Augsburg vs Hamburger: Preview and Predictions

Augsburg vs Hamburger SV
German Bundesliga
Date: Sunday, 30th April 2017
Kick-off at 14:30 UK/ 15:30 CET
Venue: WWK Arena.

The stakes can hardly be grater in the first match of the day on Sunday in Bundesliga.

The tension will be huge at WWK Arena where Augsburg and Hamburger SV will take on each other in a six-point game in the battle for avoiding the relegation in the top flight of German football.

Augsburg

The host have four defeats in last five league outings mainly “thanks” to the poor performances at the back.

However, the recently-appointed head coach Manuel Baum will certainly hope to build on the display from the last home match when the team saw off Koln 2-1 at WWK Arena.

The last weekend saw Augsburg returning to the old habits as they allowed three goals in the away loss to Eintracht Frankfurt.

Hamburger SV

HSV are only a single point above their rivals who hold the relegation playoffs position.

Markus Gisdol can be happy with his team’s performances in the second part of the season as Hamburger managed to escape the danger area after a horrific first part of the campaign.

However, it will be very hard for the team to recover after an embarrassing display in a 1-2 home defeat to the rock-bottomed Darmstadt 98 last weekend.

Augsburg vs Hamburger SV: Head to head

• The hosts are the more successful side in head to head clashes having won six of 11 meetings with HSV.

• Interestingly, one of 11 matches ended without a winner as Hamburg took four victories.

• It is also important to mention that HSV came out victorious in three of the last four encounters with Augsburg.

Augsburg vs Hamburger SV: Prediction

We expect to see a huge battle at the center of the park. As mentioned in the introduction, the tension will be huge and we must see the value in the Over 3.5 cards bet at 5/6 odds.

Since both teams have been pretty easy to break down lately, we’ll also take the BTTS pick as an alternative option.