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Professionals, 16. February 2018

Pre-match facts FC Augsburg - VfB

Matchday 22 sees Tayfun Korkut's side travel to FC Augsburg on Sunday afternoon (kick-off 15:30 CET). We've rounded up all the key facts and figures ahead of the trip to the WWK Arena.

VfB’s record against Augsburg: 

Total: 11 games, 3 wins, 1 draw, 7 defeats, goal difference: 10 for, 20 against 

Home: 6 games, 2 wins, 1 draw, 3 defeats, goal difference: 5 for, 11 against 

Away: 5 games, 1 win, 4 defeats, goal difference: 5 for 9 against 

Strong away support 

VfB have completely sold out their away allocation for the trip to Augsburg. Around 3,000 Stuttgart supporters will attend the match at the WWK Arena. 

Last time out 

Stuttgart and Augsburg played out a goalless draw at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in the teams’ last meeting on Bundesliga Matchday 6. 

Old stomping ground 

Erik Thommy played for Augsburg between 2010 and January 2018. His time with FCA was interrupted by loan spells at Kaiserslautern (2015-2016) and Regensburg (2016-2017). 

Cannstatt born and bred 

Augsburg midfielder Rani Khedira represented VfB between 2005 and 2014. Starting out in the club’s youth system, Khedira soon forced his way into the reserve side before making the step up to the first team not long afterwards. The Stuttgart native made nine league appearances for VfB overall. 

Ginczek’s debut 

Daniel Ginczek made his Stuttgart bow against Augsburg in November 2014. VfB were beaten 1-0 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena after being reduced to ten men early on. 

Happy memories 

VfB won the first ever league encounter between the two teams in Augsburg, triumphing 3-1 in April 2012.