I'm backing Augsburg to beat Union Berlin on 24 October 2026 at 16:30. Augsburg sit 10th with eight points, Union 17th with five, and the gap in their home and away records tells me everything I need to know about this fixture. Augsburg remain unbeaten at home this season despite defensive fragility. Union, by contrast, have lost both their Bundesliga away games and shipped seven goals across those two matches. I see a team with genuine attacking threat at home facing an opponent that cannot defend on the road.
Augsburg's last outing was a 4-3 loss to Elversberg, but I noticed they scored twice in the opening seven minutes and have now hit at least two goals in every match this season across all competitions. That attacking consistency matters. Union improved with a 1-0 win over Elversberg and a 0-0 draw with Borussia Dortmund, but both came at home. Away from their stadium, they look genuinely broken—three defeats in their last four away matches last season, two losses this season, and no goals scored in either of those defeats.
SV Elversberg
Bayern München
Hertha BSC
Werder Bremen
Bayer Leverkusen
Borussia Dortmund
HNK Rijeka
FC Schalke 04
SC Freiburg
FSV Mainz 05
RB Leipzig
Hamburger SV
Eintracht Frankfurt
1. FC Köln
VfB Stuttgart
1899 Hoffenheim
SC Paderborn 07
Borussia Mönchengladbach