FC Augsburg vs Borussia Dortmund

Difficult task

Dortmund laid down an early marker by winning the Supercup against Pep Guardiola’s Bayern Munich. Jürgen Klopp’s side have also enjoyed a good pre-season and progressed comfortably to the second round of the DFB cup with a 3-0 victory over Wilhelmshaven. BVB have also added genuine quality to their attack in Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as well as Mkhitaryan, while Sokratis is a more-than-able stand-in should either Mats Hummels or Neven Subotic be unavailable.

Despite being clear favourites going into Saturday's season opener, Klopp is wary of the hosts' potential, warning that, “It's going to be difficult. Our opponents are well-prepared and well-organised. We have to be alert. We have plenty of options and can rotate if necessary.”

Ilkay Gündogan is a slight doubt for BVB

The 22-year-old playmaker missed training on Wednesday and Thursday with neck and back problems. Henrikh Mkhitaryan is still short on fitness having picked up an ankle injury in pre-season, while Lukasz Piszczek is out until after Christmas following hip and groin surgery.

Possible line-ups:

Augsburg: Amsif - Verhaegh, Callsen-Bracker, Klavan, Ostrzolek - Bayer - Hahn, Moravek, Altintop, Holzhauser - Mölders

Dortmund: Langerak - Großkreutz, Subotic, Hummels, Schmelzer - Kehl, Sahin - Blaszczykowski, Gündogan, Reus - Lewandowski

Will post teams news as soon as they're out.

TEAM NEWS:

FC Augsburg vs BvB: Amsif, Verhaegh, Klavan, Altintop, Holzhauser, Baier, Moravek, Callsen-Bracker, Ostrzolek, Hahn, Mölders

BVB vs FC Augsburg: Langerak - Großkreutz, Subotic, Hummels, Schmelzer - Bender, Sahin - Aubameyang, Gündogan, Reus - Lewandowski

On the bench: Bonmann, Sokratis, Kuba, Kehl, Hofmann, Durm, Ducksch

Dat pace abuse

When is Mkhitaryan going to be available btw?

Henrikh was supposed to be back for this match but he had a setback in training, he's expected to play next week.

By the way Hummels is the captain today

Dortmund can't lose this. Mitch Langerak is in goal <3

HT:0-1 Aubameyang (Schmelzer)

First 25 minutes went as expected, physical and high pressing Augsburg won almost every 50-50 duel, until the goal came when Schmelzer put in a beautiful cross (don't know if he meant it but credit to him anyway) where he found Aubameyang who made a smart off the ball run and finished his 2nd chance of the game.

Need to score one more goal atleast and deny Augsburg as much as possible set piece chances.

Told you Auba is legit Urban

I'm a bit sad we couldn't get him but at least he's playing for a team in enjoy watching

By the way, Mitch Langerak extended his record - no loss for Dortmund whenever he guarded the goal!

Maybe Kloppo should have played him in the CL final, too?

Auba