PREVIEW
The reigning champions are hoping to put last weekend's frustrating draw with Stuttgart behind them as they try to keep pace with runaway leaders Bayern Munich
PROBABLE LINEUPS
FC AUGSBURG
Jentzsch
Callsen-Bracker, Langkamp, Klavan, De Jong
Vogt, Baier
Musona, Koo, Werner
Oehrl
BORUSSIA DORTMUND
Weidenfeller
Piszczek, Subotic, Hummels, Schmelzer
Bender, Gundogan
Reus, Gotze, Grosskreutz
Lewandowski
TEAM NEWS
Borussia Dortmund have no real injury worries going into their Bundesliga clash with FC Augsburg, after their impressive draw at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday.
Lukasz Piszczek and Ilkay Gundogan both picked up slight knocks during their Champions League clash, but Jurgen Klopp is confident both players will be available to travel to Bavaria.
The game also saw a return to action for midfielder Sven Bender who came off the bench in the second-half and the Germany international is in place to start his first game for Dortmund since shaking off a calf strain.
Midfielder Jakub Blaszczykowski returned to training this week, but Saturday’s fixture comes too soon as he looks to regain his fitness.
Augsburg currently prop up the Bundesliga table and have had no luck on the injury front so far this season, but there are a few positives for Markus Weinzierl’s side ahead of their game against Dortmund.
Their right-back crisis could be resolved by the return of Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker, who returns from a knee injury.
The defender made a goalscoring return against Preussen Munster in the DFB-Pokal and his presence should allow Kevin Vogt to revert to his usual position in the middle of the park, having filled in at full-back during Augsburg’s defeat to Hannover 96 last weekend.
Ja-Cheoul Koo is also in contention to return to the starting XI after coming on as a substitute in that defeat, while Sascha Molders could return to the squad having completed 90 minutes for the reserves against Bayern II.
Source: Goal
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