Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Freiburg in 8th and Union Berlin in 9th place.
- Freiburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Union Berlin haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
These teams have little in common geographically as Union Berlin have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Freiburg form and stats
Freiburg have collected 19 points from their Bundesliga home games so far after 5-4-2. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Schwarzwald-Stadion.
Freiburg travelled for their previous game, a trip to Werder Bremen that ended 0-0. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Borussia Dortmund in a game that was won 2-1.
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.
Goals decide football matches and Freiburg are scoring many of them at home; 24 on target from 11 league matches. Freiburg have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Union Berlin form and stats
Playing away, Union Berlin have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the Bundesliga this season. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on U. Fischer, the Union Berlin manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
The attacking players of Union Berlin have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 239 minutes.
There were no winners in Berlin's previous match, a Bundesliga home game that ended 0-0 vs Schalke 04 (placed 18th). 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 Berlin in our archives, and the results are: one win for Union Berlin, one draw and three defeats.
The visiting Berlin have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 13 goals have been conceded by Berlin in these games.
Head 2 Head
Union Berlin - Freiburg 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Freiburg-Union Berlin H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Freiburg two wins, Union Berlin three wins, one draw. four of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  V. Grifo 7 goals |  N. Petersen 7 goals |   M. Kruse 6 goals |
Freiburg missing players
Union Berlin missing players
| Freiburg | Union Berlin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 35 | 24 | 5 | Scored | S | 8 | 13 | 34 |
| 33 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 81% |
| 67% | 73% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 52% |
| 43% | 55% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 38% |
| 19% | 27% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 67% | 82% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 70% | 67% |
| 19% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 10% | 24% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.5 | 14.4 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 9.6 | 11.2 |
| 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4 |
| 38% | 41% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 42% | 40% |
- All of Freiburg's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Freiburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Freiburg have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Freiburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Union Berlin haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | Wolfsburg | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 38 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 36 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 41 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 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 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 32 |
| 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 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -13 | 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 |