Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
Buoyed by a thrilling 6-0 win over Borussia M’gladbach, Borussia Dortmund will look to melt Bayern Munchen’s advantage in the standings when they face Augsburg on Sunday. The Signal-Iduna-Park outfit did well to beat Union Berlin 3-0 in their last away game, which is surely giving fans a reason for optimism ahead of the trip to Bavaria. In Erling Haland’s absence, a man to watch in the away side will be experienced attacker Marco Reus, who has found his goal-scoring touch of late.
All Zagadou, Reyna, Akanji, Meunier, Morey, and Schmelzer are likely to miss the game with injuries. The Bavarians, on the other hand, failed to impress in a 2-1 loss to Freiburg, which is yet another reason why away win should be considered. In the first half of the season Borussia Dortmund defeated Augsburg 2-1 at Signal-Iduna-Park. Andre Hahn is banned for the hosts, while both Robert Gumny and Tobias Strobl are sidelined with injuries.
Highlighted Player (Alfred Finnbogason):
Born in Grindavik in 1989, Alfred Finnbogason is one of the most prolific strikers in the history of Icelandic football, as the well-travelled forward has been scoring goals for fun throughout his career. His talent was first spotted at Breidablik, where two very successful campaign helped him move to Lokeren, where he did not spent a lot of time and soon signed for Helsingborgs.
The return of 12 goals in 17 league outings for the Swedish giants soon secured him a move to Heerenveen, where he would go on to play the best football of his career, scoring remarkable 53 goals in 65 Eredivisie matches. Finnbogason somewhat struggled during spells with Real Sociedad and Olympiakos, but managed to kick-start his career at Augsburg, just in time to help Iceland on their first ever European championship appearance.
The prolific striker has been a member of the country’s national team since 2010, making over 30 appearances and scoring quite a few goals despite the fact that he was not always considered a first team regular.
Highlighted Team (Borussia Dortmund):
1909 by eighteen footballers from Dortmund. Die Schwarzgelben (The Black and Yellows) play their home games at Signal Iduna Park, but the stadium’s original name is Westfalenstadion. The capacity of Borussia’s home ground is 81,539 and it has to be noted that the stadium was opened in 1974. BVB have the highest average attendance in the world of football.
Borussia Dortmund have won eight Bundesliga trophies, while clinching the German Cup title three times.
However, the club’s biggest success came in 1997 when they outplayed Juventus in the Champions League final. Karl-Heinz Riedle scored a brace for BVB in the 3-1 win over Juve, with Lars Ricken finding the net in the title game as well. Borussia’s biggest rivals are Schalke 04 and the two teams square off against each other in the Revierderby.