburg played as a visitor, for the national championship, in three of them there was one or more goals in the first half. We believe that in this match the Augsburg, to play at home, will have conditions to score their goals and will make a game quite open from the beginning.


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