On the 4th of September, Augsburg will host Hertha BSC at Wwk Arena in a meeting of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which is great football weather. Augsburg sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Hoffenheim. Dennis Geiger struck first for Hoffenheim in the 39th 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 Hoffenheim’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Hoffenheim ended the match with the shutout victory. Augsburg looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10, while in their last match, Hertha BSC recorded a 0-1 loss against Borussia Dortmund. Anthony Modeste struck first for Borussia Dortmund in the 32nd minute on a feed from Salih Özcan, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Hertha BSC 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. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Hertha BSC won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Hertha BSC’s most prolific scorer has been Dodi Lukebakio. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Fredrik Jensen has been the most prolific scorer on Augsburg in his last five matches with 2 goals
Enrico Maaßen’s Augsburg squad will be without Reece Oxford, Ruben Vargas, Noah Joel Sarenren Bazee, Tobias Strobl, Felix Uduokhai and Robert Gumny, while Sandro Schwarz’s squad will be without Rune Jarstein, Kelian Nsona Wa Saka, Lee Dong-Jun and Scherhant.