Team News
Bayern’s Luiz Gustavo is still rated doubtful as his comeback has taken longer than it was supposed to. Holger Badstuber is out for the rest of the season. Javier Martinez took a blow to the head at the weekend and temporarily lost vision in his left eye but should be back for this one.
Augsburg’s Sascha Mölders is back and scoring for the club. Sebastien Langkamp might not make it for this one. Mohammad Amsif continues to deputize in goal for the injured Simon Jentzsch. Dominik Reinhardt wasn’t in the squad for their most recent game against Fürth and neither was Paul Verhaegh.
Analysis
Augsburg gave a good account of themselves in their meeting with Bayern in the league. Markus Weinzierl is going to perhaps using the same game plan. The plan will include pressing Bayern into losing the ball and hitting them on the counter-attack. They will also try to use Bayern’s vulnerability in set-piece situations to their advantage. Bayern will of-course pass the ball around confidently and at speed and will try to grab an early goal.
Previous Matches
Greuther Fürth 1-1 Augsburg
Augsburg 0-2 Bayern
Augsburg 1-1 Freiburg
Stuttgart 2-1 Augsburg
Augsburg 1-1 Gladbach
Bayern 1-1 Mönchengladbach
Augsburg 0-2 Bayern
Bayern 4-1 BATE Borisov
Bayern 1-1 Borussia Dortmund
Freiburg 0-2 Bayern
Previous Meetings
Augsburg 0-2 Bayern
Bayern 2-1 Augsburg
Augsburg 1-2 Bayern
Augsburg 1-2 Bayern
Prediction
Augsburg 1-2 Bayern
