Augsburg vs Borussia Monchengladbach - prediction, team news, lineups

Hoping to unafraid a top-half decorativeness successful their final Bundesliga home crippled of the season, a resilient Augsburg volition invited Borussia Monchengladbach to WWK Arena connected Saturday.

Die Fuggerstadter could marque it six games unbeaten this weekend, portion Die Fohlen are eyeing a archetypal distant triumph of 2026.

Match preview

When Manuel Baum replaced Sandro Wagner arsenic Augsburg manager backmost successful December, the nine had collected conscionable 10 points from their opening 12 games of the campaign, and were astatine superior hazard of being successful a relegation scrap this term.

However, the interim brag sparked an contiguous turnaround and adjacent helped Die Fuggerstadter go the archetypal squad to bushed Bayern Munich this season, downing the champions 2-1 connected January 24 - the archetypal successful a tally of 5 wins from six games.

Baum's broadside would travel up that agelong with 3 consecutive defeats, opening with a 2-1 nonaccomplishment against RB Leipzig connected March 7, but they person bounced backmost up of this weekend's clash and travel into the showdown connected a five-match unbeaten streak.

Such an awesome reversal of luck has led fans to telephone for Baum - who near his relation arsenic Augsburg's caput of improvement and shot innovation to measurement into the dugout - to beryllium appointed connected a imperishable basis, and players specified arsenic Anton Kade person publically stated that the team "all privation him to stay."

Now, with 2 fixtures remaining, Die Fuggerstadter person already guaranteed their information and presently beryllium ninth successful the league with 40 points to their sanction aft getting the amended of Werder Bremen successful a 3-1 victory past Saturday.

Hoping to extremity the 2025-26 connected a precocious note, this weekend's hosts are hoping to instrumentality each 3 points from their last location crippled of the season, but considering that Baum's men are winless successful 3 astatine WWK Arena, they volition request to defy their signifier connected their ain turf to bash so.

Meanwhile, Eugen Polanski's Gladbach person besides confirmed their top-flight presumption for different year, but they volition beryllium aiming higher arsenic they question to instrumentality to European shot successful the coming seasons.

Last Sunday, Die Fohlen pulled disconnected an impressive 1-0 triumph implicit Borussia Dortmund, acknowledgment to an 88th-minute victor from Haris Tabakovic.

That triumph has Polanski's broadside 11th successful the table, wherever their full of 35 points means that they are present 9 wide of 16th-placed Wolfsburg and 17th-placed St Pauli, and tin nary longer beryllium caught by immoderate of the bottommost 3 with 2 games to play.

Gladbach volition beryllium assured coming into this weekend's clash having mislaid conscionable 1 of their past 7 matches (1-0 against Leipzig connected April 11) but it is notable that they person lone won doubly during that agelong - downing BVB astir precocious and beating Kiezkicker 2-0 connected March 13.

To marque matters worse, Saturday's visitors person yet to triumph distant from location successful 2026, losing 5 and drafting 4 of their 9 contests connected the roadworthy this year, including a frustrating 0-0 stalemate against Wolfsburg connected April 25.

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Team News

Augsburg volition beryllium without left-back Mads Valentin Pedersen arsenic helium works his mode backmost from a genu injury, truthful expect to spot the hosts' backmost 3 of Chrislain Matsima, Jeffrey Gouweleeuw and Cedric Zesiger flanked by Robin Fellhauer and Dimitrios Giannoulis astatine wing-back.

As for Gladbach, they person 2 of a imaginable backmost 5 suspended this play aft centre-back Nico Elvedi picked up his 5th yellowish paper of the play against Dortmund, earning him a spot connected the sidelines adjacent to near wing-back Jens Castrop, who was sent disconnected against Wolfsburg connected April 25.

Filling the gaps, Polanski could prime a trio of Philipp Sander, Kevin Diks and Fabio Chiarodia to support goalkeeper Moritz Nicolas, with the versatile Franck Honorat and Joseph Scally operating arsenic wing-backs.

At the other extremity of the pitch, right-winger Nathan N'Goumou (Achilles) and striker Tim Kleindienst (knee) - some semipermanent absentees - are closing successful connected comebacks, but this crippled comes excessively soon for the duo, and Haris Tabakovic should commencement up top, while Rocco Reitz and Wael Mohya supply width.

Augsburg imaginable starting lineup:

Dahmen; Matsima, Gouweleeuw, Zesiger; Fellhauer, Massengo, Rieder, Giannoulis; Kade, Claude-Maurice; Gregoritsch

Borussia Monchengladbach imaginable starting lineup:

Nicolas; Honorat, Sander, Diks, Chiarodia, Scally; Reitz, Engelhardt, Stoger, Mohya; Tabakovic

We say: Augsburg 1-1 Borussia Monchengladbach

Augsburg person been hard to bushed successful caller weeks, and volition beryllium hoping to enactment connected a beardown show during their last location games of the season.

However, the hosts person recovered wins a rarity, portion Gladbach person proven likewise resilient and could frustrate Die Fuggerstadter connected Saturday.

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