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Fortuna Dusseldorf

2.Bundesliga champions Fortuna Dusseldorf are starting this season with great hopes. After spending five seasons in the second division they hope they will stay clear of relegation and establish themselves as stable Bundesliga side. Fortuna Dusseldorf boosted their confidence before the start of the Bundesliga season by beating Koblenz with 5-0, so they await their first Bundesliga game in positive mood. Fortuna Dusseldorf have a pretty good striker in the Dutchman Rouwen Hennings, who led the team with 15 goals last season. Goalkeeper Raphael Wolf and midfielder Alfredo Morales are a couple of players with Bundesliga experience, so these three players will be main force of the team this season.



Augsburg

Augsburg had a below-average last season in which they finished as 12th on the Bundesliga table. They opened this season with a tight 2-1 victory over Steinbach in the cup competition, but Fortuna Dusseldorf will be tougher opponents than the team they faced in the DFB Cup. Augsburg have trouble with injured players in front of this game and have only one striker available for selection. Icelandic striker Alfred Finnbogason who scored 12 goals last season is out with an injury, while new signing Julian Schieber from Hertha Berlin is still recovering. That means that either Korean Dong-Won Ji or attacking midfielder Andre Hahn will play as the only striker in the formation.



THE BETTING VERDICT

This is a tricky game between two sides that are almost of equal quality. Fortuna Dusseldorf have a slight advantage as more motivated home side, but Augsburg should not be underestimated as they have a solid defense. This game can go either way, but I believe the newcomers Fortuna Dusseldorf will manage to grab an opening victory at good odds.