In a weekend match in week 14, on Saturday Dec 4th, Augsburg will host Bochum in a meeting of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 16th placed Augsburg is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Hertha BSC. Marco Richter scored the first goal for Hertha BSC in the 40th minute, then in the 7th minute of the second half’s stoppage time, Fredrik Jensen sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Michael Gregoritsch earning Augsburg a comeback draw. Augsburg is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while bochum sits at 13th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Freiburg. Philipp Lienhart struck first for Freiburg in the 51st minute on a feed from Vincenzo Grifo, then Sebastian Polter got the equalizer for Bochum in the 54th minute on a feed from Gerrit Holtmann Finally they completed the comback in the 82nd minute on a goal by Pantovic to cap off a wild match. Bochum is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Wednesday Oct 27th, Bochum and Augsburg battled to a 2-2 draw. Pantovic struck first for Bochum in the 12th minute on a feed from Konstantinos Stafylidis, then Pantovic added another in the 53rd minute.
Bochum is fortunate enough to have Milos Pantovic in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals. Reece Oxford has been the most prolific scorer on Augsburg in his last 5 matches with two goals
Markus Weinzierl’s squad will be without Reece Oxford, Tobias Strobl, Felix Uduokhai and Civeja, while Bochum will be without Gerrit Holtmann, Tesche, Zoller, Leitsch, Cristian Gamboa Luna, Decarli, Herbert Bockhorn, Patrick Osterhage and Paul Grave.