On Feb 12th, Borussia M’gladbach hosts Augsburg in a Bundesliga match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Borussia M’gladbach sits at 13th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Arminia Bielefeld. Janni Serra struck first for Arminia Bielefeld in the 19th minute, then in the 38th minute, Jonas Hofmann sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Alassane Pléa earning Borussia M’gladbach a comeback draw. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while augsburg sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Union Berlin. Michael Gregoritsch struck first for Augsburg in the 16th minute, then André Hahn added another in the 59th minute In the end, Union Berlin was frustrated by Augsburg’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Augsburg ended the match with the shutout victory. Augsburg is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Sat Sep 18th, Augsburg won by a score of 1 to 0. Florian Niederlechner struck first for Augsburg in the 80th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Borussia M’gladbach couldn’t manage to score, and Augsburg took the shutout win.
Michael Gregoritsch has been the most prolific scorer on Augsburg in his last 5 matches with 3 goals. Stefan Lainer and Florian Neuhaus are the top scorers for Borussia M’gladbach in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Adolf Hütter’s squad will be without Christoph Kramer, Lars Stindl, Tobias Sippel and Jordan Beyer, while Fredrik Jensen, Iago, Tobias Strobl, Carlos Gruezo and Rafał Gikiewicz are unavailable to play for Markus Weinzierl’s team.