Week 31 brings us a match on May 6th, where Augsburg will play host to Union Berlin in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 13th placed Augsburg is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt. Elvis Rexhbecaj struck first for Eintracht Frankfurt on an own goal in the 25th minute, then Ermedin Demirović tied it up for Augsburg in the 58th minute on a feed from Ruben Vargas earning them at least the one point. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while union Berlin sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Bayer Leverkusen. Neither Union Berlin nor Bayer Leverkusen could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 9 and 9 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Union Berlin is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
Augsburg and Union Berlin last played eachother at the Stadion An Der Alten Försterei on Nov 9th. Union Berlin and Augsburg battled to a 2-2 draw. Sheraldo Becker scored the first goal for Union Berlin in the 7th minute, then in the 9th minute, Ruben Vargas sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Florian Niederlechner .
Union Berlin hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Kevin Behrens and Josip Juranović, and they each have 1 goal. Ruben Vargas has been the most prolific scorer on Augsburg in his last five matches with 2 goals
Augsburg will be without Kelvin Yeboah, André Hahn, Reece Oxford, Fredrik Jensen, Iago, Jeffrey Gouweleeuw, Tobias Strobl, Mergim Berisha and Rafał Gikiewicz, while Union Berlin will be without András Schäfer.