On the 27th of February, in this week 24 match, Augsburg will host Borussia Dortmund in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 0 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Augsburg sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Freiburg. Nils Petersen struck first for Freiburg in the 4th minute, then Michael Gregoritsch tied it up for Augsburg in the 16th minute on a feed from Florian Niederlechner. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while in their last match, Borussia Dortmund recorded a 6-0 blowout win against Borussia M’gladbach. Marco Reus struck first for Borussia Dortmund in the 26th minute, then Donyell Malen added another in the 32nd minute In the end, Borussia M’gladbach was frustrated by Borussia Dortmund’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Borussia Dortmund ended the match with the shutout victory. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Borussia Dortmund should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, in Signal-iduna-park, Borussia Dortmund was victorious by a score of 2 to 1 in front of almost 41000 jubilant spectators. Raphaël Guerreiro struck first for Borussia Dortmund in the 10th minute on a penalty kick, then Andi Zeqiri tied it up for Augsburg in the 35th minute on a penalty kick.
Marco Reus has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored five goals for Borussia Dortmund. Michael Gregoritsch has been the most prolific scorer on Augsburg in the last 5 matches with 3 goals
Fredrik Jensen, Tobias Strobl, Arne Maier and Robert Gumny are unavailable to play for Markus Weinzierl’s team, while Erling Braut Håland, Mate Morey, Emre Can, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Marcel Schmelzer and Giovanni Reyna are unavailable to play for Marco Rose’s team.