Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
Augsburg
Match Time & Date:
26/10/2024
15:30
Prediction: 1-2
Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund will be aiming to build on a 2-1 win over St. Pauli when they take on Augsburg on Matchday 8. The Yellow-Blacks are eager to rejoin the title race and they have no other option but to adopt an attack-minded approach against Augsburg. A man to watch in the away team will be summer signing Serhou Guirassy, who found the net in a 5-2 Champions League loss to Real Madrid, while all Yan Couto, Julien Duranville, Karim Adeyemi, and Giovanni Reyna remain on the sidelines with injuries.
The Bavarians, on the other hand, produced a poor defensive display in a 3-1 loss to Freiburg at the weekend, which is probably the main reason why we are going to bet on Nuri Sahin’s troops. Reece Oxford misses out through COVID-19, while the likes of Mads Pedersen, Ruben Vargas, Daniel Klein, and Keven Schlotterbeck are injured for the home side.
Highlighted Player (Julian Brandt):
Julian Brandt is one of the most promising wingers in Germany. He started playing football in his hometown, Bremen, at SC Borgfeld, moving to FC Oberneuland, after which he joined VLF Wolfsburg’s youth academy. With 27 goals in his 48 games during two seasons with the Wolves, Brandt recommended himself to Bayer 04 Leverkusen, signing a five-and-a-half-year contract in January 2014.
The 22-year-old winger prefers to play on the left flank, but he can also provide help on the right side, as well as an attacking midfielder. During the season 2015/2016, Julian Brandt netted goals in six consecutive games, becoming the youngest player since Gerd Muller to achieve this.
The good performances in the season made Joackim Low call the youngster in Germany’s preliminary 27-man squad for the Euro 2016 and he made his first appearance for the senior squad in May 2016, against Slovakia. He was a part of the Germany squad at the Summer Olympics, where Brandt and his teammates won the silver medal. In the summer of 2018, Julian Brandt made the World Cup team.
Highlighted Team (Augsburg):
Augsburg are a German football club founded in Augsburg, Bavaria back in 1907. Die Fuggerstadter play in German Bundesliga and with 12,200 members they are regarded as the largest football club in Bavaria. Augsburg wear white shirts and they host their rivals at WWK ARENA.
The capacity of the stadium is 30,660 and it has been the home of Augsburg since 2009. Augsburg won the Schwaben Cup 13 times and it has to be noted that they were promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time in 2011.
The club qualified for the Europa League 2015/2016 group stages and thanks to a 3-1 win over Partizan in Belgrade they booked their place in the last 32. However, Liverpool proved to be a big catch for the German outfit in the Europa League knockout stages.
Die Fuggerstadter’s main rivals are TSV 1860 Munich and there have always been fireworks when the two teams take on each other.
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