Freiburg will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 15 points behind Bayer Leverkusen.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Freiburg form and stats
6 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Freiburg have to build on here at Schwarzwald-Stadion in the Bundesliga.
Freiburg travelled for their previous game, a trip to Eintracht Frankfurt that ended 3-3. Before that game, the home loss against Werder Bremen with the scoreline 0-1.
A disappointing finish for Freiburg in their match versus Eintracht Frankfurt as their 3-1 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 3-3 full time score. A goal frenzy last time out for Freiburg, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Eintracht Frankfurt. Fun stuff to watch! The Freiburg goalkeeper Alexander Schwolow was crucial in the match against Eintracht Frankfurt last time out, making 13 saves.
Freiburg has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. 15 goals have been conceded.
Bayer Leverkusen form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 1 draw and only 4 losses in the Bundesliga. Bayer Leverkusen has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Leverkusen's previous game was their home loss versus Wolfsburg (1-4). Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Borussia M'gladbach.
Leverkusen has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 27 goals from 14 games. Bayer Leverkusen have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Bayer Leverkusen - Freiburg 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Freiburg two wins, five draws and Bayer Leverkusen three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Havertz 10 goals |   N. Petersen 9 goals |  K. Volland 9 goals |
Freiburg missing players
Bayer Leverkusen missing players
| Freiburg | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 38 | 16 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 27 | 53 |
| 40 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 19 | 36 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 79% | 69% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 89% |
| 54% | 46% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 71% | 64% |
| 32% | 23% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 39% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 21% | 21% |
| 57% | 46% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 57% | 57% |
| 18% | 31% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 21% | 29% |
| 25% | 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 21% | 18% |
| 4.6 | 5.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.2 | 6.1 |
| 6.4 | 6.1 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 4.8 | 3.8 |
| 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 369 | 191 | 46 | Total Shots | T S | 37 | 191 | 428 |
| 118 | 63 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 83 | 162 |
| 32% | 25% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 33% | 33% |
- Bayer Leverkusen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bayer Leverkusen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Bayer Leverkusen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Freiburg have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | 28 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 81 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 53 | 64 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 74 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 40 | 57 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 70 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 41 | 55 |
| 4 | Borussia M'gladbach | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 53 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 53 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 53 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 53 |
| 6 | Wolfsburg | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 6 | 42 |
| 7 | Hoffenheim | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 48 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | -9 | 39 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 25 | -2 | 38 |
| 9 | Schalke 04 | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -11 | 37 |
| 10 | Hertha BSC | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 22 | -9 | 35 |
| 11 | Köln | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 44 | 52 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 32 | -8 | 34 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 31 | -14 | 31 |
| 13 | Union Berlin | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 29 | -15 | 31 |
| 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 44 | 52 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 30 | -8 | 29 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 37 | 61 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 35 | -24 | 28 |
| 16 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 53 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 29 | -22 | 27 |
| 17 | Werder Bremen | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 59 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 29 | -30 | 22 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 28 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 55 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -24 | 19 |