The 17th-round Bundesliga match between Augsburg and Union Berlin will take place on 15 january at WWK Arena. Augsburg vs Union Berlin: prediction, betting odds and statistics.
Augsburg
Augsburg lost heavily away to Borussia Mönchengladbach (0:4) in the previous round. It was the club's tenth defeat in the current championship (4 wins, 2 draws), and the team have failed to score in three consecutive matches in this competition. The club also have six goalless matches, a figure worseed only by three other teams. In the table Augsburg occupy 15th place, two points clear of the relegation playoff zone.
- At least one opponent failed to score in six of Augsburg's last matches in the Bundesliga.
- On home soil the team have failed to win in 9 of their last 12 league matches (2 draws, 7 defeats).
- In 5 of the last 6 home league games in this competition Augsburg conceded no more than one goal.
Potential Augsburg Lineup (3-4-3)*
Finn Dahmen – Keven Schlotterbeck, Noa-Kai Banks, Cedric Zesiger – Robin Fellhauer, An-Noah Massengo, Mads Pedersen, Mert Kömür – Anton Kade, Fabian Rieder, Alexis Claude-Maurice.
Defender Jeffrey Gouweleeuw is injured.
Union Berlin
Union Berlin drew at home with Mainz (2:2) in the previous round. Union Berlin are unbeaten in three Bundesliga matches (2 wins, 1 draw), matching their longest unbeaten run this season. The team have scored in seven consecutive matches in this competition. However, Union Berlin have just 22 goals, the worst tally among teams in the top half of the table, where the club sit in ninth place.
- The team conceded at least one goal in 5 of their previous 7 Bundesliga fixtures.
- The club have not drawn in their last 8 away league matches (4 wins, 4 defeats).
- In the last 5 away league games Union Berlin have failed to score more than one goal.
Potential Union Berlin Lineup (3-4-3)*
Frederik Ronnow – Danilo Duki, Leopold Querfeld, Diogo Leite – Rani Khedira, Oliver Burke, Alyosha Kemlain, Derrick Kohn – Livan Burju, Andrej Ilic, Janik Haberer.
Midfielders Robert Skov, Tim Skarke and defender Tom Rothe are injured.
Referee
Florian Badstuebner (Germany)
Matches – 6 (Bundesliga, 2025/26);
Yellow/second-yellow to red cards shown – 13;
Average yellow cards per match – 2.2;
Straight red cards shown – 0;
Fouls per match on average – 19;
Penalties – 0%.
Augsburg vs Union Berlin: Match Prediction
Augsburg have serious problems in attack. From the start of the competition the club had a seven-match scoring run, after which goals have become much harder to come by. In their last five Bundesliga matches the club managed to score only in the game, unsurprisingly, against Bayer. In the match with Eintracht, who have the third-worst defence from the bottom, Augsburg did not create even xG enough for a goal. The team earn points by defending: Augsburg have kept clean sheets in three consecutive home matches.
Union Berlin have scored fewer than one third of all their goals away from home, with more than half of those coming against the aforementioned Eintracht. Since then Union Berlin have scored at most once in away matches. With such figures it will be difficult to break down the opponent's defence. We think the visiting team will focus on protecting their own goal.
Additionally, no more than two goals were scored in 6 of the last 8 head-to-head Bundesliga meetings between the teams. This is another factor in favor of the prediction Under 2.5 goals.
Prediction: Under 2.5 goals
* The starting lineup shown for each team is from its previous match in this competition.
