Overview
- Kickoff is set for Friday, 31 October, at 20:30 CET at the WWK ARENA, with live coverage from 19:30 on Sky and the paid streamer WOW.
- The match is not on free-to-air television, and subscribers can stream via Sky Go or WOW.
- Borussia Dortmund come in buoyed by a 120-minute DFB-Pokal win over Eintracht Frankfurt decided on penalties earlier this week.
- Augsburg’s slump includes a 0:6 league defeat to RB Leipzig and a cup exit to Bochum, intensifying scrutiny on first-year coach Sandro Wagner.
- BILD and ran report that a Dortmund victory could lift them up the table overnight, while another FCA setback would deepen relegation worries.