In this week 5 match, on Sat Sep 18th, Augsburg and Borussia M’gladbach will play a match in Augsburg in a Bundesliga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Augsburg is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Union Berlin. Neither Union Berlin nor Augsburg could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 16 and 16 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10, while in Borussia M’gladbach’s last match they recorded a 3-1 win against Arminia Bielefeld. Lars Stindl struck first for Borussia M’gladbach in the 35th minute on a feed from Luca Netz, then Masaya Okugawa tied it up for Arminia Bielefeld in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time. Borussia M’gladbach looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Augsburg won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Borussia M’gladbach’s most prolific scorer has been Lars Stindl. The German midfielder has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Augsburg’s most prolific scorer has been Florian Niederlechner. He has netted two goals over the last five matches
Markus Weinzierl’s squad will be without Tobias Strobl and Jan Morávek, while Breel Embolo, László Bénes, Marcus Thuram, Mamadou Doucouré and Stefan Lainer are unavailable to play for Borussia M’gladbach.