Overview
- Kickoff is set for Friday, 31 October 2025 at 20:30 at the WWK ARENA in Augsburg.
- Live coverage is exclusive to Sky and the paid WOW stream, with pre-match programming from 19:30 reported by BILD.
- For non-subscribers, live text updates will run on ran.de and BILD.de.
- Dortmund advanced to the DFB-Pokal round of 16 after a penalty shootout against Eintracht Frankfurt and have five wins in eight league matches under coach Niko Kovac.
- Augsburg enter on a slide after a 0:6 league loss to RB Leipzig and a Pokal exit to VfL Bochum, increasing relegation worries and scrutiny on Wagner.