Borussia Dortmund – Augsburg: Europe race ramps up at Signal Iduna Park 
Signal Iduna Park throws open its gates on Saturday for a match that could shape the run-in to European spots. Dortmund host Augsburg in a game that matters. BVB sit second and are fighting to cement a top-four berth and a Champions League ticket. The Bavarian visitors sit ninth and are desperate to lock up safety. It’s a classic clash: a league heavyweight against a side that’s been stubborn all season.
The Yellow Wall’s points imperative 
The title is basically gone for Dortmund — they’re eleven points behind Bayern and the chase is over. Niko Kovac has rerouted the squad: forget the crown, nail down Europe. The 2-1 win over FC Cologne stopped a worrying three-game winless run, but there’s no time to breathe. At Signal Iduna Park they’ve been solid — just eleven goals conceded at home this season — and with a brutal fixture list looming, a result is demanded now.
Augsburg’s brutal run of fixtures 
The visitors arrive smarting after that stoppage-time loss to RB Leipzig (2-1). Manuel Baum’s men had been flying — three straight wins before that sucker punch. They’ve got a seven-point cushion above the playoff spot, so they’re not panicking, but the run of games against top sides won’t be kind. Still, wins at Wolfsburg and Bayern show this team can upset the order on the road when they turn up.
Probable line-ups
Borussia Dortmund : Kobel ; Sule, Anton, N Schlotterbeck ; Ryerson, Sabitzer, Nmecha, Svensson ; Beier, Brandt ; Guirassy
Augsburg : Dahmen ; Banks, K Schlotterbeck, Zesiger ; Fellhauer, Jakic, Massengo, Giannoulis ; Rieder, Claude-Maurice ; Ribeiro
Football Prediction Borussia Dortmund vs Augsburg
Borussia Dortmund to win
Dortmund have been rock-solid at Signal Iduna Park. They can’t afford slip-ups if they want Champions League football and you feel that urgency every time the crowd gets going.
Augsburg have the tools to make life awkward — they’ve shown they can trouble the big teams away from home. That late defeat last week could hang over them, though.
The crowd pressure and the points urgency should allow BVB to control the game and nick a vital win in the final sprint.
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