Overview

• Co-trainer Jessica Wissmann will lead the team at RB Leipzig on Friday, then against Hoffenheim at home before an early-November trip to Bayern Munich.
• SGS Essen has taken just one point from five league matches, including an 8–0 loss to VfL Wolfsburg on home turf.
• The club identifies Bundesliga survival as the immediate priority, with Leipzig also near the bottom making the next match especially significant.
• Essen is the league’s last women-only club and operates at a financial disadvantage to men’s-club-backed rivals, with Dortmund and Schalke accelerating local investment.
• Augustin had recently questioned the effort of younger players, naming U-internationals Natasha Kowalski, Lany Mia Bäcker and Paulina Platner.