Dortmund's only defeat in the league this season came at the hands of defending champions Bayern Munich, in a match BVB were humbled 5-1 by the Bavarians. Thomas Tuchel has however enjoyed a good start to life at new club and his side recorded a 3-1 victory over Qabala last time out, courtesy of a Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang hat-trick.
The Gabon international has found the back of the net 17 times in just 16 appearances this season and Tuchel has praised the 26 year old striker.
"Auba paved the way for victory with the first and second goals," he said.
"Then he added another in the second half to wrap up a certain victory for us.
"He could have perhaps scored a fourth or a fifth goal and the way he conducts himself on the pitch is absolutely exemplary. We can only hope that all of the others follow his lead.
"It was noticeable that Miki [Henrikh Mkhitaryan] wasn't there, he shows this real hunger for goals too.
"We are capable of scoring goals from different positions. Luckily Auba was there for us. He's irreplaceable for us when he's on this form."
However the Dortmund manager was less than impressed with his side's defending and claimed that they could have gone behind early in the match, which might have made things difficult for Dortmund.
"The chances they had were of our own doing, we were missing the necessary focus and venom in our challenges," he added.
"We defended poorly in all areas, both in the switch play of our offensive ranks and the challenges themselves.
"We were fortunate not to fall behind. That would have made the task even more difficult than it already was."
Their opponents Augsburg on the other hand have managed just a single league victory this season, they however come into this match at the back of a Europa League victory over AZ having lost their opening two fixtures.
They will also be without a number of key players which includes the likes of Shawn Parker, Hong Jeong-ho and Dominik Reinhardt. Nuri Sahin and Erik Durm on the other hand have returned to training for Dormtund but are unlikely to feature on Sunday. Henrikh Mkhitaryan is expected to return to the squad, after missing out on the Europa League fixture due to the political tensions which exist between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Match facts
- Dortmund have not tasted defeat in seven of their last eight league meetings with Augsburg.
- Dortmund have twice condemned their opponents on Sunday, to their heaviest Bundesliga defeat, which is by a 4-0 score line.
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