M’Gladbach – Augsburg: 6th May 2017

Borussia M’Gladbach

After defeating Hoffenheim and Dortmund, the hosts regassed the road to victory after being forced into the last round, 2-1 away from Mainz. Lars Stindl opened the score in the 31st minute, marking for the fourth time in the last four stages. Staying at three points behind Bremen, “manjii” must get the most out of these last rounds to hope for a qualification in the European Cups. At first glance, the mission is achievable considering that it will meet teams such as Augsburg, Wolfsburg and Darmstadt, at the bottom of the rankings.

In the last five home games played, M’Gladbacg scored two victories and three defeats. Three of them scored goals in both gates

FC Augsburg

On the other hand, the guests come after the most definitive victory this year, 4-0 with Hamburg, thanks to which it climbed to the 13th position in the ranking. At the same time, it was the first time in 2017, when the defensive made its full duty. However, although they have won two victories in the last three stages, the situation is far from being a quiet one. The program at this season’s end is a fairly infernal one. Augsburg to meet Dortmund and Hoffenheim. Thus, the threat of relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga remains as real as possible after a six-year presence on the first stage.

In the last five trips he made four defeats. In three of these, the offensive failed to find its way to the goal

Direct meetings

In the tour, Augsburg was forced to score 1-0. It was the fourth success achieved in the last six direct confrontations. During this time he recorded only one defeat.

Probable teams:

M “Gladbach: Sommer – Elvedi, Christensen, Vestergaard, Schulz – Traore, Dahoud, Benes, Hofmann – Stindl, Hahn

Augsburg: Hitz – Verhaegh, Gouweleeuw, Hinteregger, Stafylidis – Kohr, Altintop, Baier – Schmid, Finnbogason, Max