Team News: Koo Ja-Cheol recovers from knee injury to start for Augsburg

Koo Ja-Cheol has passed a late fitness test to take his place in the Augsburg starting lineup for their Bundesliga clash against Bayer Leverkusen this afternoon.

The midfielder was suffering from a swollen knee and was in doubt for today's game at the BayArena.

Augsburg are without key defender Ronny Philp, who will miss the remainder of the 2012-13 season with a serious knee injury.

Bayer Leverkusen: Leno; Reinartz, Wollscheid, Boenisch, Carvajal; Bender, Toprak, Castro; Schurrle, Kiessling, Sam

Augsburg: Manninger; Baier, De Jong, Callsen-Bracker, Parkhurst; Klavan, Vogt, Koo, Ji; Werner, Molders