Elversberg beat Augsburg 4-3 in thrilling Bundesliga clash

Elversberg beat visitors Augsburg 4-3 in the match that brought the two sides together in matchday six of the Bundesliga, held at 16:30 Damascus time.

Elversberg began the match strongly and scored two early goals through Lukas Emanuel Petkov in the 4th minute and Lasse Günther in the 7th minute, before Maximilian Rohr added a third goal in the 28th minute. Before the end of the first half, in stoppage time, Fabian Rieder narrowed the gap for Augsburg from a penalty in the 45+9th minute.

In the second half, Michael Gregoritsch partially levelled matters with a second penalty for Augsburg in the 76th minute, before Julius Frederik Schmahl restored Elversberg's three-goal lead in the 89th minute. Mert Kömür replied with a goal for Augsburg in the 90th minute, but the result ended in favour of Elversberg 4-3.

The match saw no red cards, while Elversberg received 4 yellow cards and Augsburg 3 yellow cards.

Hennes Behrens of Augsburg received the man of the match award with a rating of 7.7, after playing 90 minutes during which he provided one assist.

Statistically, Augsburg dominated possession with 60 percent against 40 percent for Elversberg, and recorded 29 shots compared to 19 for Elversberg, with 8 shots on target for each side. Augsburg also won 12 corner kicks against 4 for Elversberg, while the expected goals value stood at 3.37 for Augsburg compared to 2.89 for Elversberg.

With this result, Augsburg raised their tally to 8 points in sixth place after playing 5 matches, winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 1, with a goal difference of 13 scored and 8 conceded. Meanwhile, Elversberg's tally rose to 7 points in tenth place after 5 matches, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 2, with 8 goals scored and 8 conceded.