Augsburg vs Werder Bremen Preview: Team News & Prediction
by Alex Lawes ·
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As we head into the final game before the winter break, Augsburg are hovering just above the bottom three as they now take on Werder Bremen in Bavaria this weekend.
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How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / US – ESPN
How to watch online: UK – Cannot be streamed / US – ESPN+
Augsburg preview: Struggles for Augsburg
Augsburg come into this one on the back of a 1-0 defeat to a strong Eintracht Frankfurt side in their most recent outing at the Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt last week, due to a 68th minute goal scored by Japan international midfielder Ritsu Doan.
The Augsburgers begin this weekend’s round of fixtures sitting just a couple of points outside of the top bottom three and the danger zone in the Bundesliga, with nine defeats in their 14 matches so far this season – no team has lost more.
Werder Bremen preview: Mid-table Werder
Werder Bremen begin the 15th match day of the 2025/26 Bundesliga season sitting firmly in the middle-of-the-table but they have collected just one point from their last four matches as they slide into the bottom-half.
Werder most recently suffered a 4-0 hammering at the hands of Stuttgart last weekend due to goals from on-loan Bilal El Khannouss and his fellow attackers, Jamie Leweling, Deniz Undav and Chris Fuhrich.
Augsburg team news: Matsima suspended
Augsburg defender Chrislain Matsima is missing through suspension for this one, while the likes of Ismael Gharbi, Samuel Essende and Elias Saad are now all fresh injury absentees.
Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Dahmen; Banks, Pedersen, Schlotterbeck; Fellhauer, Jakic, Massengo, Giannoulis; Rieder, Claude-Maurice; Kade
Unavailable: Gouweleeuw (Injured), Matsima (Suspended), Gharbi (Injured), Essende (Injured), Saad (Injured
Questionable:
Werder Bremen team news: Coulibaly suspended
Centre-back Abdoul-Karim Coulibaly is now missing through suspension for the visitors this weekend as they deal with other injury issues, such s Mitchell Weiser and Victor Boniface.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Nagata; Sugawara, Pieper, Stark, Friedl; Lynen, Stage; Njinmah, Schmid, Mbangula; Grull
Unavailable: Coulibaly (Suspended), Malatini (Injured), Weiser (Injured), Boniface (Injured)
Questionable: Wober (Injured), Friedl (Injured), Agu (Injured), Deman (Injured)
Augsburg vs Werder Bremen prediction
Augsburg are one of the more defensive teams in what is often an extremely entertaining and high-scoring league. Augsburg have been inconsistent of late and are firmly involved in a relegation battle. They face a Werder Bremen side that have drifted into the bottom-half of the table. As two of the more defensive and lower scoring sides, backing a low-scoring encounter would appear a good bet for this one at the Augsburg Arena.
Augsburg vs Werder Bremen tip: Under 3.5 goals
