Dortmund will bounce back from their disappointing European elimination when they travel to Augsburg on Sunday with kickoff at 7:30 pm.
Despite their poor European showings, the visitors remain well-positioned for the title, whilst the hosts suffered another defeat last weekend to leave them fighting for survival.
Despite a shoddy run of results that saw them win just once in their last eight matches on either side of the winter break in Germany, Augsburg remains confident of beating Werder Bremen.
A 2-1 defeat at home to European hopefuls Freiburg last weekend was the latest of their setbacks, despite a relatively promising display from Markus Weinzierl’s side.
After falling behind inside four minutes, Michael Gregoritsch was on hand to net his fourth goal in his last six Bundesliga fixtures to equalise for Fuggerstadter just 12 minutes later.
Meanwhile, Dortmund’s thumping 6-0 win over Gladbach in the Bundesliga last Sunday ensured that Bayern Munich’s gap at the summit was not extended further.
Reus netted twice and assisted three further goals against his former club, seeing manager Rose haunt his former employers in a comfortable Borussen derby victory.
The result maintained BVB’s fine domestic start to the New Year, with Die Schwarzgelben winning five of their six Bundesliga outings since returning from the winter break.
FC Augsburg vs Borussia Dortmund Head to Head
Both sides have 22 games against each other with hosts taking 3 wins while visitors with 14 wins. Here is a look at their previous encounters:
Home
- FC Augsburg 1-2 Freiburg
- M’gladbach 3-2 Augsburg
- FC Augsburg 2-0 Union Berlin
- FC Augsburg 3-3 Jahn Regensburg
- Bayer Leverkusen 5-1 Augsburg
Away
- Rangers 2-2 Dortmund
- Dortmund 6-0 M’gladbach
- Dortmund 2-4 Rangers
- Union Berlin 0-3 Dortmund
- Dortmund 2-5 Bayer Leverkusen
FC Augsburg Team News
Due to Andre Hahn’s suspension picked up his fifth yellow card of the season last week. Augsburg must do without Robert Gumny and Tobias Strobl on Sunday; Raphael Framberger will continue at right full-back, whilst Daniel Caligiuri could come onto the right side of midfield.
Borussia Dortmund Team News
On the injury front, Augsburg’s Erling Braut Haaland faces a race against time to be fit for the trip to Germany after missing five of their last six league games. Captain Reus also picked up a knock at Ibrox in midweek but could recover in time.
Prediction and Odds
If Haaland is fit to play, he’s likely to be a big influence on the outcome, but if he’s not, Dortmund have a history of stumbling in games like these.
- Borussia Dortmund Win
- Both Teams to Score
- Goals Under 3.5
