FC Augsburg won a fast-paced game (October 28, 2023) against VfL Wolfsburg 3-2 (1-2) in the Bundesliga. The guests led for a long time, but two late goals gave FCA victory.
After Phillip Tietz had given the hosts the lead (17th minute), Jonas Wind (35th) and Lovro Majer (45th) scored for the guests. Shortly before the end of the game, Augsburg turned the game around again with an own goal from Sebastiaan Bornauw (79th) and the header goal from Arne Engels (81st).
The Augsburg team is continuing the positive trend under their new coach Jess Thorup, who was also able to celebrate against the Wolfsburg team after his debut win (5:2 in Heidenheim).
“What the team showed today was outstanding. We always believed that something was possible here“, Thorup praised his team’s performance at the sports show microphone.
“We have to fight back more as a team”says a frustrated Maximilian Arnold from VfL Wolfsburg after the game. “I’m 10 out of 10 disappointed. We didn’t defend the lead with all our might, we made too many mistakes.“
Augsburg takes advantage of the first chance to score
Thorup decided not to make any personnel changes after the 5-2 win on his successful debut in Heidenheim. Wolfsburg’s Niko Kovac, on the other hand, tried four new players compared to the most recent defeat against Leverkusen: Among other things, goal scorer Majer started, regular goalkeeper Koen Casteels was missing again and was replaced by Pavao Pervan.
After an uneventful opening quarter of an hour, Augsburg took the first chance to take the lead. The moved-up central defender Jeffrey Gouweleeuw crossed the ball into the center to Tietz, who reacted quicker than opponent Maxence Lacroix and scored.
Wolfsburg harmless – and yet with the equalizer
Even with the lead behind them, the FCA continued to have space and opportunities – but in the crucial moments the hosts were too imprecise and therefore too harmless. Wolfsburg stayed in the game despite initially mediocre performance and then equalized with Augsburg’s help.
Niklas Dorsch unfortunately cleared the ball to Wind – and the Dane, who played under coach Thorup during his time at FC Copenhagen, didn’t miss the invitation.
The hit had an impact. Suddenly Augsburg was less present in the duels and VfL gained an advantage. Shortly after Patrick Wimmer missed the lead with a shot that hit the crossbar (43′), Majer scored from the penalty spot to take the lead. Dorsch had previously fouled Mattias Svanberg.
Hard-fought game with a lot of tension
Even after the break, the game remained competitive and rarely high-class. Augsburg struggled, but kept getting stuck. Wolfsburg trusted its defense and waited for a counterattack.
Thorup finally tried to provide new impetus with fresh forces. Ermedin Demirovic (69th) missed the 2-2, a goal from Tietz (71st) didn’t count because of offside, but FCA didn’t let that unsettle them and instead scored with a double strike.
Even after Felix Uduokhai (87th) was shown a yellow-red card for repeated foul play, FCA defended its lead – even though the Wolfsburg team put the pressure on again in the majority.
Augsburg in Cologne, Wolfsburg against Bremen
The Fuggerstädter will be guests in Cologne on matchday 10 (Saturday, November 4th, 2023 at 3:30 p.m.). One day later, VfL Wolfsburg welcomes Werder Bremen (3:30 p.m.).