Bundesliga preview: Can Freiburg edge out victory against Arminia Bielefeld?

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 12.December
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Schwarzwald-Stadion (74649 seats)

Freiburg are welcoming Arminia Bielefeld for another important game after their 2-2 result against 7th-placed Borussia M'gladbach.

Insights:
  • Freiburg has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Bundesliga
  • Arminia Bielefeld has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Bundesliga

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Freiburg form and stats

Freiburg have played 5 Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Freiburg drew their last game, also a home match. Borussia M'gladbach (placed 7th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Before that, Freiburg played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Augsburg.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Freiburg have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won one time, drawn three and lost five.

There will be little rest for Freiburg after this match as they are travelling to Schalke 04 for a Bundesliga game in only four days.

The Freiburg fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. Freiburg have conceded 11 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Arminia Bielefeld form and stats

0-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Arminia Bielefeld in their Bundesliga matches away. A depressing four defeats in a row for Arminia Bielefeld in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Eintracht Frankfurt.

Impressive finishing from Ritsu Doan and Manuel Prietl secured the home win 2-1 against Mainz 05 in their previous game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against RB Leipzig wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Bielefeld have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were two victories, three draws and two defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Arminia Bielefeld are hosting Augsburg in the Bundesliga only four days away.

The attacking power of Bielefeld when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 5 league matches away. The Arminia Bielefeld manager U. Neuhaus has some worries about the defense as 11 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Freiburg one win, one draw and Arminia Bielefeld zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FreiburgV. Grifo
V. Grifo
4 goals
FreiburgN. Petersen
N. Petersen
4 goals
FreiburgP. Lienhart
P. Lienhart
2 goals

Freiburg missing players

Arminia Bielefeld missing players

Freiburg Arminia Bielefeld
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 0 5 10
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
5 3 0 Drew D 0 1 1
4 2 1 Lost L 0 4 7
12 7 1 Scored S 0 3 8
22 11 3 Conceded C 0 11 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 80%
60% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 60%
50% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 20%
20% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 20%
80% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 60%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.6 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.6 18 20 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.6 8.3
4.7 5.4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.4 2.9
26% 26% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 28%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Freiburg's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Arminia Bielefeld has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Bundesliga
  • Arminia Bielefeld have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Arminia Bielefeld have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Arminia Bielefeld have yet to win a game away.
  • Arminia Bielefeld haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Freiburg has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Bundesliga
  • Freiburg have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Freiburg have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Arminia Bielefeld have scored away.
  • Freiburg have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Freiburg have yet to win a game at home.
  • Freiburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 10 7 2 1 34 16 5 3 2 0 21 7 5 4 0 1 13 9 18 23
2 RB Leipzig 10 6 3 1 21 9 5 5 0 0 14 3 5 1 3 1 7 6 12 21
3 Borussia Dortmund 10 6 1 3 22 10 5 3 0 2 13 5 5 3 1 1 9 5 12 19
4 Bayer Leverkusen 9 5 4 0 16 9 4 2 2 0 8 5 5 3 2 0 8 4 7 19
5 Wolfsburg 10 4 6 0 16 10 5 3 2 0 9 5 5 1 4 0 7 5 6 18
6 Union Berlin 10 4 4 2 22 14 5 2 2 1 14 7 5 2 2 1 8 7 8 16
7 Borussia M'gladbach 10 4 4 2 19 16 5 2 3 0 8 4 5 2 1 2 11 12 3 16
8 Stuttgart 10 3 5 2 19 16 5 0 3 2 7 10 5 3 2 0 12 6 3 14
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 10 2 7 1 15 17 5 1 4 0 6 5 5 1 3 1 9 12 -2 13
10 Augsburg 9 3 3 3 11 12 5 2 1 2 6 7 4 1 2 1 5 5 -1 12
11 Hertha BSC 10 3 2 5 18 19 5 1 1 3 7 12 5 2 1 2 11 7 -1 11
12 Werder Bremen 10 2 5 3 14 17 5 1 2 2 5 8 5 1 3 1 9 9 -3 11
13 Hoffenheim 9 2 3 4 15 16 4 1 1 2 8 8 5 1 2 2 7 8 -1 9
14 Freiburg 10 1 5 4 12 22 5 0 3 2 7 11 5 1 2 2 5 11 -10 8
15 Köln 10 1 4 5 12 17 6 0 2 4 8 13 4 1 2 1 4 4 -5 7
16 Arminia Bielefeld 10 2 1 7 8 20 5 2 0 3 5 9 5 0 1 4 3 11 -12 7
17 Mainz 05 10 1 2 7 12 24 5 0 2 3 6 11 5 1 0 4 6 13 -12 5
18 Schalke 04 9 0 3 6 6 28 4 0 2 2 3 7 5 0 1 4 3 21 -22 3

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