Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
Shuco Arena will host Friday’s Bundesliga game between Arminia Bielefeld and Augsburg, the two relegation-threatened sides. Die Arminien have been having their ups and downs of late, with the team losing to both Hoffenheim and Bayer Leverkusen, while beating Union Berlin. Bielefeld produce much better showings at home than on the travels, and they are surely capable of matching Augsburg at their Shuco Arena. All Janni Serra, Sebastian Vasiliadis, Cedric Brunner, and Manuel Prietl should miss out with injuries.
The Bavarians, on the other hand, collected only one point in total from the previous three league fixtures. Augsburg have been struggling at the back of late, and we do not believe that they are capable of grabbing something from the relegation six-pointer. Niklas Dorsch serves a one-game ban, while all Alfred Finnbogason, Robert Gumny, and Tobias Strobl are sidelined with injuries.
Highlighted Player (Sebastian Vasiliadis):
Sebastian Vasilidis is a professional footballer of Greek descent who plays for SC Paderborn in the Bundesliga. The 175-cm-tall midfielder spent his youth career at TSG Backnang and VfR Aalen and he continued playing for the OSTALB ARENA outfit at senior level. After scoring 7 goals in 60 appearances for VfR Allen in league matches, Vasilidis signed a two-year deal with SC Paderborn on July 1, 2018.
The talented midfielder, who was born in Auenwald, Germany on October 4, 1997 played 28 games for the club in the 2018/2019 2. Bundesliga campaign, scoring 6 goals in the process. Seeing that Paderborn secured promotion to the German top flight, Sebastian Vasilidis will have a chance to enjoy the top flight football in the 2018/2019 season.
His main position is central midfielder, but he is capable of playing as both attacking and defensive midfielder as well. Sebastian’s preferred foot is right and he has a dual citizenship (Germany, Greece).
Highlighted Team (Augsburg):
Augsburg are a German football club founded in Augsburg, Bavaria back in 1907. Die Fuggerstadter play in German Bundesliga and with 12,200 members they are regarded as the largest football club in Bavaria. Augsburg wear white shirts and they host their rivals at WWK ARENA.
The capacity of the stadium is 30,660 and it has been the home of Augsburg since 2009. Augsburg won the Schwaben Cup 13 times and it has to be noted that they were promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time in 2011.
The club qualified for the Europa League 2015/2016 group stages and thanks to a 3-1 win over Partizan in Belgrade they booked their place in the last 32. However, Liverpool proved to be a big catch for the German outfit in the Europa League knockout stages.
Die Fuggerstadter’s main rivals are TSV 1860 Munich and there have always been fireworks when the two teams take on each other.