Week 7 features a match on Sat Oct 2nd, where Borussia Dortmund will host Augsburg at Signal-iduna-park in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 4th placed Borussia Dortmund is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Sporting CP. Donyell Malen struck first for Borussia Dortmund in the 37th minute on a feed from Jude Bellingham, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Sporting CP 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. Borussia Dortmund is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while augsburg is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Freiburg. Lukas Kübler scored the first goal for Freiburg in the 6th minute, then Lucas Höler added another in the 25th minute In the end, Augsburg couldn’t muster any offence and Freiburg ran away with the shutout win. Augsburg looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each. Borussia Dortmund is fortunate enough to have Erling Braut Håland in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 5 goals
Marco Rose’s squad will be without Julian Brandt, Thorgan Hazard, Mate Morey, Nico Schulz, Emre Can, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Marcel Schmelzer, Marwin Hitz, Giovanni Reyna and Coulibaly, while Augsburg will be without Iago, Noah Joel Sarenren Bazee, Tobias Strobl, Jan Morávek and Alfreð Finnbogason.