Jan 22nd features a match where Augsburg will travel to Leverkusen to battle Bayer Leverkusen in a clash of the Bundesliga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Bayer Leverkusen sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Borussia M’gladbach. Robert Andrich struck first for Bayer Leverkusen in the 51st minute on a feed from Wirtz, then Patrik Schick added another in the 74th minute on a feed from Piero Hincapié Reyna. Bayer Leverkusen is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while augsburg is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt. Daichi Kamada struck first for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 22nd minute, then Michael Gregoritsch tied it up for Augsburg in the 38th minute on a feed from Iago earning Augsburg at least a draw. Augsburg is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Wwk Arena, Bayer Leverkusen won by a score of 4 to 1 in front of almost 11000 spectators. Iago struck first for Bayer Leverkusen on an own goal in the 3rd minute, then Florian Niederlechner added another on an own goal in the 14th minute.
Michael Gregoritsch has been the most prolific scorer on Augsburg in his last 5 matches with 2 goals. Patrik Schick has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored 6 goals for Bayer Leverkusen
Charles Aránguiz, Paulinho, Julian Baumgartlinger, Nadiem Amiri, Daley Sinkgraven and Niklas Lomb are unavailable to play for Bayer Leverkusen, while Markus Weinzierl’s squad will be without Tobias Strobl, Felix Uduokhai, Alfreð Finnbogason, Carlos Gruezo, Tomáš Koubek and Tim Civeja.