August 30, 2014

Player Positional Tracker: FC Augsburg v Dortmund (29/08/14)

By Colin Trainor

FC Augsburg 2 vs 3 Borussia Dortmund

BVB got back to winning ways after their GW 1 defeat at home to Bayer Leverkusen.

In this PPT I have divided the game into the two halves; this should leave for easier analysis as each half will run on loop. As usual, click on the gifs to open them in a larger window.

1st Half

During the opening quarter, BVB largely attacked down the right side through Piszczek and Mikhitaryan. In fact for large parts of the game, Dortmund used the right side to attack.
During the opening quarter Augsburg had very little possession in their attacking half. Their possession was centred around their two centre backs who had a lot of the ball
As a result of the fact that the ball spent so much time in Augsburg’s half, the Dortmund defence kept a very high line
Kehl as a DM for Dortmund played very deep, almost like another centre back. This allowed Dortmund to play a lop side shape with Durm remaining defensive on the left side and Piszczek attacking down the right.

2nd Half

Augsburg got into the game a little more in the second half; with Baier involved in the opening 15 minutes of the second half
BVB’s centre back, Subotic and Sokratis, were much deeper in the second half than Kehl (and Bender after his introduction) – this wasn’t the case in the first half

Article by Colin Trainor

Player Positional Tracker: FC Augsburg v Dortmund (29/08/14)

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