Augsburg vs Bournemouth - prediction, team news, lineups

Bournemouth volition proceed their pre-season docket with a clash against Augsburg successful Austria connected Thursday.

The Cherries are gathering up towards their Premier League opener against Manchester City connected August 23, portion Augsburg are moving towards their DFB-Pokal necktie against Energie Cottbus connected August 22. 

Match preview

Manuel Baum is successful his 2nd stint arsenic Augsburg brag aft initially taking implicit the reins connected an interim ground successful December.

Baum, who returned to Augsburg arsenic the club's manager of improvement past summer, oversaw 9 wins, six draws and 7 defeats successful 22 games to usher the Fuggerstädter to ninth place. 

The 46-year-old present faces the pugnacious task of gathering upon Augsburg's champion finishing presumption since the 2015-16 campaign. 

While respective players person near the club, Augsburg person bolstered their ranks with 7 additions, including Michael Gregoritsch and Rodrigo Ribeiro, who person arrived connected imperishable deals pursuing their respective indebtedness spells. 

Baum's charges started their pre-season docket with a 1-1 gully against third-tier Saarbrucken.

They volition look a overmuch tougher trial successful Thursday's affable against Premier League absorption earlier they wrapper up their preparations with games against Schwaz, Sassuolo and Leeds United.

Bournemouth are acceptable to participate a caller momentum run that volition spot them vie successful European shot for the archetypal clip successful their history.

The Cherries secured a sixth-place decorativeness and European League qualification successful Andoni Iraola's last play successful charge.

While Iraola has departed for a caller situation with Liverpool, Marco Rose has been fixed the tricky task of continuing Iraola's good work, knowing it volition beryllium made each the much hard by the situation of balancing the home docket with the Europa League league phase.

Rose volition privation much reinforcements earlier the extremity of the summertime transportation window, with Alvaro Rodriguez the lone caller look successful the squad astatine this stage.

That said, Bournemouth whitethorn consciousness it is adjacent much important to clasp the services of their cardinal players, amid involvement successful Alex Scott, Rayan and Eli Junior Kroupi.

On the pitch, the Cherries volition beryllium looking to reason their Austrian grooming campy with different beardown show aft hammering 2.Bundesliga broadside St. Pauli 4-1 connected Friday. 

Augsburg friendlies form:

D

Bournemouth friendlies form:

W

Team News

Augsburg defender Chrislain is improbable to diagnostic amid rumours that helium is closing successful connected a determination to Premier League broadside Crystal Palace.

The German broadside could enactment up with a backmost 3 of Noahkai Banks, Jeffrey Gouweleeuw and Calvin Brackelmann. 

Ribeiro is apt to commencement the crippled arsenic Augsburg's cardinal striker, though helium whitethorn stock minutes with Uchenna Ogundu.

As for Bournemouth, Veljko Milosavljevic was near retired of the travelling enactment for the Austria grooming campy due to the fact that of injury. 

Tyler Adams and Rayan person linked up with their teammates successful Austria aft missing the commencement of the travel pursuing their engagement successful the World Cup, though it remains to beryllium seen whether they volition play connected Thursday. 

Kroupi volition beryllium hoping to get immoderate minutes nether his loop aft sitting retired the triumph implicit St. Pauli owed to a deficiency of training. 

Augsburg imaginable starting lineup:

Dahmen; Banks, Gouweleeuw, Brackelmann; Wolf, Massengo, Suso, Pedersen; Kade, Sakar; Ribeiro

Bournemouth imaginable starting lineup:

Petrovic; Smith, Hill, Diakite, Truffert; Scott, Toth; Gannon-Doak, Kluivert, Adli; Evanilson

We say: Augsburg 1-2 Bournemouth

Bournemouth volition look a tougher trial than the caller gathering with St. Pauli, but connected paper, they boast a stronger squad than their German counterparts, and we judge their other prime volition spot them to victory. 

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