Augsburg vs. Mainz Match Analysis and Prediction

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Both Augsburg and Mainz will be looking for their second wins in the new Bundesliga season this weekend when they lock horns at the WWK Arena in game week three of the German top flight. Kickoffs on August 20 at 16:30 EAT.

Augsburg currently sits in the ninth place with three points after two opening matches this season. Their pre-season campaign was average; they won two and lost two of their two friendlies. Coming into this game, Augsburg won three and lost three of their last six matches.

Augsburg will want another win following 1-2 Bundesliga success to beat Bayer Leverkusen in their previous match. In that game, Augsburg had 32% possession, six shots at l with four of them on target and goals scored by Fredrik Jensen (15′) and André Hahn (82′). Bayer Leverkusen got 24 shots with 10 of them on target and a goal by Charles Aránguiz (43′).

Meanwhile, Mainz finished right outside the Europa Conference League Qualifiers places and they will look to make it inside the spots this season. The visitors currently sit sixth with four points to their name after two opening matches. Mainz has not lost any of their last six matches ahead of this encounter, recording two draws and six wins.

Mainz dheld each other to 0-0 Bundesliga stalemate with Union Berlin in their previous fixture. In that game Mainz had 50% possession and 11 shots with five of them on target while Union Berlin got 10 shots with two of them on target.

Augsburg vs. Mainz head to head

There have been 27 head to head encounters between these two sides since 2007; Augsburg claims 13 victories, Mainz 10 victories while four matches ended in draws.

Augsburg 2-1 Mainz 06/04/22
Mainz 4-1 Augsburg 22/10/21
Mainz 0-1 Augsburg 28/02/21
Augsburg 3-1 Mainz 31/10/20
Mainz 0-1 Augsburg 14/06/20

Home

Leverkusen 1-2 Augsburg
Augsburg 0-4 Freiburg
Blau-Weiss Lohne 0-4 Augsburg
Augsburg 2-3 Stade Rennes
Schalke 1-1 Augsburg

Away

Mainz 0-0 Union Berlin
Bochum 1-2 Mainz
Aue 0-3 Mainz
Mainz 1-1 Bilbao
Mainz 1-0 Newcastle

Augsburg team news

Reece Oxford, Niklas Dorsch, Rubén Vargas, Noah Joel Sarenren Bazee, Tobias Strobl and Lukas Petkov will be miss out boss Enrico Maaßen’s selection for this fixture through injuries.