Augsburg are sitting in ninth place after winning 10, drawing six and losing 14 of their 30 league matches this season. The Fuggerstädter, who are targeting their first top-half finish in 11 years, ended a five-game winless run with a 2-1 victory over Bayer Leverkusen last time out. Fabian Rieder cancelled out Patrik Schick’s opener before he dispatched a 97th-minute penalty to seal his brace and complete the turnaround at the BayArena.
After winning away to Leverkusen for the first time since August 2022, Manuel Baum’s side will now return to the WWK Arena with hopes of claiming their seventh home win of the Bundesliga season. However, that will be easier said than done for a club that have failed to beat Frankfurt in their last four attempts. Their most recent win against die Adler took place in December 2023, when Fredrik Jensen and Iago Borduchi grabbed a goal apiece in a 2-1 success.
Augsburg defender has recovered from injury and could feature in the matchday squad for the first time since the reverse fixture against Frankfurt in December.
Predicted lineup: Dahmen; Chaves, Gouweleeuw, Zesiger; Fellhauer, Massengo, Rieder, Giannoulis; Kade, Claude-Maurice; Gregoritsch
Frankfurt are sitting in eight place after collecting 42 points from their 30 league games this season. Die Adler are currently one point adrift of a Conference League spot, which could become a Europa League position if the Bundesliga earn an extra Champions League place.
However, their European qualification bid was dealt a blow in last Saturday’s 3-1 home defeat to RB Leipzig. Hugo Larsson cancelled out Yan Diomande’s opener, but goals from Antonio Nusa and Conrad Harder left Frankfurt with nothing to show for their efforts. After suffering their first home defeat since January, die Adler will head on their travels for the first time since beating Wolfsburg 2-1 on April 11. As a result of that success, they now have the chance to record back-to-back away league wins for the first time this season.
Frankfurt enjoyed success in December’s reverse fixture against Augsburg, which saw Ritsu Doan score the decisive goal in a narrow 1-0 win. That result gives Frankfurt the chance to complete a Bundesliga over the Fuggerstädter for the first time since the 2020-21 campaign.
Frankfurt are unable to call upon the services of Nnamdi Collins, Jens Grahl, Kauã Santos and Jean-Mattéo Bahoya.
Predicted lineup: Zetterer; Amenda, Koch, Theate; Amaimouni, Chaïbi, Larsson, Uzun, Brown; Burkardt, Kalimuendo
