Bayer 04 Leverkusen and FC Augsburg are going to face on Saturday the 22nd of January at 3:30 pm in the 20th week of the Bundesliga. The match is going to be staged in Leverkusen at the BayArena.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen occupies the 3rd place in the table with 32 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Borussia Mönchengladbach in its last match in the Bundesliga. Until now, it has won 9 times, draw 5 times, and lost 5 times.
FC Augsburg sits in the 16th place in the standings with 19 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt in its last match in the Bundesliga. Until now, it has won 4 times, draw 7 times, and lost 8 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Bayer 04 Leverkusen has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (16 times or 84.21%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (16 times), 4-3-2-1 (once), 4-4-2 (once) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Gerardo Seoane is expected to play against FC Augsburg with the following players: L. Hrádecký, M. Bakker, J. Tah, P. Hincapié Reyna, R. Andrich, N. Amiri, M. Diaby, F. Wirtz, K. Bellarabi and P. Schick.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Bayer 04 Leverkusen would be 25.50.
There are doubts about the presence of J. Frimpong.
Gerardo Seoane will probably not be able to employ C. Aránguiz Sandoval because of injury.
A. Lunev, K. Odilon, D. Sinkgraven, E. Tapsoba, J. Baumgartlinger and E. Palacios will definitely miss the match.
Gerardo Seoane will not be able to have the presence of K. Demirbay who is suspended.
FC Augsburg
FC Augsburg has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (8 times or 42.11%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (8 times), 3-5-2 (3 times), 4-2-3-1 (3 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 4-2-2-2 (once), 4-4-1-1 (once) and 5-3-2 (once).
Markus Weinzierl is expected to play against Bayer 04 Leverkusen with the following players: R. Gikiewicz, I. Amaral Borduchi, J. Gouweleeuw, R. Oxford, R. Gumny, R. Vargas, N. Dorsch, A. Maier, A. Zeqiri, M. Gregoritsch and R. Pepi.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of FC Augsburg would be 25.45.
T. Strobl will definitely miss the match.
