FC Augsburg – Dortmund SOCCER PICKS
Augsburg and Borussia Dortmund meet at WWK Arena, in a match for the 24th round of the Bundesliga. Borussia Dortmund won at home (4-3) the last time they met in this edition of the league, on 10-06-2018. The record of direct confrontations in this stadium is favorable to the visiting team, which in the last 5 matches won 4 and tied 1. Indeed, the last time these two teams met in this stadium was on 30-09-2017, in a match for the Bundesliga that ended with the victory of Borussia Dortmund by (1-2). Caiuby (11 ‘) scored the goals for Augsburg, and A. Yarmolenko (4’) and S. Kagawa (23 ‘), for Borussia Dortmund.
Augsburg:
After 4 wins, 6 draws and 13 losses, the home team is currently in the 15 th position, with 18 points won. In the last match, they have lost in an away match against Freiburg by (5-1), after in the previous match they have lost (2-3) at home, against Bayern München. For the league, Augsburg won 9 points out of 30 possible points, after 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses in the last 10 home matches. The team has conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 matches and has not displayed great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 23 matches in this competition, they only got 1 comeback in the 12 matches in which they suffered the first goal.
The Augsburg part for this game with a defeat, by 5-1, in the displacement to the ground of the Freiburg, adding in this way the third desaire followed in the German championship: the only goal of the team was marked by Khedira. We emphasize that the locals won only 2 wins in 11 games played at their stadium. In this match against Borussia Dortmund, coach Manuel Baum will play in 4-2-3-1, benefiting his block organization and quick attacks. On an individual level we highlight Alfred Finnbogason, this being the best score of Augsburg, with 10 goals scored. For this game the coach can not count on Oxford, supersided, in addition to Framberger and Schieber, injured.
Borussia Dortmund:
The away team is currently in the 1 st position of the league, with 54 points won, after 16 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss. In the penultimate match, they tied in an away match against Nürnberg, by (0-0). In the last match, they won in a home match against Bayer Leverkusen, by (3-2). For the league, Borussia Dortmund won 21 points out of 30 possible points, after 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in the last 10 home matches. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 23 matches in this competition, they have conceded the first goal 6 times, but have won the first leg in 4. In the last 11 home matches for this competition there are 2 periods that stand out: they scored 6 of their 17 goals between the minutes (76′- 90 ‘); He suffered 3 of his 8 goals between the minutes (31’-45 ‘).
Borussia Dortmund arrive at this motivated game, as a result of the 3-2 victory at the reception of Leverkusen, thus obtaining an advantage for the second, Bayern Munich: the goals of the team were scored by Zagadou, Sancho and Gotze. Outside of home, he does not win two games in a row. Normally the trainer Lucien Favre prefers a tactical system very offensive, aligned in 4-3-3, being Paco Alcácer the most advanced player of the team. On the other hand, the German Marco Reus is the best score of Dortmund, with 13 goals scored. For this game the visiting coach can not count on the injured Pulisic.
