Borussia and Augsburg are the neighbours on the table at sixth and seventh place, and the host of this duel has one point more, although they started the second part of the season badly and were defeated in the first round. Augsburg has won and they continue to play great from the first part of the championship. In the first part, the match between these rivals in Augsburg ended without a winner with a score of 2-2.
Borussia has had some good periods this season, but the end of the first part was bad, which was accompanied by a bad beginning of the championship. In the last six games, they have only made one win, with four defeats and draws. One defeat took place in the Cup when Bayer defeated them at M'gladbach with 1-0, so they are only left with fight in the championship.
They are not so bad on the table and if they for example have not allowed themselves the luxury of being defeated in the last round, it could be even better. They had practically already won one point, when they received a penalty for the final 2-1 in the fifth minute of injury time. The only surprise in the composition was that Raffael stayed on the bench but he entered at the start of the second half and was the scorer of one goal, so he will now be a starter. Grifo could be on the bench, which means they will be pretty offensive.
Probable lineups Borussia M’gladbach: Sommer – Elvedi, Ginter, Vestergaard, Wendt – Kramer, Zakaria – Herrmann, Hazard – Raffael, Stindl
Augsburg is still pretty high on the table and when looking at the quality of these teams that are above them, then it could not be any better. It can be said that they are the most pleasant surprise so far and with 11 points more than the relegation zone, they can be completely calm. They were eliminated earlier from the Cup, but in the previous six rounds they have only suffered one defeat, by Schalke away. The first part of the season ended with the home draw with Freiburg in the crazy finale when they were losing with 3-1 and then they scored two goals in the injury time which is worthy a point.
Absolute hero was striker Finnbogason, who scored all three goals. So it was clear how big of a handicap it was that they had to play without the Icelander in the previous round against HSV, but they also celebrated with 1-0 and won important points. Koo came back and scored the only goal, and Cordova was at the top of the attack. Finnbogason should be ready for this match, but he will probably remain on the bench at the beginning.
Probable lineups FC Augsburg: Hitz – Opare, Guuweleeuw, Hinteregger, Max – D.Baier, Khedira – Koo, Gregoritsch, Caiuby – Cordova
Borussia needs to end their negative series, and this is a bigger imperative because Augsburg is a neighbour on the table, who can play completely relieved, because they have won more points than planned. Tradition is on the side of the guests, but we are forecasting that Borussia will still celebrate in front of their fans.
Pick: Borussia wins 2.31 - 23/10 @1XBet