Borussia Dortmund - FC Augsburg

Statistic:

- After 14 years BvB lost 3 home matches in a row before the winter break.
- Between March and April 2000 they lost 4 times in a row under Coach Kraus.
- Augsburg is unbeaten since 5 matches (3-2-0).
- Against Augsburg is Dortmund unbeaten in BL so far (4-1-0  15-3 goals).
- Augsburg got their biggest loses against Dortmund in BL, both with 0-4.
- Dortmund won all recent 4 openers to the second half of the season.
- They are unbeaten since 10 years after losing to Schalke 0-1 in Season 2003/04

Dortmund has some problems as with Gündogan, Hummels and Subotic miss some players here. On the other side Augsburg has also some missing with Moravek, Ji, Holzhauser, Mölders and Amsif.

Dortmund was not on the best level at the end of 2013 but they want to get back on track and I am sure that they lose not 4 in a row at home. Although some of the players returned after the break now they have still some important players not available. Nevertheless Coach Klopp has to build up a good and strong starting lineup and start to reduce the gap to second placed Leverkusen.

Surprise team of 2013 is clear FC Augsburg they were almost relegated to winter break but their comeback was amazing and also the first half of the season 2013/14 was great. Coach Weinzierl and Sport Manger Reuter made a great job together and formed a good and well playing team. They invest all what they have available and all in the club know that they can only compete with the teams in BL if all are ahead of their level. They were very hard to beat and the defensive worked excellent and sometimes the offensive was able to score one or two goals to get the points on their side.

Overall this should be a clear one for Dortmund, but some doubt after the last performances from both teams. Many said that Augsburg is very hard to play and this is true but I can not see Dortmund losing 4 in a row at home and after Gladbach losing yesterday it is a big chance for Dortmund now. I am sure that Klopp find the right words and tactic here to overcome this side from Augsburg. If the first goal comes early it is much easier for them. The HC comes out high with line -1,5 but if you brave enough you can take this in my eyes. Also a good choice can be to wait for some minutes and get a good position with the HC -1.