Augsburg vs Borussia Dortmund Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Augsburg

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Augsburg will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 3-2 Bundesliga 1 loss in their previous game against VfL Bochum.

In that game, Augsburg managed 45% possession and 13 shots at goal with 2 on target. For Augsburg, the goalscorers were Arne Maier (29'), Jeffrey Gouweleeuw (59' Own goal) and Kelvin Yeboah (85'). Bochum had 13 attempts on goal with 8 on target. Christopher Antwi-Adjei (2') and Anthony Losilla (62') scored for VfL Bochum.

Augsburg have been conceding pretty frequently recently, but they’ve also done enough to convert their own chances into goals. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that Augsburg have seen their goal breached in 5 of them as well as scoring in 6 of those games. We shall soon see whether or not that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.

Leading up to this clash, Augsburg:

• have not beaten Borussia Dortmund in their previous 4 matches in the league.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 home league matches.

Borussia Dortmund

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Borussia Dortmund will go into this clash following a 5-2 Bundesliga 1 win with the defeat of Borussia Mönchengladbach in their most recent game.

In that match, Borussia Dortmund had 55% possession and 35 shots at goal with 13 on target. For Borussia Dortmund, the goalscorers were Donyell Malen (5'), Jude Bellingham (18'), Sébastien Haller (20', 32') and Giovanni Reyna (94'). On the other side, Borussia Mönchengladbach had 13 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. Ramy Bensebaïni (75') and Lars Stindl (85') scored for Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Showing their partiality to productive matches, we’ve had goals 28 times in the previous six matches in which Borussia Dortmund have played, giving an average of 4.67 goals per meeting. Their opponents have hit 7 of these goals.

Analysis of their past results shows that Borussia Dortmund:

• have left without a victory over Augsburg in games played away from home for the previous 2 league matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 away league matches.
• are without an away win for the past 4 league games.

👥 Head to head

A look at their past head-to-head meetings going back to 18/01/2020 tells us that Augsburg have won 1 of these games & Borussia Dortmund 4, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 26 in all which averages out at 4.33 goals per match.

The last league game between these clubs was Bundesliga 1 match day 16 on 22/01/2023 and the score finished Borussia Dortmund 4-3 Augsburg.

That time, Borussia Dortmund managed 68% possession and 27 attempts on goal with 10 of them on target. The scorers were Jude Bellingham (29'), Nico Schlotterbeck (42'), Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (75') and Giovanni Reyna (78').

On the other side, Augsburg got 14 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Arne Maier (40'), Ermedin Demirović (45') and David Čolina (76') scored.

The match was refereed by Frank Willenborg.

🗞️ Team News: Augsburg

Fredrik Jensen (Ankle Injury), Tobias Strobl (Cruciate Ligament Rupture), Reece Oxford (Muscular problems), Rafal Gikiewicz (Shoulder Injury), André Hahn (Cartilage Damage), Iago (Muscle Injury) and Julian Baumgartlinger (Meniscal Injury) are unavailable for Augsburg boss Enrico Maaßen. Robert Gumny will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

It seems likely that Augsburg should use a 3-4-3 system in the match with Tomas Koubek, Renato Veiga, Jeffrey Gouweleeuw, Felix Uduokhai, Arne Engels, Niklas Dorsch, Elvis Rexhbecaj, M. Valentin Pedersen, Kelvin Yeboah, Dion Drena Beljo and Ermedin Demirovic.

📋 Team News: Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund manager Edin Terzić has some current player fitness concerns. Julien Duranville (Muscle partial avulsion), Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (Shoulder Injury), Thomas Meunier (Muscle Injury), Abdoulaye Kamara (Unknown Injury) and Mateu Morey Bauzà (Fitness) will not be playing here.

We reckon that Dortmund might utilise a 4-5-1 system, going with Gregor Kobel, Marius Wolf, Niklas Suele, Mats Hummels, Julian Ryerson, Donyell Malen, Julian Brandt, Emre Can, Raphael Guerreiro, Karim Adeyemi and Sebastien Haller.

💭 Prediction

In this match, Borussia Dortmund will, in all probability, dominate possession and create several successful chances.

At the same time, Augsburg might well find it a difficult task finding the net themselves but we do fancy them converting at least once here.

We’re predicting a fairly comfortable 1-3 margin for Borussia Dortmund by the conclusion of the game.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 00:52 17/05/2023