Freiburg - Union Berlin: Small difference between teams in Bundesliga clash

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Union Berlin, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.

Freiburg form and stats

5 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Freiburg have to build on here at Schwarzwald-Stadion in the Bundesliga. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Freiburg after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Freiburg shared the glory with Werder Bremen in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Borussia Dortmund.

This is expected to be a close game, with Freiburg perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Freiburg as a small favourite), we find eight games. Freiburg has won seven of these, drawn zero and lost one.

Freiburg can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 24 times. Freiburg have conceded 16 in these home matches.

Union Berlin form and stats

As the visiting team in Bundesliga matches, Union Berlin have produced an overall stat of 3-3-4 so far. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on U. Fischer, the Berlin manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Union Berlin aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 239 league minutes without a goal. R. Knoche was the last player to find the net.

Berlin played 0-0 against Schalke 04 in their previous match. A 0-1 defeat away at Mainz 05 before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Union Berlin in our archives, and the results are: one win for Berlin, one draw and three defeats.

Berlin find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Berlin have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Union Berlin - Freiburg 1-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Freiburg two wins, one draw and Union Berlin three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

V. Grifo 7 goals

N. Petersen 7 goals

M. Kruse 6 goals

Freiburg missing players

Union Berlin missing players

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Bayern München	20	15	3	2	58	26	9	7	2	0	34	12	11	8	1	2	24	14	32	48
2	RB Leipzig	21	13	5	3	37	18	11	9	1	1	21	7	10	4	4	2	16	11	19	44
3	Eintracht Frankfurt	21	10	9	2	43	29	10	5	5	0	19	11	11	5	4	2	24	18	14	39
4	Wolfsburg	21	10	9	2	32	19	10	6	4	0	17	8	11	4	5	2	15	11	13	39
5	Bayer Leverkusen	21	10	6	5	39	23	11	5	4	2	23	15	10	5	2	3	16	8	16	36
6	Borussia Dortmund	21	10	3	8	41	31	10	5	2	3	22	14	11	5	1	5	19	17	10	33
7	Borussia M'gladbach	21	8	9	4	37	31	11	5	4	2	19	13	10	3	5	2	18	18	6	33
8	Freiburg	21	8	7	6	35	33	11	5	4	2	24	16	10	3	3	4	11	17	2	31
9	Union Berlin	21	7	9	5	34	25	11	4	6	1	21	12	10	3	3	4	13	13	9	30
10	Stuttgart	21	6	8	7	38	35	10	1	6	3	14	16	11	5	2	4	24	19	3	26
11	Werder Bremen	20	5	8	7	24	27	10	2	4	4	9	13	10	3	4	3	15	14	-3	23
12	Hoffenheim	21	6	5	10	32	39	10	3	2	5	16	16	11	3	3	5	16	23	-7	23
13	Augsburg	21	6	4	11	21	34	11	3	2	6	11	19	10	3	2	5	10	15	-13	22
14	Köln	21	5	6	10	20	35	10	1	3	6	11	19	11	4	3	4	9	16	-15	21
15	Hertha BSC	21	4	6	11	26	37	10	2	2	6	11	20	11	2	4	5	15	17	-11	18
16	Arminia Bielefeld	19	5	2	12	15	32	10	4	0	6	10	16	9	1	2	6	5	16	-17	17
17	Mainz 05	21	3	5	13	21	42	11	2	2	7	10	19	10	1	3	6	11	23	-21	14
18	Schalke 04	21	1	6	14	15	52	11	1	2	8	8	22	10	0	4	6	7	30	-37	9