In a mid week match in week 17, on Wednesday Jan 25th, Augsburg will host Borussia M’gladbach at Wwk Arena in a clash of the Bundesliga. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 0 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Augsburg recorded a 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 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while 8th placed Borussia M’gladbach is fresh off their 4-2 win against Borussia Dortmund. Jonas Hofmann scored the first goal for Borussia M’gladbach in the 4th minute, then Julian Brandt got the equalizer for Borussia Dortmund in the 19th minute on a feed from Jude Bellingham , but luckily for Borussia M’gladbach it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. Borussia M’gladbach is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Both Patrick Herrmann and Ramy Bensebaini have been the hottest scorers for Borussia M’gladbach in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.
André Hahn, Reece Oxford, Iago, Noah Joel Sarenren Bazee and Tobias Strobl are unavailable to play for Augsburg, while Daniel Farke’s squad will be without Hannes Wolf, Marcus Thuram, Florian Neuhaus, Mamadou Doucouré, Tobias Sippel and Alassane Pléa.