Because the 2025/26 Bundesliga relegation race heats up, Get German Soccer Information is happy to launch “relegation examine” options checking in on German golf equipment preventing the drop. Our first topic occurs to be one which FC Augsburg shut in on the “35-point” Bundesliga security threshold after selecting up 5 wins because the flip of the 2026 calendar 12 months.
Baum’s second stint on the FCA bench has really confirmed enormously profitable. Since solely Dortmund (27), Bayern (26), Hoffenheim (23), and Stuttgart (21) have picked as many or extra factors than his Fuggerstädter (21). The 46-year-old’s traditionally horrendous Schalke 04 stint within the autumn of 2020 nonetheless lives on in a single’s reminiscence, however grows fainter by the day.
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Apropos reminiscences that don’t readily floor within the thoughts, Augsburg’s horrendous residence type close to the tip of the Sandro Wagner Period feels as if it occurred an eternity in the past. The final time Augsburg misplaced on the WWK-Area occurred throughout the nightmarish three-match residence shedding streak that culminated within the 0-1 residence defeat in opposition to Borussia Dortmund on All Hallows Eve. Naturally, this needed to be the final FCA match the writer attended in particular person.
Augsburg gained once more at residence this night, dispatching relegation rivals FC Köln 2-0 behind objectives from Rodrigo Ribeiro and Alexis Claude-Maurice. This consequence might wholly be certain that the membership by no means receives one other relegation race part. Maybe the partial membership “Roman Rebranding” that noticed the workforce tunnel redecorated to resemble a corridor designed for gladiatorial fight ended up working in any case.
Auf geht’s Augustus Vindelicum!
Augsburg
Augsburg’s win over relegation rivals 1. FC Köln within the Bundesliga match-day 24 Friday night time curtain raiser might show ample to get this Römerstadt out of the relegation dialogue solely. Congratulations are virtually already so as. The Bavarian Swabians made an enormous deal out of commemorating their five hundredth official Bundesliga match with particular workforce tricots, high class fan shows, and even an particularly ornate donation from the “Puppenkiste”.
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As we’ll cowl a tad extra beneath, nevertheless, acquiring 4 extra factors to formally seal their sixteenth consecutive season of Bundesliga soccer might take a while. The short-term schedule stays particularly brutal. Regardless of. With the stress off, it’s solely attainable that Baum’s crew can produce a shock and clinch early. Failing that, they’ll at all times merely take their time.
Coach Test, Augsburg
Earlier than attending to anything, we’ll wish to expend a number of phrases on Baum himself. Will really find yourself extending his contract past Phrew. Wonderful query. One senses that Baum stays honest at any time when he unpretentiously insists that he needs to get again to overseeing the youth ranks.
After the Schalke humbling, he certainly prefers a much less annoying job out of the limelight. The opinion of the Ulrich Biesinger Tribüne is one other matter. The ultras within the FanKure clearly need him to hold on. Just a few extra weeks of collages and choreos may result in Baum renewing his curiosity in full-time Bundesliga teaching. There’s loads of very younger abilities on the FCA roster that would additionally use his assist.
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Key Performer Test, AugsburgAlexis Claude-Maurice, ATTM
We get to have some enjoyable on this part, checking in on the gamers most instrumental in engineering the workforce’s turnaround. The fabulous Frenchman can’t assist however lead the pack right here. The place was throughout the first half of this season? Duh. Actually nowhere. Claude-Maurice recorded one paltry help all 12 months lengthy earlier than
Since lastly stepping into second gear, the 27-year-old has added three extra league objectives. On two events (in essential wins in opposition to relegation rivals St. Pauli and Wolfsburg), Claude-Maurice has pocketed two assists. It appeared becoming sufficient that he scored maybe probably the most decisive purpose of the season this eve. The truth that all he needed to do was shoot into an empty web vacated by Köln keeper Marvin Schwäbe is irrelevant. Claude-Maurice merely deserved it.
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Han-Noah Massengo, CM
A steal midfield hand that instantly took to German soccer (to ) deserves immense credit score for serving to the workforce this season. The previous Burnley man has began all 24 league fixtures up to now. Whereas definitely susceptible to “off nights” (and tonight’s match occurred to be one), the 24-year-old has typically delivered immaculately within the clutch.
The scorer of the match-winner in opposition to Bayern Munich helped his workforce domesticate the idea that they’ll beat nearly anybody. Massengo’s different purpose of the Bundesliga marketing campaign, throughout the matchday 10 loss in opposition to Stuttgart demonstrated simply what a hard-nosed and decided footballer he may be. One actually likes this Frenchman. Regardless of all his tough and tumble tackles, he’s a good participant who has solely been booked twice.
