B. Monchengladbach vs Augsburg prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2023-05-26 13:30.
Borussia Mönchengladbach could register their lowest finish in 12 Bundesliga seasons unless they can collect a win at home to relegation-threatened Augsburg, while also needing Cologne to drop points against Bayern Munich at the same time. After recent unsuccessful road trips to Dortmund (L 5-2) and Leverkusen (D 2-2), there’s no better place to do so than at home, where their only three league wins since the start of February (D6, L6) have been collected.
But having won just two of six Bundesliga home games as pre-match favourites this calendar year (D3, L1), including draws with lowly Bremen (2-2) and Schalke (0-0), there can be no assurances of a joyful end to the season. Local newspapers reported on Monday that manager Daniel Farke is to part ways with the club following this match, which might inspire the players to try and send him out on a winning note.
Augsburg have endured an even more miserable time lately, with last weekend’s 3-0 loss at home to Dortmund – where manager Enrico MaaĂźen was a reserves team coach prior to joining his current employer – meant they finished the round as one of four clubs with only one win to their name across the ten previous rounds of Bundesliga action (D4, L5). Anything less than a win here will bring other results into play and open up the possibility of slipping into the relegation playoff spot.
Winning three of their last four meetings with Mönchengladbach (as the underdogs on every occasion) is something they can draw inspiration from, though it’s important to note that those three victories all took place at home. In fact Augsburg own the league’s second-longest active winless streak in away football (D3, L9), making the likelihood of three points appear remote.
Players to watch: After what he described as eight “special years” in a Mönchengladbach shirt, Lars Stindl will bid “a painful” farewell ahead of a return to Karlsruher. Given that six of his seven Bundesliga goals in 2023 have been recorded after the 80th minute – including in their last three games – he could have the last say. Contrast that with MĂ«rgim Berisha, who has scored first for Augsburg seven times this season, and could be handed another start after a recent comeback from injury.
Hot stat: Augsburg have conceded at least three goals in all but one of their last nine Bundesliga losses.