On Saturday Feb 19th, Augsburg and Freiburg will play a match in Augsburg in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 2 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 16th placed Augsburg, recorded a 2-3 loss against Borussia M’gladbach. Kouadio Koné scored the first goal for Borussia M’gladbach in the 30th minute, then Jonas Hofmann added another in the 46th minute. Augsburg looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while 6th placed Freiburg is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Mainz 05. Alexander Hack struck first for Mainz 05 in the 31st minute, then in the 69th minute, Nicolas Höfler sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Nils Petersen squeezing out at least the one point for Freiburg. Freiburg is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Freiburg won by a score of 3 to 0. Lukas Kübler scored the first goal for Freiburg in the 6th minute, then Lucas Höler added another in the 25th minute on a feed from Maximilian Eggestein At the end of 90 a dissapointed Augsburg couldn’t manage to score, and Freiburg took the shutout win.
Both Ermedin Demirović and Vincenzo Grifo have been the hottest scorers for Freiburg in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Michael Gregoritsch has been the most prolific scorer on Augsburg in his last 5 matches with 3 goals
Markus Weinzierl’s Augsburg squad will be without Fredrik Jensen, Iago, Tobias Strobl, Arne Maier, Carlos Gruezo, Rafał Gikiewicz and Robert Gumny, while Freiburg will be without Keven Schlotterbeck.