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October 1, 2011 9:30 AM EDT
Signal-Iduna-Park — Dortmund
Referee:‬ B. Rafati‎
Attendance:‬ 80720‎
 

Bundesliga Preview: Borussia Dortmund - Augsburg

Goal.com previews the action as the reigning Bundesliga champion welcomes Jos Luhukay's newcomers in a bid to turn the disappointing start to the season around.

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BORUSSIA DORTMUND

Weidenfeller
Piszczek, Subotic, Hummels, Schmelzer
Gungodan, Bender
Gotze, Kagawa, Perisic
Barrios
AUGSBURG

Jentzsch
Hosogai, Mohrle, Sankoh, De Jong
Brinkmann, Callsen-Bracker
Gogia, Baier, Bellinghausen
Molders
Jurgen Klopp is expected to make some major changes to the team which lost 3-0 to Olympique Marseille on Wednesday, with Sebastian Kehl mostly likely to be relegated to the bench. Ilkay Gundogan is expected to take his place next to Sven Bender, while Ivan Perisic could displace Kevin Grosskreutz, who had poor game in France.

Lucas Barrios already has made two substitute appearances, and given the fact that his recovery is well on track, he is in the running for a starting place on Saturday. The only absentees for Dortmund are Julian Koch and Marvin Bakalorz, who are both still working their way back to fitness.

Augsburg faces an injury crisis as no less than seven players have been ruled out for the match against the German champion. Defenders Paul Verhaegh and Dominik Reinhardt, midfielders Andrew Sinkala, Marcel Ndjeng and Dawda Bah, as well as strikers Torsten Oehrl and Stephan Hain will be forced to watch from the sidelines.

 DID YOU KNOW?
  • Dortmund has yet to win two league games in a row this season. The club can do that on Saturday by beating Augsburg at the Signal-Iduna Park.
  • BVB is set to play its 1500th game in the Bundesliga. Only Hamburg, Werder Bremen, Bayern Munich and Stuttgart reached that landmark before them.
  • Jurgen Klopp's men have failed to win in their last two home games, drawing 1-1 with Arsenal, and losing 2-1 to Hertha Berlin.
  • Augsburg is the only team yet to win in this season's Bundesliga.
  • Jos Luhukay's men have achieved four draws, more than any other team in the league.
  • Only Kaiserslautern have scored less goals than Augsburg this season. Of the six goals scored by Jos Luhukay's men, three came from striker Sascha Molders, who has not scored a goal since round 2.

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Top 3 Predictions
  • Borussia Dortmund 3-1 FC Augsburg
    22.75 %
  • Borussia Dortmund 2-0 FC Augsburg
    18.96 %
  • Borussia Dortmund 3-0 FC Augsburg
    16.59 %
Head to Head
1. Bundesliga ‎(GER1)‎ Apr 6, 2013 Borussia Dortmund 4 - FC Augsburg 2
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1. Bundesliga ‎(GER1)‎ Nov 10, 2012 FC Augsburg 1 - Borussia Dortmund 3
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1. Bundesliga ‎(GER1)‎ Mar 10, 2012 FC Augsburg 0 - Borussia Dortmund 0
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1. Bundesliga ‎(GER1)‎ Oct 1, 2011 Borussia Dortmund 4 - FC Augsburg 0
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Last Five Matches
Borussia Dortmund
May 18, 2013Borussia Dortmund 1 - TSG Hoffenheim 2GER1
May 11, 2013Wolfsburg 3 - Borussia Dortmund 3GER1
May 4, 2013Borussia Dortmund 1 - Bayern 1GER1
Apr 30, 2013Real Madrid 2 - Borussia Dortmund 0UCL
Apr 27, 2013Fortuna Düsseldorf 1 - Borussia Dortmund 2GER1
FC Augsburg
May 18, 2013FC Augsburg 3 - Greuther Fürth 1GER1
May 11, 2013Bayern 3 - FC Augsburg 0GER1
May 5, 2013Freiburg 2 - FC Augsburg 0GER1
Apr 27, 2013FC Augsburg 3 - Stuttgart 0GER1
Apr 19, 2013Mönchengladbach 1 - FC Augsburg 0GER1
Odds
Team News
Available Squads
1Roman WeidenfellerGoalkeeper
15Mats HummelsDefender
27Felipe SantanaDefender
24Chris LöweDefender
26Lukasz PiszczekDefender
16Jakub BlaszczykowskiMidfielder
14Ivan PerisicMidfielder
6Sven BenderMidfielder
8Ilkay GündoganMidfielder
10Mario GötzeMidfielder
9Robert LewandowskiStriker
20Mitchell LangerakGoalkeeper
4Neven SuboticDefender
5Sebastian KehlMidfielder
8Antônio da SilvaMidfielder
19Kevin GroßkreutzMidfielder
19L. BarriosStriker
26Shinji KagawaMidfielder
1Simon JentzschGoalkeeper
5Uwe MöhrleDefender
3Gibril SankohDefender
17Marcel de JongDefender
18Jan-Ingwer Callsen-BrackerDefender
11Axel BellinghausenDefender
24Daniel BrinkmannMidfielder
8Lorenzo DavidsMidfielder
14Hajime HosogaiMidfielder
10Daniel BaierMidfielder
33Sascha MöldersStriker
30Mohamed AmsifGoalkeeper
4Dominik ReinhardtMidfielder
6Jonas de RoeckDefender
15Sebastian LangkampDefender
13Tobias WernerMidfielder
28Akaki GogiaMidfielder
9Nando RafaelStriker
Players to Watch
L. Barrios
L. Barrios
Position: Striker
Squad Number: 19
Games Goals YC RC
0 0 0 0
Sascha Mölders
Sascha Mölders
Position: Striker
Squad Number: 33
Games Goals YC RC
24 10 2 0
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