FCA Augsburg FC Augsburg - SVW Bremen SV Werder Bremen

Sat, 20.12.202514:30 PM

WWK ARENA

Augsburg missing trio

Augsburg have been one of the hardest-hit Bundesliga teams by Africa Cup of Nations call-ups, losing Samuel Essende (DR Congo), Elias Saad (pictured) and Ismaël Gharbi (both Tunisia) for at least this game. By contrast, Bremen have retained the services of Victor Boniface and Felix Agu after they were cut from Nigeria's preliminary squad.

Augsburg omen?

Augsburg have more victories against Werder Bremen (13) than against any other club in the Bundesliga. Saturday's hosts have also scored more Bundesliga goals against Bremen (42) than against any other team.

Improvement needed

Form wise, Werder are on the poorest run in the division when taking the last four matchdays into account. Saturday's visitors to the WWK Arena have only picked up one point from a possible 12 in those games.

Cause for optimism

Augsburg recently got their first two consecutive home wins this calendar year, keeping clean sheets in both matches - 1-0 against Hamburg and 2-0 against Bayer Leverkusen.

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Watch: Bremen 0-2 Augsburg - previous meeting

Augsburg took four points off Bremen last season, winning 2-0 on the road and drawing 2-2 at home. They have a slight advantage in the head-to-head stakes at Bundesliga level, winning 13 to Werder's 10 (three draws), but have lost three and drawn one of four DFB Cup ties between the pair.

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Watch: Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 Augsburg - highlights

Augsburg sit just two points clear of the bottom three following a narrow loss in Frankfurt last time out. A 10th defeat of the campaign coupled with unfavourable results elsewhere on Matchday 15 could send them into the winter break in the relegation zone.

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Watch: Bremen 0-4 VfB Stuttgart highlights

Bremen are winless in four after a heavy home loss to top-four contenders VfB Stuttgart. The Green-Whites have fallen to 12th as a result of the mini downturn (D1, L3), and currently sit just five points clear of the relegation play-off spot occupied by St. Pauli.

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