Werder Bremen vs Augsburg Preview: Team News & Prediction

by Alex Lawes · January 17 2025, 01:18

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Werder Bremen have been genuinely entertaining to watch this season and they are trying to push for a top seven or eight finish up against an Augsburg side that have been underperforming as they battle in the bottom-half of the Bundesliga, despite a much-needed win in midweek.

Kick-off date/time: Sunday 19th January, 2025: UK – 4:30pm / US ET – 11:30am / US PT – 8:30am

How to watch on TV: UK – Sky Sports / US – Some matches will be televised on ESPN channels so it is worth checking their schedules

How to watch online: UK – Sky Go / US – ESPN+

Werder Bremen Team News: Friedl returns

Marco Friedl has returned from suspension for this weekend but Werder Bremen will instead be without Senne Lynen for this one instead due to being suspended after midweek.

The hosts also have some key injury concerns such as former Manchester United man Isak Hansen-Aaroen as well as both Felix Agu and Keke Topp.

Predicted XI (3-1-4-2): Zetterer; Veljkovic, Stark, Jung; Bittencourt; Weiser, Kohn, Stage, Schmid; Grull, Ducksch

Unavailable: Lynen (Suspended), Hansen-Aaroen (Injured), Agu (Injured), Topp (Injured)

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Augsburg Team News: No Bauer

Augsburg have been dealing with several absentees this season and they are now without defender Maximilian Bauer for this one as he deals with a head injury.

As well as the absence of Bauer, fellow defenders Keven Schlotterbeck and Mads Pedersen are also sidelined alongside both Yusuf Kabadayi and Masaya Okugawa.

Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Dahmen; Matsima, Gouweleeuw, Zesiger; Koudossou, Maier, Jakic, Giannoulis; Rexhbecaj, Claude-Maurice; Essende

Unavailable: Bauer (Injured), Oxford (Illness), Schlotterbeck (Injured), Pedersen (Injured), Onyeka (Suspended), Kabadayi (Injured), Okugawa (Injured)

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Werder Bremen vs Augsburg Prediction

Werder Bremen come into this one on the back of a thrilling 3-3 draw with Heidenheim in their most recent outing during the midweek. Werder’s 17 matches have been entertaining throughout the campaign, with those 17 games consisting of 63 goals. They now face an Augsburg side that earned a much-needed 2-0 win against Union Berlin in the capital city in midweek thanks to a brace from Alexis Claude-Maurice. Werder are fun to watch and Augsburg will be buoyed by that clash so a high-scoring affair may well be expected at Weserstadion.

Werder Bremen vs Augsburg Tip: Over 2.5 goals