Week 1 brings us a match on Aug 19th where Augsburg will host Borussia M’gladbach in a meeting of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Augsburg sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Unterhaching. Mathias Fetsch scored the first goal for Unterhaching in the 28th minute, then added another in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Dennis Waidner In the end, Augsburg was frustrated by Unterhaching’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Unterhaching ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while 3rd placed Borussia M’gladbach is fresh off their 7-0 blowout win against Bersenbrück. Franck Honorat struck first for Borussia M’gladbach in the 21st minute on a feed from Tomáš Čvančara, then Nathan Ngoumou added another in the 26th minute on a feed from Alassane Pléa In the end, Bersenbrück couldn’t muster any offence and Borussia M’gladbach ran away with the shutout win. Borussia M’gladbach is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Both Tomáš Čvančara and Nathan Ngoumou have been the hottest scorers for Borussia M’gladbach in the last five each having scored 3 goals each. Maurice Malone has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored four goals for Augsburg
Enrico Maaßen’s squad will be without Masaya Okugawa, Reece Oxford, Fredrik Jensen, Jeffrey Gouweleeuw, Raphael Framberger, Patric Pfeiffer and Robert Gumny, while Gerardo Seoane’s Borussia M’gladbach squad will be without Christoph Kramer and Stefan Lainer.