Augsburg is in danger of returning to the second division of German football for the first time since 2011 after going winless in the league since October 2. Before the start of Qatar’s 2022 winter World Cup, Maassen’s team has struggled in the first half of the season, winning just 13% of their eight league games at the WWK Arena, which is a Bundesliga low.

Fuggerstadter lost a seven-goal thriller against Borussia Dortmund on Sunday at Signal Iduna Park, losing 4-3. They were only above the relegation playoffs because they scored twice more goals than Stuttgart, which was 16th. After defeating Wolfsburg in a friendly on January 14, Augsburg could not carry on their momentum into the current campaign. The 2011-12 Bundesliga champions were left celebrating at the sound of the referee Frank Willenborg’s whistle at full time.

Florian Wirtz – every game 21/22:

vs Borussia Mönchengladbach 🅰️
vs Augsburg ⚽️🅰️
vs BVB ⚽️🅰️
vs Ferencvárosi ⚽️
vs Stuttgart ⚽️🅰️
vs Mainz ⚽️
vs Celtic ⚽️
vs Arminia 🅰️
vs North Macedonia 🅰️
vs Bayern 🅰️

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— Football Talent Scout – Jacek Kulig (@FTalentScout) October 17, 2021

Match details:

• NAME: FC Augsburg – Borussia M’gladbach
• DATE: 25 Jan 2023
• TIME: 19:30 UTC
• VENUE: WWK ARENA, Augsburg, Germany

Prediction

Augsburg has lost their last two league games and their last eight competition matches without a victory. They may struggle here, as they have only won one home game this season. Monchengladbach has won just two of their last seven games and lost two of their last three league games. This season, they have not won at home, so they may have to settle for a point here.

We say: Augsburg 2-2 Borussia Monchengladbach We anticipate a highly entertaining end-to-end contest at the WWK Arena on Wednesday evening, culminating in a share of the spoils, with Borussia Monchengladbach and Augsburg pursuing opposing goals at opposite ends of the Bundesliga standings.

Head-to-Head

• There have been 26 meetings between Monchengladbach and Augsburg. In those games, the hosts have won eight, while the visitors have won two. Between the two teams, there have been eight draws.
• In the most recent meeting between the two teams, the visitors prevailed 3-2, snapping a three-game losing streak.
• Gladbach hasn’t kept a clean sheet in six games against this opponent.
• This season, Augsburg has the fewest home points of any team in the German top flight, with just five.
• The Bundesliga’s Die Borussen are one of three teams without an away league win this season.
• This season, the Fuggerstädter have kept two league clean sheets. Only Stuttgart and Koln (1) have kept fewer.

Team news

Daniel Farke of Borussia Monchengladbach will again put his faith in Nathan Ngoumou to lead the line, with Christoph Kramer, Alassane Plea, and Jonas Hofmann supporting from behind.

Lars Stindl, the captain of Foals, may replace Kouadio Kone or Benfica loanee Julian Weigl in the starting lineup for the trip to the WWK Arena after scoring twice in the final stages on Sunday.

Following their home loss to Borussia Dortmund, Augsburg manager Enrico Maassen may alter his starting lineup.

Fredrik Jensen may be reinstated in the Fuggerstadter 11 in place of Ruben Vargas, who was injured, after making an appearance off the bench on Sunday.

Lineup

Augsburg:

• Gikiewicz;
• Gouweleeuw, Gumny, Uduokhai, Pederson;
• Rexhbecaj, Maier, Engels, Jensen;
• Beljo, Demirovic

Borussia Monchengladbach:

• Omlin;
• Lainer, Bensebaini, Elvedi, Itakura
• Stindl, Kone;
• Hofmann, Kramer, Plea;
• Ngoumou

Betting tips

Result: Over/under 2.5 – Over 2.5 goals (Eight of the visitors’ last ten games have resulted in more than 2.5 goals) Draw Goals: Yes, as both teams have scored in five of their last six encounters.

Where to watch

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