Bournemouth and Augsburg go dey face each other for friendly match for Austria on Thursday, as both teams dey prepare for their upcoming seasons.
Augsburg, under coach Manuel Baum, wan build on their ninth-place finish from last campaign. Baum don return for second stint as manager, and he don add seven new players including Michael Gregoritsch and Rodrigo Ribeiro, wey sign permanent deals after loan spells.
The German side don play one friendly already—they draw 1-1 with Saarbrucken. Now they go test themselves against Premier League opposition before meeting Schwaz, Sassuolo and Leeds United.
For Bournemouth, dem go enter new chapter after Andoni Iraola leave for Liverpool. Marco Rose, the new manager, get tough task to continue the good work. The Cherries go play Europa League for first time, so they need to balance domestic and European games.
Only new addition so far na Alvaro Rodriguez. But they wan keep key players like Alex Scott, Rayan and Eli Junior Kroupi, despite interest from other clubs.
On team news, Augsburg defender Chrislain likely miss out because he dey close to move to Crystal Palace. The home side fit use back three of Noahkai Banks, Jeffrey Gouweleeuw and Calvin Brackelmann. Ribeiro go start as striker, with Uchenna Ogundu sharing minutes.
For Bournemouth, Veljko Milosavljevic no travel to Austria because of injury. Tyler Adams and Rayan don join team after World Cup, but dem no know if they go play Thursday. Kroupi miss last game against St. Pauli because he no train enough, but he go get minutes now.
Possible lineups: Augsburg fit start with Dahmen; Banks, Gouweleeuw, Brackelmann; Wolf, Massengo, Suso, Pedersen; Kade, Sakar; Ribeiro. Bournemouth fit field Petrovic; Smith, Hill, Diakite, Truffert; Scott, Toth; Gannon-Doak, Kluivert, Adli; Evanilson.
On paper, Bournemouth get stronger squad, so dem fit win. But friendly match get unpredictable nature. Augsburg go try prove themselves against quality opponent.
