In this 3rd week match, on Saturday Sep 2nd, Augsburg will host Bochum in a clash of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. In their last match, 11th placed Augsburg, recorded a 1-3 loss against Bayern München. Felix Uduokhai struck first for Bayern München on an own goal in the 32nd minute, then Harry Kane added another in the 40th minute on a penalty shot. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10, while in their last match, 14th placed Bochum, recorded a 1-1 draw against Borussia Dortmund. Kevin Stöger struck first for Bochum in the 13th minute on a feed from Maximilian Wittek, but Donyell Malen got the equalizer for Borussia Dortmund in the 56th minute earning them at least the one point. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
On Wednesday Oct 27th, Bochum hosted Augsburg in their last match together. Bochum and Augsburg battled to a 2-2 draw. Miloš Pantović struck first for Bochum in the 12th minute on a feed from Konstantinos Stafylidis, then Miloš Pantović added another in the 53rd minute.
Philipp Hofmann has been the most prolific scorer on Bochum in the last five matches with three goals. Irvin Cardona has been the most prolific scorer on Augsburg in the last five matches with three goals
Masaya Okugawa, Reece Oxford, Ruben Vargas, Jeffrey Gouweleeuw, Raphael Framberger, Arne Maier, Nathanael Mbuku, Irvin Cardona, Patric Pfeiffer and Robert Gumny are unavailable to play for Augsburg, while Thomas Letsch’s Bochum squad will be without Matúš Bero, Maximilian Wittek, Philipp Förster, Luis Hartwig, Moritz-Broni Kwarteng, Michael Esser, Tim Oermann and Pannewig.