Augsburg vs St. Pauli Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 15th September 2024

When St. Pauli come to WWK Arena for the Bundesliga match this coming Sunday, Augsburg will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Augsburg will be feeling the pressure of securing a first win of the season in the Bundesliga after collecting a modest one point in the first couple of rounds.

They are not exactly up to a dream opening on the new season as Augsburg have had to settle for a single point so far in the Bundesliga.

It is early days yet, anything can happen and both Augsburg and St. Pauli are still highly motivated of getting off to a good start. They both have talented squads, and we expect a cracking affair at WWK Arena as the teams look to get one over each other.

Augsburg scored nine times in the last ten outings for an average of 0.9 goals a game. They conceded 24 and managed one clean sheets.

St. Pauli scored seven goals, conceded 26 and kept their opponents from scoring zero times in ten matches.

Having never shared a season in the Bundesliga in recent past, this is the first time Augsburg comes up against St. Pauli in this context.

Augsburg vs St. Pauli Prediction

Augsburg Form

They came away from their last three matches with a mix of results, as Augsburg beat FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin 1-4, followed by a 2-2 draw against Werder Bremen. Most recently, they were left licking their wounds in a 4-0 defeat against FC Heidenheim. Augsburg claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Bundesliga. They also drew two and lost two, scored six goals and conceded seven.

The target for Augsburg this season has to be staying above the relegation zone in order to stay in the Bundesliga.

St. Pauli Form

A draw is all that prevents St. Pauli from having nothing to show for their previous three games. They claimed this single draw against Hallescher FC as the match ended 2-2 before getting trounced against FC Heidenheim by a 0-2 score. Last time out, more disappointment followed as Union Berlin won the game and the exact score was 1-0. St. Pauli came through their last six away games in the Bundesliga without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew one and lost five in which, they were outscored by 11 goals to five.

It has the look of a season in which a relegation battle will play a major part for Augsburg, who naturally dream of extending their stay in the Bundesliga.

It seems both St. Pauli and Augsburg have some issues concerning their defence, as they seem to find themselves on the receiving end a bit too often lately. We believe the trend continues this coming Sunday, and we are rooting for goals.

Augsburg vs St. Pauli Squads

Augsburg Squad

The 54-year-old coach of the home team, Jess Thorup, will select the lineup against St. Pauli from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Daniel Klein (0/0), Finn Dahmen (0/0), Nediljko Labrovic (0/2), Chrislain Matsima (0/0), Dimitrios Giannoulis (0/2), Henri Koudossou (0/0), Jeffrey Gouweleeuw (0/2), Keven Schlotterbeck (0/2), Mads Valentin Pedersen (0/2), Marius Wolf (0/2), Maximilian Bauer (0/1), Noahkai Banks (0/0), Reece Oxford (0/0), Robert Gumny (0/0), Alexis Claude (0/0), Arne Maier (0/2), Daniel Hausmann (0/0), Elvis Rexhbecaj (1/2), Frank Onyeka (0/0), Fredrik Jensen (0/2), Kristijan Jakic (0/1), Mahmut Kucuksahin (0/0), Mert Komur (0/1), Ruben Vargas (0/1), Tim Breithaupt (0/2), Masaya Okugawa (0/0), Phillip Tietz (0/2), Samuel Essende (1/2), Steve Mounie (0/2), Yusuf Kabadayi (0/0).

St. Pauli Squad

Here is the full team squad of St. Pauli. The 51 year-old Alexander Blessin will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Ben Alexander Voll (0/0), Nikola Vasilj (0/2), Sascha Burchert (0/0), Soeren Ahlers (0/0), Conor Metcalfe (0/2), David Nemeth (0/0), Fin Stevens (0/0), Karol Mets (0/2), Lars Ritzka (0/2), Luca Guenther (0/0), Philipp Treu (0/2), Adam Dzwigala (0/1), Carlo Boukhalfa (0/2), Eric Smith (0/2), Erik Ahlstrand (0/0), Hauke Wahl (0/2), Jackson Irvine (0/2), Manolis Saliakas (0/1), Robert Wagner (0/2), Scott Banks (0/0), Andreas Albers (0/1), Danel Sinani (0/0), Elias Saad (0/2), Johannes Eggestein (0/2), Maurides (0/0), Morgan Guilavogui (0/2), Oladapo Afolayan (0/2), Simon Zoller (0/0).

Augsburg vs St. Pauli Team News

Augsburg just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing St. Pauli at WWK Arena.

Augsburg are unable to field Reece Oxford on Sunday against St. Pauli, as he is sidelined with an injury. Due to turning in a positive Covid-19 test, Reece Oxford are missing from the Augsburg squad.

Augsburg vs St. Pauli Lineups

Augsburg vs St. Pauli H2H

This is the first time Augsburg squares up against St. Pauli in the Bundesliga in the 21st century, thus both face a whole new experience of coming up against an unknown opponent. Augsburg picked up three wins in their previous six matches against St. Pauli, while the latter claimed two wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 13/5.

Augsburg vs St. Pauli Results

Augsburg vs St. Pauli Betting Tips

As the new Bundesliga campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Augsburg and St. Pauli this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.

In their last 10 matches at WWK Arena across all tournaments Augsburg won five times, drew two and lost three times. St. Pauli claimed six wins, zero draw and four defeats in their last 10 games away. St. Pauli have been generous visitors, since they pulled only once clean sheet in their previous 10 away games. Augsburg managedthree clean sheets in their previous 10 matches played at home.

Over 2.5 goals came out eight times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Augsburg, who scored an average of 1.8 goals along the way. In the last ten games for St. Pauli, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.9 times goals per game themselves.