Augsburg vs Hannover 96 Predictions

Augsburg had won just one of their last fourteen Bundesliga outings before their game of the season last time out at the WWK Arena, where they beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 via two goals from Ji Dong-Won. Manuel Baum’s men followed that up with a valiant 0-0 draw away to RB Leipzig last weekend, but whether, like after their triumph over Mainz back in February, this will prove nothing but a brief moment of respite is yet to be seen. One thing that is for sure is that a win here against relegation fighters Hannover would do wonders for their own chances of survival this season.

Hannover’s luck this season was summed up beautifully in their 3-2 defeat at home to Bayer Leverkusen last weekend. Finding themselves 2-0 down in winter conditions, Hannover’s Genki Haraguchi was denied a goal as the heavy snow slowed the ball down to a near halt just before crossing the goal-line. Had that gone in, Thomas Doll’s side would have saved a point (or possibly gone on to win the game if you consider momentum a thing) and moved closer to the relegation play-off spot – what looks like their last opportunity for survival now.

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Augsburg are favourites here despite being one of just five sides to have won two games or fewer so far in the new year, so for us it’s much better to be looking at goals for this game. Only three sides in the German top flight have seen more goals than Hannover in their league matches so far in 2019 (29 – an average of over 3.6 per game). Augsburg aren’t too far behind either, with their matches seeing a total of 26 goals, an average of 3.25 per game. And with both teams scoring in 83% of Augsburg’s home and Hannover’s away matches this season, that looks the bet to go for here.

One might think that another away trip is not looking good for Hannover, but they do have a good track record against Augsburg, losing just one of their seven at the WWK Arena (W3 D3 L1). The North Germans haven’t kept a clean sheet in 28 consecutive Bundesliga away matches and, interestingly, haven’t won an away game since their trip to Augsburg last season (D8 L20), however, there does look to be some value in seeing them get a result here after a promising second-half display against Leverkusen last weekend. Our prediction: 2-1 Hannover.