Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
Augsburg and Freiburg, the two teams with entirely different ambitions for the remainder of the season, face each other at WWK Arena in what is expected to be an exciting Bundesliga game. The Bavarians are fighting hard to secure the elite division survival, while Christian Streich’s troops are eyeing a place in European competitions.
Augsburg are undefeated in the previous three home matches in the national championship, which is surely giving fans a reason for optimism ahead of the visit of Freiburg. All Robert Gumny, Fredrik Jensen, and Tobias Strobl are sidelined with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the home team. The visitors played out a 1-1 draw with Mainz at the weekend, and, no doubt, they should be happy with one point from Saturday’s clash as well. Defender Keven Schlotterbeck should be the only absentee in the away side.
Highlighted Player (Alfred Finnbogason):
Born in Grindavik in 1989, Alfred Finnbogason is one of the most prolific strikers in the history of Icelandic football, as the well-travelled forward has been scoring goals for fun throughout his career. His talent was first spotted at Breidablik, where two very successful campaign helped him move to Lokeren, where he did not spent a lot of time and soon signed for Helsingborgs.
The return of 12 goals in 17 league outings for the Swedish giants soon secured him a move to Heerenveen, where he would go on to play the best football of his career, scoring remarkable 53 goals in 65 Eredivisie matches. Finnbogason somewhat struggled during spells with Real Sociedad and Olympiakos, but managed to kick-start his career at Augsburg, just in time to help Iceland on their first ever European championship appearance.
The prolific striker has been a member of the country’s national team since 2010, making over 30 appearances and scoring quite a few goals despite the fact that he was not always considered a first team regular.
Highlighted Team (Freiburg):
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Freiburg made it to the German Cup semis in the 2012/2013 DFB Pokal campaign, but their local rivals
The likes of Levan Kobiashvili, Papiss Cisse, Sascha Rieter, Joachim Low, Zlatan Bajramovic, Mohammadaou Idrissou, Roda Antar, Sebastian Kehl, Richard Golz are the notable footballers who played for Augsburg in the past. It is well known that Joachim Low helped Germany win the 2014 FIFA World Cup as a coach.