Augsburg are keeping afloat thanks to their home shape. The club managed to show the best start to the season in the last four years. Jens Thorup did not make up anything and put a clear, straightforward and vertical soccer. A logical decision after the team lost two of their best attacking talents this summer.
Dortmund continue to have serious problems. The team suffers from too sterile possession, while not coping at all with other people’s pressing. Even with Union, the players made 11 losses in their own half of the field. This is unacceptable for a club with big ambitions.
There will be a lot of goals in this match. Augsburg is the second team from the bottom in terms of goals conceded and has never once left its gates untouched. Borussia score an average of two goals per game, and take the ball out of their net 1.71 times. Out of the previous 10 face-to-face meetings, only three have seen fewer than three goals scored.