Borussia Monchengladbach defender Andreas Christensen. (Photo : Getty Images)
Reeling squad FC Augsburg (3-6-5, 14 points) will take on fellow struggling team Borussia Monchengladbach (4-6-4, 16 points) at their home field of SGL Arena on Saturday, Dec. 17 as the 2016-2017 Bundesliga season continues.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 9:30 a.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Augsburg is currently on a downward spiral with a four-game winless slide. The team has been winless in five of their last six outings which dropped them to the 13th spot of the 18-team German top flight table, only four points above the bottom three relegation area.
Interim head coach Manuel Baum's side is coming off a 0-1 defeat in the hands of bottom three squad Hamburger SV on the road at the Imtech Arena last Saturday, as per Sporting Life.
The two teams were booked with a red card each and were down to ten men in the final 24 plus minutes in a thrilling battle.
Hamburg midfielder Lewis Holtby was shown a direct red card in the 44th minute for violent conduct, but Augsburg was not able to capitalize on their one-man advantage.
It was Augsburg's time to get booked with a red in the 66th as midfielder Dominik Kohr was shown a second yellow card for fouling Japanese defender and Hamburg captain Gotoku Sakai.
The hosts were able to score the winning goal two minutes later with a right-footer by Serbian midfielder Filip Kostic.
Meanwhile, Borussia Monchengladbach snapped an eight-game winless slide with a close 1-0 win over middling team Mainz at their home ground of Stadion im Borussia-Park last Sunday, the league's official website reported.
Danish defender Andreas Christensen netted the lone goal of the game in the 76th minute for head coach André Schubert's men.
With the win, Die Fohlen climbed to the 12th place in the overall standings, nine points below the final Europa League qualifying berth currently held by Borussia Dortmund and two points above Augsburg.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a tough 2-1 victory for Borussia Monchengladbach.
FC Augsburg starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Hitz; Stafylidis, Hinteregger, Verhaegh, Janker; Max, Altintop; Feulner, Schmid, Baier; Ji
Borussia Monchengladbach starting lineup (4-4-2 formation): Sommer; Elvedi, Vestergaard, Jantschke, Christensen; Wendt, Dahoud, Hahn, Strobl; Raffael, Stindl
