In a mid week match in week 17, on Wednesday Jan 25th, Augsburg will play host to Borussia M’gladbach in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 0 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Augsburg sits at 15th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Bochum. Christopher Antwi-Adjei scored the first goal for Bochum in the 58th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Augsburg was frustrated by Bochum’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Bochum ended the match with the shutout victory. Augsburg is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while 8th placed Borussia M’gladbach is fresh off their 4-2 win against Borussia Dortmund. Jonas Hofmann struck first for Borussia M’gladbach in the 4th minute, then Julian Brandt tied it up for Borussia Dortmund in the 19th minute on a feed from Jude Bellingham , but luckily for Borussia M’gladbach it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. Borussia M’gladbach is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Both Patrick Herrmann and Ramy Bensebaini have been the hottest scorers for Borussia M’gladbach in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.
André Hahn, Reece Oxford, Iago, Noah Joel Sarenren Bazee and Tobias Strobl are unavailable to play for Augsburg, while Hannes Wolf, Marcus Thuram, Florian Neuhaus, Mamadou Doucouré, Tobias Sippel and Alassane Pléa are unavailable to play for Daniel Farke’s team.