Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when RB Leipzig welcomes Freiburg

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Date: Sat 27.April
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Red Bull Arena (44345 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and 13th place in the table will show on the pitch.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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RB Leipzig form and stats

RB Leipzig, who have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Bundesliga, have performed well at Red Bull Arena so far this season with 9 wins from 15 matches. Points have also been lost, as they have drawn 5 games and lost 1. RB Leipzig haven’t lost a game in 14 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Borussia Dortmund. Hopes of three in a row are alive for RB Leipzig after consecutive victories at their own ground.

RB Leipzig are returning here after visiting Borussia M'gladbach in a Bundesliga game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Wolfsburg.

RB Leipzig are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found four matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W1-D2-L1.

RB Leipzig can score goals in their home matches. After 15 matches they have found the net 32 times. RB Leipzig have only conceded 8 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Freiburg form and stats

Freiburg have only collected 11 points from their away games after 2-5-8 (15 played). It's a growing despair in Freiburg as they have recorded three consecutive losses. Freiburg seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Freiburg failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Borussia Dortmund that ended with defeat 0-4. Prior to that match, the Freiburg manager C. Streich faced defeat when travelling to Werder Bremen and losing 1-2.

You'll want to know how Freiburg managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found three similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 1 draw and 2 home wins.

The attacking power of Freiburg when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored in 15 matches. In the opposite end, Freiburg have conceded 29 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Freiburg - RB Leipzig 3-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): RB Leipzig 3 wins, 1 draw and Freiburg 3 victories.

Top Goalscorers

Y. Poulsen
15 goals / 2 assists
T. Werner
14 goals / 5 assists
N. Petersen
8 goals / 2 assists

RB Leipzig missing players

Freiburg missing players

RB Leipzig Freiburg
Total Home Statistic Away Total
30 15 Played 15 30
57 32 Scored 13 39
23 8 Conceded 29 54
87% 80% Over 0.5 93% 93%
70% 73% Over 1.5 87% 87%
50% 40% Over 2.5 47% 53%
30% 33% Over 3.5 40% 43%
23% 33% Over 4.5 13% 20%
37% 33% Both teams to score 60% 63%
50% 60% Clean Sheet 13% 17%
27% 27% Failed To Score 33% 27%
 
5.7 5.6 Corners For (avg) 4.4 4.5
3.9 4 Corners Against (avg) 6.7 5.7
1.8 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.6 1.5
1 0 Red Cards (total) 1 2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Bayern München 30 22 4 4 79 29 15 11 3 1 41 12 15 11 1 3 38 17 50 70
2 Borussia Dortmund 30 21 6 3 72 36 15 13 2 0 47 19 15 8 4 3 25 17 36 69
3 RB Leipzig 30 18 7 5 57 23 15 9 5 1 32 8 15 9 2 4 25 15 34 61
4 Eintracht Frankfurt 29 15 7 7 57 34 15 8 3 4 32 19 14 7 4 3 25 15 23 52
5 Borussia M'gladbach 30 15 6 9 49 37 15 9 2 4 29 18 15 6 4 5 20 19 12 51
6 Hoffenheim 30 13 11 6 65 41 15 7 5 3 27 15 15 6 6 3 38 26 24 50
7 Bayer Leverkusen 30 15 3 12 53 48 15 8 1 6 25 23 15 7 2 6 28 25 5 48
8 Werder Bremen 30 12 10 8 52 42 15 7 5 3 31 23 15 5 5 5 21 19 10 46
9 Wolfsburg 29 13 6 10 47 44 14 6 4 4 25 21 15 7 2 6 22 23 3 45
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 30 11 4 15 40 59 15 7 0 8 21 26 15 4 4 7 19 33 -19 37
11 Hertha BSC 30 9 9 12 41 48 15 5 6 4 22 21 15 4 3 8 19 27 -7 36
12 Mainz 05 30 10 6 14 37 51 15 7 4 4 24 17 15 3 2 10 13 34 -14 36
13 Freiburg 30 7 11 12 39 54 15 5 6 4 26 25 15 2 5 8 13 29 -15 32
14 Augsburg 30 8 7 15 46 55 15 5 4 6 30 25 15 3 3 9 16 30 -9 31
15 Schalke 04 30 7 6 17 32 52 15 4 1 10 16 28 15 3 5 7 16 24 -20 27
16 Stuttgart 30 5 6 19 27 67 15 4 4 7 18 27 15 1 2 12 9 40 -40 21
17 Nürnberg 30 3 9 18 24 56 15 3 6 6 15 17 15 0 3 12 9 39 -32 18
18 Hannover 96 30 3 6 21 25 66 15 3 1 11 11 26 15 0 5 10 14 40 -41 15