FC Augsburg and RB Leipzig will face off on Wednesday the 15th of December at 8:30 pm in the 16th week of the Bundesliga. The match is going to be staged in Augsburg at the WWK Arena.
FC Augsburg sits in the 16th place in the table with 16 points. It comes from a 0-2 win against FC Köln in its last match in the Bundesliga. Up to now, it has won 4 times, draw 4 times, and lost 7 times.
RB Leipzig occupies the 7th place in the standings with 21 points. It comes from a 4-1 win against Borussia Mönchengladbach in its last match in the Bundesliga. So far, it has won 6 times, draw 3 times, and lost 6 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
FC Augsburg
FC Augsburg has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 33.33%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (5 times), 3-5-2 (3 times), 4-2-3-1 (3 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 4-4-1-1 (once) and 5-3-2 (once).
Markus Weinzierl is expected to play against RB Leipzig with the following players: R. Gikiewicz, I. Amaral Borduchi, R. Oxford, R. Gumny, R. Vargas, J. Morávek, N. Dorsch, D. Caligiuri, A. Hahn and M. Gregoritsch.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed, the average age of FC Augsburg would be 27.30.
There are doubts about the presence of F. Uduokhai.
Markus Weinzierl will probably not be able to employ A. Maier, A. Finnbogason, F. Niederlechner and A. Zeqiri because of injury.
T. Strobl will definitely miss the match.
Markus Weinzierl will not be able to have the presence of J. Gouweleeuw who is suspended.
RB Leipzig
RB Leipzig has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 46.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (7 times), 4-2-3-1 (5 times), 3-4-1-2 (once), 4-3-1-2 (once) and 4-3-3 (once).
Domenico Tedesco is expected to play against FC Augsburg with the following players: P. Gulácsi, M. Simakan, J. Gvardiol, W. Orban, N. Mukiele Mulere, D. Olmo Carvajal, K. Kampl, K. Laimer, E. Forsberg, C. Nkunku and A. Valente Silva.
In case that the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of RB Leipzig would be 25.64.
Domenico Tedesco will probably not be able to employ A. Haidara and H. Novoa Ramos because of injury.
M. Halstenberg, M. Saracchi Pintos and Y. Yurary Poulsen will definitely miss the match.
