Penultimate meeting of this 16th day of the Bundesliga this Sunday afternoon. Borussia M’gladbach (12th) hosted Augsburg (15th) in its den with a slight lead in the standings, only two points separating them. The locals had to bounce back after their rather bitter losses against Dortmund and Wolfsburg during their last league meetings. For their part, Manuel Baum’s men who played in a 3-4-2-1 pattern, like their opponents, were able to move away from the red zone.
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From the start of the match, the visitors must have forgotten that they had to keep their heads above water. Indeed, Augsburg took the storm following an action finished by Joe Scally (8th). Exhausted, M’Gladbach continued his pressing. Following poor control, Mads Pedersen’s hand allowed the locals to have another opportunity to score from a penalty. This was transformed by Kevin Diks (20th). Despite balanced ball possession, nothing went as planned for the poorly ranked team. Ten minutes before the break, Haris Tabakovic did not tremble in the air to place his head and score from a corner (36th). Upon returning from the locker room, the score already seemed too heavy to see the match change. Haris Tabakovic sealed the victory for his team on the hour mark (4-0). Borussia M’Gladbach returns to a comfortable tenth place, and Augsburg – 15th – remains on the verge of absolute emergency.
