SC Freiburg have delivered good football so far, being 4th spot in the table. Bayer 04 Leverkusen have a view both direction in the table from the 10th spot.
- SC Freiburg have the most clean sheets (9) in Bundesliga
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League. That game, against Monaco, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
SC Freiburg form and stats
SC Freiburg are steadily winning Bundesliga games and points here at Schwarzwald-Stadion. 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 10 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Schwarzwald-Stadion.
A strong away win for SC Freiburg against Bochum the last match, as Höler and Gregoritsch were on target. Midfielder Grifo was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.3 (out of ten) in that game. Grifo served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Stuttgart in a game that was won 2-1.This is expected to be a close game, with SC Freiburg perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with SC Freiburg as a small favourite), we find 5 games. SC Freiburg has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.
SC Freiburg have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Schwarzwald-Stadion with 18 goals in 10 league matches. Freiburg are not conceding a lot of goals here at Schwarzwald-Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats
4-1-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bayer 04 Leverkusen in their Bundesliga matches away.
Two trips in a row for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, whose manager Olano could celebrate last time after the Europa League win against Monaco. Attacker Wirtz got a player rating of 9.33 in the game. "Man of the match" Wirtz scored one goal, served one assist, hit eight key passes, dribled past the opponent 6 of 9 times and had 75 successful passes (of 86 total).
The game before that, in the Bundesliga, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Mainz 05.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Bayer 04 Leverkusen playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were {3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins}, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Leverkusen have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 14 goals have been scored. Bayer 04 Leverkusen have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These two sides encountered each other earlier on this campaign: Bayer 04 Leverkusen - SC Freiburg 2-3. Freiburg-Bayer 04 Leverkusen H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: SC Freiburg three wins, Bayer 04 Leverkusen four wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  V. Grifo 11 goals |  M. Gregoritsch 8 goals |   M. Diaby 7 goals |
SC Freiburg missing players
Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players
| SC Freiburg | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 34 | 18 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 35 |
| 31 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 12 | 19 | 35 |
| 90% | 90% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | 90% |
| 57% | 50% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 70% | 67% |
| 48% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 48% |
| 24% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | 24% |
| 48% | 60% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 48% |
| 43% | 40% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 24% |
| 19% | 10% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 40% | 29% |
| 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 3.1 | 4 |
| 4.6 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 13.4 | 15.3 | 16.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.9 | 13 |
| 5.2 | 6.7 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | 5.3 |
| 31% | 27% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 36% | 32% |
| 13.3 | 11.4 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.2 | 15.8 | 12.4 |
| 4.3 | 3 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.2 | 6.5 | 4.8 |
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- SC Freiburg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- SC Freiburg have the most clean sheets (9) in Bundesliga
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Bayern München | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 61 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 40 | 43 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 44 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 43 |
| 3 | FC Union Berlin | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 43 |
| 4 | SC Freiburg | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 3 | 40 |
| 5 | RB Leipzig | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 39 |
| 6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 38 |
| 7 | Wolfsburg | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 30 |
| 8 | Borussia M'gladbach | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 29 |
| 9 | Mainz 05 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -1 | 29 |
| 10 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 27 |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 23 | -10 | 27 |
| 12 | Köln | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | -2 | 26 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -10 | 24 |
| 14 | Stuttgart | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -10 | 19 |
| 15 | Hoffenheim | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -11 | 19 |
| 16 | Bochum | 21 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 24 | 51 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 32 | -27 | 19 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -15 | 17 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -27 | 13 |
