Jess Thorup trying to stay unbeaten

Jess Thorup will attempt to preserve his unbeaten file as Augsburg head coach when his facet tackle Hoffenheim on Saturday.

Augsburg

Augsburg skilled a tough begin to the season, profitable one, drawing two and dropping 4 of their opening seven league video games. The Augsburg board in the end determined to make a change following a 2-1 defeat to Darmstadt, as they opted to sack Enrico Maaßen and change him with Thorup.

The previous Copenhagen boss made an instantaneous affect, kicking off his tenure with a 5-2 win over Heidenheim, earlier than seeing his facet come from behind to beat Wolfsburg 3-2 in his first dwelling sport in cost. The Fuggerstädter have been unable to say one other victory final weekend, however they managed to proceed their unbeaten begin below Thorup with a 1-1 draw in opposition to Köln. Linton Maini opened the scoring for Steffen Baumgart’s facet, earlier than Phillip Tietz restored parity within the twenty fifth minute, and with neither facet capable of finding a winner, they each needed to accept a share of the spoils.

Having taken their tally to 12 factors, Augsburg will head into the weekend in tenth place, with six factors separating them from Saturday’s opponents, who presently occupy sixth place. The Fuggerstädter could fancy their possibilities of closing that hole after beating Hoffenheim 1-0 of their most up-to-date assembly.

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The hosts are unable to name upon David Colina, Arne Maier, Reece Oxford, Frederik Winther and Raphael Framberger. In the meantime, Felix Uduokhai will return to the facet after serving a one-match suspension.

Hoffenheim

After profitable 4 of their opening 5 Bundesliga video games, Hoffenheim have struggled for consistency in latest weeks, having gained two and misplaced three of their final 5 league matches.

Since claiming their most up-to-date win over Stuttgart on the finish of October, Hoffenheim have gone on to lose consecutive matches within the DFB-Pokal and the Bundesliga. A 1-0 defeat to Borussia Dortmund within the cup was adopted by final weekend’s 3-2 loss to league leaders Bayer Leverkusen. After falling behind by two objectives, Hoffenheim fought again to stage the scoreline due to efforts from Anton Stach and Wout Weghorst. Nonetheless, Álex Grimaldo discovered the online within the seventieth minute to revive Leverkusen’s benefit and condemn Hoffenheim to a 3rd consecutive dwelling defeat.

Whereas Hoffenheim have struggled on dwelling turf, they’ve fared nicely on their travels, having gained all 5 of their away league video games this season. Impressively, they’ve scored no less than two objectives in every of these 5 victories.

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Mërgim Berisha, Pavel Kaderabek and Marco John are all dominated out with knee accidents. The guests are additionally with out the providers of Robert Skov, Florian Grillitsch and Dennis Geiger.

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