Dortmund Visit Augsburg in Friday Opener With Chance to Reduce Bayern Gap

Bookmakers make the visitors strong favorites given Augsburg's league-worst defense.

Overview

The match kicks off at 7:30pm local time at the WWK Arena, and a Dortmund victory would temporarily trim Bayern's lead to four points.
Niko Kovac's side arrive on a three-game winning run, including a midweek DFB-Pokal shoot-out success over Eintracht Frankfurt.
Augsburg have conceded 20 goals in eight league matches, the worst record in the Bundesliga under first-time head coach Sandro Wagner.
Serhou Guirassy leads the line with six goals in 11 games this season, though he has one in his last eight appearances.
Previews list a settled Dortmund XI featuring Kobel, Bensebaini, Schlotterbeck, Anton, Svensson, Nmecha, Gross, Ryerson, Chukwuemeka, Adeyemi and Guirassy.