It's week two of the new German Bundesliga season and both of these teams lost in the opening week. Bayer Leverkusen are 13th and host AugsburgĀ who are one from bottom in the table. Leverkusen finished third last season with Augsburg down in 14th and 26 points behind them. Last week saw Leverkusen lose 1-0 away at Borussia Dortmund and have Hradecky sent off in the dying moments of the game. Leverkusen have only lost two of their last 15 home league games. That run includes a 5-1 hammering of Augsburg in January with Diaby scoring a hat-trick. They will hope to continue a good scoring run at home which has seen them score at least twice in three of their last four home games in the Bundesliga.
Augsburg started the season with a heavy 4-0 home loss to Augsburg. It was going ok for them in the first half which ended goalless. Then Augsburg took over in the second half with two goals in the first three months. Augsburg only have Eintracht Frankfurt below them in the table after that defeat. The away side had plenty of problems on the road last season. Only three away league games were won and 10 lost. Three of their last four away games in the Bundesliga have been lost with eight goals conceded. They have a poor record away to Leverkusen with four successive league losses and 10 goals conceded. Back Leverkusen to get off the mark with a home win. Have a side bet on them doing so by leading at half and full time.