On the 22nd of January, Borussia Dortmund will host Augsburg in a clash of the Bundesliga. The game day is forecasted to be a snowy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 0 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 6th placed Borussia Dortmund is fresh off their 2-4 loss against Borussia M’gladbach. Jonas Hofmann struck first for Borussia M’gladbach in the 4th minute on a feed from Lars Stindl, but Julian Brandt got the equalizer for Borussia Dortmund in the 19th minute , but luckily for Borussia M’gladbach it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. Borussia Dortmund is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while 14th placed Augsburg is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Bochum. Christopher Antwi-Adjei scored the first goal for Bochum in the 58th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else 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 earned 12 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 Borussia Dortmund won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw. Both Youssoufa Moukoko and Julian Brandt have been the hottest scorers for Borussia Dortmund in the last five each having scored 2 goals each
Borussia Dortmund will be without Marco Reus, Mate Morey, Mahmoud Dahoud and Sébastien Haller, while Enrico Maaßen’s Augsburg squad will be without André Hahn, Noah Joel Sarenren Bazee and Tobias Strobl.