Robin Fellhauer, RM
Earlier than one completely writes the Sandro Wagner Period off as a complete loss, one ought to contemplate the truth that The Mannheim native entered the season as a 27-year-old Bundesliga rookie with solely two seasons on the 2. Bundesliga stage below his belt. Each Wagner and Baum noticed match to make use of him in some capability in all 24 league fixtures.
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Given his lack of high flight expertise, Fellhauer has skilled loads of anticipated slumps. So far, he’s additionally gotten his title on the scoresheet twice. A few of stays overblown and the entire drama over counts as hyperbolic. One ought to nonetheless salute the fighter from one in every of Germany’s nice industrial jungles. He works exhausting to be efficient regardless of the project.
Rodrigo Ribeiro, LS
Ahem. One in all has scored but once more. Watching the 20-year-old work in his second consecutive Bundesliga begin, the writer is caught by how gifted the younger Portuguese expertise is on the ball. Maybe in his third mortgage stint in his third nation, the Sporting CP loanee has managed to mix his uncooked expertise with that important little bit of confidence vital for an enormous breakthrough.
Ribeiro should proceed to carry out on a way more constant foundation with a purpose to get his Bundesliga membership to think about pulling the set off on A lot extra is required from him. Suffice to say that, for the second, Michael Gregoritsch might be starting to get nervous about Who wouldn’t be?
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Ways Test, Augsburg
Baum has successfully settled on a back-three system with distinguished wingbacks and a really tightly grouped second and third axis. Not a lot magic to report on actually. Such a constellation is exactly what one would count on from to see from a relegation threatened Bundesliga aspect. The association does an efficient job of controlling matches, if not boring observers profusely, till somebody on the upward cycles breaks by.l
Lineup—Augsburg, Spherical 23 (3-4-3)
Ribeiro scored his inaugural Bundesliga purpose within the 2-3 away victory over Wolfsburg final week. Gregoritsch transformed off the bench from the spot. Elvis Rexhbecaj (additionally launched later) netted the winner Claude-Maurice arrange each Ribeiro and Rexhbecaj with one in every of his patented two-assist performances. We basically noticed the identical factor in opposition to Köln in the newest spherical. The one change noticed Fabian Rieder launched. Fellhauer switched left to take over for Dimitirios Giannoulis.
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Lineup—Augsburg, Spherical 24 (3-4-3)
It appeared as if Kristijan Jakic labored deeper, partially to permit each Rieder and Noahkhai Banks to push up increased in opposition to a considerably weaker Kölner left. Rieder and Fellhauer really switched typically, maybe in an effort to throw their markers off. This labored very effectively. Banks delivered a wonderful match and registered an help. Mert Kömür loved an ideal deal extra freedom and went on some enterprising dribbles.
Within the part on Baum above, we talked about that Augsburg’s academy director might want to proceed to work the Bundesliga bench with a purpose to reap the non-public rewards of continuous to develop younger expertise. What we’ve seen from Banks and Kömür currently may relate to a few of Baum’s deliberate grooming. Kömür, specifically, has stalled badly after
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Possibly Baum performed a task in convincing Kömür to remain It’d show the case that, inversely, Kömür can persuade Baum that carrying on with the mission is worth it. A lot is determined by whether or not Baum believes he nonetheless has work to finish as the person operating the dugout.
Remaining Schedule, Augsburg
4 extra factors till Augsburg can safe security. This appears a forgone conclusion….till one appears to be like on the remaining schedule. As famous above, we could also be in for one thing of a wait. How lengthy precisely? Gulp. There isn’t what seems to be a assured three-pointer till Might. That’s mentioned in all seriousness.
Spherical 25
RB Leipzig (A)
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Spherical 26
Borussia Dortmund (H)
Spherical 27
VfB Stuttgart (H)
Spherical 28
Hamburger SV (A)
Spherical 29
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (H)
Spherical 30
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (A)
Spherical 31
Eintracht Frankfurt (H)
Spherical 32
Werder Bremen (A)
Spherical 33
Borussia Mönchengladbach (H)
Spherical 34
Union Berlin (A)
Throughout the identical run of fixtures within the Hin-Runde, the workforce solely secured two wins. Originally of December, Baum guided the workforce to a house upset over Leverkusen. One wouldn’t wager protected cash on Augsburg, even of their present type, profitable both a kind of fixtures away.
4 factors ought to come, however it gained’t be straightforward.
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