Augsburg coach Jess Thorup would like to make the end of his birthday week more successful than his poker game at the club's casino night. "Unfortunately I wasn't lucky, but it was still a nice evening," said the Dane about the casual gambling visit to the WWK Arena for the benefit of the FCA youngsters. The Bundesliga club would now like to end their home drought at the FCA venue on Sunday (19:30/DAZN) against SC Freiburg.
"We've now had four home games with good performances, but unfortunately we've only picked up two points," said Thorup after four games against top teams Dortmund, Leverkusen, Bayern and Leipzig. "Now we have to try not only to put in a good performance, but also to pick up more points," said the 54-year-old coach, who took charge on Wednesday.
First negative record
The 1-0 defeat in Mainz the previous week means Thorup's record at FCA is negative for the first time since he took charge in October: In 15 games, there have been four wins, six draws and five defeats. The Swabians have won just one of their last nine Bundesliga games - a 2:1 win in Mönchengladbach on January 21. Not much has gone right at home this year.
