Bundesliga Action at the WWK Arena – Augsburg face Mainz

Saturday Bundesliga action from the WWK Arena, as Augsburg take on Mainz.

As it stands, Mainz will go to the WWK Arena in sixth place, Augsburg are currently in ninth.

Augsburg’s Bundesliga season, has so far seen them gain three points, going into this game

A loss to Bayer Leverkusen away, and then SC Freiburg at home is not good enough to retain a credible run of form in the Bundesliga. Augsburg will see this as an opportunity to get their season back on track.

Also, Augsburg have enjoyed excellent form all season. With three points, they currently sit ninth in the League. The breakdown for the team’s record is 1 wins, 1 losses and 0 draws having won one game and lost one game.

When Augsburg host Mainz, they will do so on the back of one losses on their own ground.

A win in this fixture, would take Augsburg’s points from 3 to 6, so far this season.

Enrico Maassen could be missing up to six of their players through injury or illness for the game on Saturday.

Mainz go into this match with four points secured

Losing away to Bochum 1-2, which followed them drawing home to Union Berlin 0-0, this is a worrying run of form for Mainz Manager Bo Svensson, who goes into this fixture, knowing that only a positive result will be good enough.

Also, Mainz have developed a habit of drawing football matches this season, which is reflected by their position in the table. With a sixth position in the league and 1 wins, 0 losses and 1 draws, they currently have four points in the League having won one game and drawn one game.

Mainz will travel to Augsburg with a win record on the road that is quite unremarkable, with one victory.

Mainz will have 7 points if they manage to secure a victory.

A solid defensive team

Mainz’s defence has been rock solid so far, only conceding one goal in their previous games. The number of goals that a team scores can sometimes give a misleading impression of performance. Mainz have found the net two times, but their performance at times this season has been average. This has been largely down to the key attacking players: Karim Onisiwo (2), Finn Dahmen, and Aaron Martin.

Injury and illness have depleted Bo Svensson’s Mainz and they will likely be missing two key personnel for Saturday’s match.

Augsburg v Mainz – Head-to-Heads.

Regarding their historical duels these two teams have previously played each other 27 times with the tally being 13 victories and four draws for Augsburg. Additionally, Mainz have been hugely successful away to Augsburg of late, winning 16 fixtures times in the last eight. Their most recent encounter in this competition Fuggerstädter delivered a 2-1 home win.

Players to watch

For Augsburg, Fredrik Jensen contributed withone goal in two League matches so far, while Karim Onisiwo, one of their best scorers, has nettedtwo goals in two League fixtures this season for Mainz.

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