On Saturday Sep 23rd, Augsburg and Mainz 05 will play a match in Augsburg in a clash of the Bundesliga. Augsburg is fresh off their 0-3 loss against RB Leipzig. Xavi Simons struck first for RB Leipzig in the 6th minute, then Loïs Openda added another in the 11th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Augsburg couldn’t manage to score, and RB Leipzig took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10, while mainz 05 sits at 18th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against Stuttgart. Sehrou Guirassy struck first for Stuttgart in the 56th minute on a feed from Waldemar Anton, but Leandro Barreiro got the equalizer for Mainz 05 in the 69th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Mainz 05 won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Tom Krauss has been the most prolific scorer on Mainz 05 in his last 5 matches with two goals. Augsburg’s top weapon lately has been Drena Dijon, who has 2 goals in the last five matches
Augsburg will be without Masaya Okugawa, Reece Oxford, Jeffrey Gouweleeuw, Raphael Framberger and Japhet Tanganga, while Mainz 05 will be without Jonathan Burkardt, Ludovic Ajorque, Andreas Hanche-Olsen, Maxim Leitsch and Weiper.