FC Augsburg goes into the game against Leverkusen as league leaders

FC Augsburg is heading into its first Bundesliga game as league leaders with great enthusiasm. Before the home game on Saturday (3:30 p.m./Sky) against Bayer Leverkusen, coach Manuel Baum reported on the euphoria around the Fuggerstadt team. “It’s really nice that everyone is happy,” said the coach of the 36th leader in the German elite class.

After the super start with two wins from the first two games, Baum also hung the table in his trainer's room. There is no big difference on the pitch for the Augsburgers compared to the past few weeks. «We don't do results training. “In training you can’t deduce what the last game was like,” said Baum before the game against Bayer, who recently won 4-0 against Union Berlin. It is “always the same process”.

Offensive player Anton Kade is still suffering from muscular problems, which is why he hasn't been able to train yet. Conclusions about his condition should be made after a meeting with the team doctor on Thursday afternoon. Kade had excelled in the 3-0 win against Schalke 04 on matchday one, and then had to sit out injured in the 4-1 win in Frankfurt last weekend. “He’s doing well under the circumstances,” said Baum.