1.Bundesliga - Round 32 - Saturday

Borussia Dortmund - 1899 Hoffenheim

- 1899 could not win one of the last 8 matches against BvB.
- The last win was at Matchday 34, Season 2012/13 if they avoid relegation with a 2-1 win.
- In second half of the Season both teams collected 27 Points and scored 28 goals, conceded 15.
- If this match has pass for both, they have the same opponents in the last 2 Rounds with FCA / WB.
- Dortmund did not lose one of the last 36 BL home games so far (29-7-0).
- This is a new club record and the longest run from all 5 top leagues in Europe.
- The last defeat was in April 2015 against Bayern Munich 0-1 where Götze scored the winner.
- 1899 lost only one of the last 11 BL games (7-3-1) with 1-2 to Hamburg at Round 28.
- On the road 1899 was only able to win 2 of their 11 matches.

Dortmund miss again Bartra, Götze, Rode, Sahin and Schürrle but should have a great squad available for this important big clash. This is a must win game for them if they want to jump on important Place 3 who bring them directly to CL Group stage while Place 4 they have to play 2 matches for qualifying.

1899 with no important missing, Coach Nagelsmann has all players ready and can choose from a lot. The only have to defend their Position today .... therefore a draw would be enough for them anyway.


FC Ingolstadt 04 - Bayer Leverkusen

- This is the 4th game between these two teams in BL and Leverkusen won both last Season.
- In this Season Ingolstadt won in Leverkusen 2-1 and should win this one at home too.
- After winning 3 games in a row Ingolstadt was only able to get 1 Point form the last 3 matches.
- But they won 2 matches more as in first half of the Season already.
- With 29 Points has Ingolstadt not the best situation because they must close the gap with 4 Points.
- A team with 29 to this time was always relegated to the end of the Season.
- Tyfun Korkut got 6 Points from 8 matches with Leverkusen since he is head coach there.
- Only one Coach was weaker in this period as Korkut ..... they are out of form anyway.
- Only 12 Points in 14 matches so far for Leverkusen, this is the lowest number form all teams.

Some problems for Ingolstast because with Morales and Roger they must replace two important guys today. Not so easy because they must win this game if they do not want to lose all the last hopes to avoid relegation. If they lose it is almost impossible to get the job done, but with a win they maybe can close the gap to 1 Point with 2 matches remaining.

Leverkusen miss with Bender and Brandt also two guys who should be in starting lineup but should be able to replace them. Although almost the whole team looks out of form under Korkut and they are in a difficult situation. If they lose today, this can be hard two last weeks this Season and red zone is coming closer and closer, also pressure.


Borussia M'Gladbach - FC Augsburg

- Gladbach won only 2 from 11 duels with Augsburg (2-4-5).
- Only against Leipzig they have a more bad average (0,5 Points / matches ) as against FCA (0,9).
- Augsburg won 2 of the last 3 matches and got some hope back for relegation battle.
- Since March FCA was only able to get 2 wins from 9 matches (2-2-5).
- FCA lost all their last 4 road games. Such a run happened in spring 2015 with 5 defeats.
- Since 15 matches FCA could kept a clean sheet against Hamburg 4-0 last sunday.
- The last time they managed a clean sheet was against Gladbach !!!
- In 2017 Gladbach kept a clean sheet in 6 matches, only Bayern (8) had more in this period.

A lot of missing player for Gladbach with Jantschke, Wendt, Drmic, Hazard and Raffael ..... some of them are key players what makes it not so easy for Coach Hecking to field a strong starting eleven. Nevertheless this is a must win game for them if they want to have a chance for an European Spot for next Season.

Augsburg coming to Gladbach without Koo and Moravek but should replace both. The win against Hamburg should boost them additional and let them work harder to get the job done. This is an important match for them and they need all Points they can get according to their situation in relegation battle.