Week 19 brings us a match on Jan 16th where Augsburg plays host to Eintracht Frankfurt in a meeting of these two mismatched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 0 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Augsburg sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against Hoffenheim. Michael Gregoritsch struck first for Augsburg in the 5th minute, then Ihlas Bebou tied it up for Hoffenheim in the 38th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 44th minute on a goal by Ihlas Bebou to cap off a wild match. Augsburg is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while 8th placed Eintracht Frankfurt is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Borussia Dortmund. Rafael Santos Borré struck first for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 15th minute on a feed from Filip Kostić, then Rafael Santos Borré added another in the 24th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 89th minute on a goal by Mahmoud Dahoud. Eintracht Frankfurt should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Commerzbank-arena, Eintracht Frankfurt and Augsburg battled to a 0-0 draw in front of almost 22000. Neither Eintracht Frankfurt nor Augsburg could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 20 and 4 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,.
Eintracht Frankfurt is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Jesper Lindstrom and Rafael Santos Borré each having 3 goals in their last five. For Augsburg, their top scorers are Daniel Caligiuri and Michael Gregoritsch, each having 2 goals in their last five matches
Markus Weinzierl’s Augsburg squad will be without Tobias Strobl, Felix Uduokhai, Alfreð Finnbogason, Carlos Gruezo, Tomáš Koubek and Tim Civeja, while Danny da Costa is unavailable to play for Oliver Glasner’s team.