Borussia Dortmund – Augsburg SOCCER PICKS
Borussia Dortmund and Augsburg meet in Signal-Iduna-Park, in a match for the 7th round of the Bundesliga. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations indicates total balance between these two teams, since there were 3 draws and 1 win for each team in the last 5 matches. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium was on 02-22-2018, for the Bundesliga, which ended in a draw by (1-1). The goals of the match were scored by M. Reus (16 ‘), for Borussia Dortmund, and K. Danso (73’), for Augsburg.
Borussia Dortmund:
The home team is currently in the 1 st position, with 14 points won, after 4 wins and 2 draws. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against Nürnberg, by (7-0). In the last match, they won in an away match against Bayer Leverkusen, by (2-4). The team comes to this match after a home win against AS Monaco by (3-0). In the last 10 home matches for all competitions, Borussia Dortmund has won 6, tied 1 and lost 3.
For this competition, he does not lose 6 games. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 5 of the last 6 matches for this competition. In 15 games, he suffered the first goal 6 times, but got the comeback in 4.
Borussia Dortmund come to this day motivated, after having added a 3-0 triumph at the reception to Monaco, in a game for the Champions League. In the last game of the German championship, the hosts beat Leverkusen 2-4. In this reception at Augsburg, coach Lucien Favre must maintain the usual tactical design, that is, the 4-2-3-1, with Paco Alcácer being the most offensive reference of the team: this player is very powerful and exempt at the time of Finalize. For this match the local coach does not have Toprak, Piszczek, Toljan and Rode, all injured.
Augsburg:
After 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, the away team is currently in the 8 th position, with 8 points won. In the last match, they have won at home against Freiburg by (4-1), after in the previous match they have tied tied in an away match against Bayern München, by (1-1). In the last 10 away matches for all competitions, Augsburg won 3, drew 4 and lost 3.
For this competition, they have not won any of the last 4 matches. Their defense has not been very strong, since they have suffered at least one goal in each of the last 6 games, but their attack has scored regularly, as they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 6 matches for this competition. In the last 5 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 3 of their 6 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘).
Augsburg left for this match with a 4-1 victory at the Freiburg reception: the goals of the victory were scored by Finnbogason (3) and Baluby. On this visit to the Borussia Dortmund field, coach Manuel Baum must use a more cautious strategy, with a low block, exploring any space to apply the attack. The Icelandic Alfred Finnbogason is one of the highlights of the visitors, being the best score of the team, with 3 goals scored. For this game the coach has the absences of Stafylidis, Jensen and Dong-Wong, all injured.
