Augsburg vs Bayern Munich

Out-of-form Bayern Munich head to the WWK Arena to take on underachieving Augsburg in a must-win Bundesliga clash.

Augsburg goalkeeper Rafal Gikiewicz saved a stoppage-time penalty at Werder Bremen last weekend to hand his side a first Bundesliga clean sheet in nine matches and arrest their abysmal run of three straight league defeats. Back at the WWK Arena, the perennial Bundesliga strugglers are desperate to halt a three-match losing league start on home turf and steer themselves further away from the relegation zone. Unfortunately for the ‘Fuggerstädter,’ Bayern won’t take the field to make friends after racking up eight victories from their 11 top-flight H2Hs at this venue (D1, L2). On top of that, goals have been hard to come by for Augsburg this season, with Enrico Maaßen’s men netting a league joint-low four goals in their opening six Bundesliga outings.

As for Bayern Munich, a morale-boosting 2-0 home triumph over Barcelona in midweek Champions League action has calmed fans’ nerves a bit following the Bavarians’ uneventful three-game winless Bundesliga form (D3). Another failed attempt to land all three points would see the record-time German champions go four consecutive top-flight games without winning for the first time since 2001/02. But under-pressure manager Julian Nagelsmann has every reason for optimism. Before slumping to a 1-1 draw at Union Berlin on their most recent Bundesliga travel, Bayern had won their opening two away league fixtures via 5+ goal margins, netting 13 goals in the process! Delivering action from the get-go, the reigning German champions have scored within the opening 15 minutes on all three Bundesliga travels this season.