Augsburg-Borussia Monchengladbach is a Bundesliga Week 17 match and is played on Wednesday at 20:30: TV, line-ups, predictions.
Borussia Monchengladbach’s late comeback attempt in last Sunday’s clash with Bayer Leverkusen. Xabi Alonso’s Asprine violated Borussia Park 2-3, inflicting Daniel Farke’s side’s first disappointment of 2023.
The match already looked safe after the first 60 minutes, but veteran Stindl’s brace, which came on as the game went on, had fuelled the Fohlen fans’ hopes of at least snatching a point against the Rossoneri. Gladbach thus returned to losing in front of their own public after two consecutive home victories against Stuttgart and Borussia Dortmund last November. It remains to be seen whether the ‘away sickness’ has gone away: with Farke on the bench, in fact, Borussia Monchengladbach have never won away from home, limiting themselves to collecting only four draws. In short, a performance that is far too inconsistent and that does not allow the former Norwich coach to get closer to the European zone: Wolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund are meanwhile galloping and between seventh and eighth place, occupied by the Fohlen, there is currently a gap of four lengths.
Digestible away matches for Gladbach
They will try to turn things around in Bavaria against Augsburg, who gave Borussia Dortmund a scare on Sunday. Enrico Maassen’s men confirmed that they are an away team at Signal Iduna Park as they came close to pulling off a resounding comeback against the Gialloneri, who were only beaten 10 minutes from the end by Reyna (4-3).
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Augsburg, however, have been on a winless streak since October, the last coming almost four months ago against bottom-of-the-table Schalke 04. In order to reach a quiet salvation, the Bavarians will have to struggle again this year: the classification, with one round to go, sees the Bavarians just above the relegation zone. As far as the line-up is concerned, there are many absentees for Maassen, who has to do without Vargas and Cardona. On the other side, Farke could finally get Thuram back, while captain Stindl will be out.
The Prediction
A historically difficult away match for Gladbach, who have only won once in the last twelve years in Bavaria. Augsburg, despite not having the quality of the Fohlen, should avoid defeat in a match with at least one goal each.
The Augsburg-Borussia Monchengladbach likely line-up
- AUGSBURG (4-3-3): Gikiewicz; Gumny, Gouweleeuw, Uduokhai, Pedersen; Maier, Engels, Rexhbecaj; Beljo, Berisha, Demirovic.
- BORUSSIA MONCHENGLADBACH (4-2-3-1): Omlin; Lainer, Itakura, Elvedi, Bensebaini; Weigl, Kone; Hofmann, Kramer, Herrmann; Plea.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-1
