Augsburg – Dortmund

The highly motivated visitors will not be able to keep their goal locked

The forthcoming Bundesliga round is likely to be decisive in the battle between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund for the league title. Thomas Tuchel's side are called upon to prove their right to the final first place against one of the division's most serious rivals, Leipzig. If the reigning champions beat the Bulls, Cologne are unlikely to be able to stop them in the last round. In turn, the title challenger will play in the last rounds against the thirteenth and ninth teams in the championship, which they are capable of beating with the difference in the score with which it will be necessary based on the tournament realities. On Sunday, the Bumblebees' opponent will be Augsburg, who have not yet booked their place in the top division for next season, but are already very close to it. They are four points ahead of the relegation zone, and five points or more ahead of the direct relegation zone. Before the crucial encounter at the VVK Arena, bookmakers identified the visitors as the favourites, offering odds of 1.39 to win. The hallmark of Augsburg, which will help them retain their place in the Bundesliga, is diligence and fighting in every encounter. Even in defeated encounters, this team gives their opponents a hard time. For example, in the meeting with the champion in Munich, Augsburg scored three goals while conceding five, and from Leipzig, they got three, but twice signed in their goal. Special mention should be made of the Bavarian club in their native walls, where they scored absolutely all the visiting teams, including Union Berlin and Bayer in 2023. Augsburg lost in them only to Cologne. Borussia Dortmund continue to dream of first place. Having recently risen to the top of the table, the Bundesliga side made an immediate setback in Bochum and slipped down to second place. Since then, Terzic's side have been unstoppable. In the May meetings, Wolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund were denied a total of eleven goals by the Black-Yellows in Dortmund. In the first round, the upcoming rivals staged a real thriller, during which Augsburg levelled the score three times, but still conceded the decisive goal, 3-4. Dortmund will dominate the field, but the hosts are unlikely to let their opponents go without conceding a goal.