Delightful dogfight as daring SC Freiburg duel with determined Borussia Mönchengladbach

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 11.September
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Europa Park Stadium (34700 seats)

This might well be another exciting encounter at Europa Park Stadium in the Bundesliga. SC Freiburg is in 1st position and host Borussia Mönchengladbach in 9th place. Read about the fixture here!

Insights:
  • SC Freiburg have the most scored goals in the second half (8) in Bundesliga
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach have not yet lost a game away.

SC Freiburg have less rest than Borussia Mönchengladbach in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa League game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Qarabag, was also a home game here at Europa Park Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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SC Freiburg form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for SC Freiburg's two home games in the Bundesliga so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Europa Park Stadium.

SC Freiburg's previous match was a Europa League game also played at home, ending 2-1 vs Qarabag. The home side are looking to build on that result. Defender Günter got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.54/10. Günter hit six key passes and won 3 of 4 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Bayer Leverkusen and winning 3-2.

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 10 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.

The manager Streich will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Olympiakos Piraeus in only four days.

At Europa Park Stadium, SC Freiburg has the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Borussia Mönchengladbach form and stats

Things could have gone better for Borussia Mönchengladbach in their Bundesliga away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right. Borussia Mönchengladbach has drawn their two previous away games.

Borussia Mönchengladbach might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Mainz 05 proved too strong as Borussia Mönchengladbach slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK. That loss was their first after five consecutive league fixtures winning points. Bensebaini was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.91. The defender Bensebaini won 12 of 15 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Bayern München.

We have checked recent matches where Borussia Mönchengladbach have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

3 goals so far away for Borussia Mönchengladbach, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Freiburg wins - draws - Borussia Mönchengladbach wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SC FreiburgV. Grifo
V. Grifo
3 goals
SC FreiburgM. Gregoritsch
M. Gregoritsch
3 goals
Borussia MönchengladbachM. Thuram
M. Thuram
3 goals

SC Freiburg missing players

Borussia Mönchengladbach missing players

SC Freiburg Borussia Mönchengladbach
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 1 2 5
4 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew D 1 2 2
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
10 2 0 Scored S 1 3 7
5 3 0 Conceded C 1 3 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 60%
60% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 40%
60% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 40%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 60%
60% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
4.8 5.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1 4 4.4
4.6 3.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 14 8 6
1.4 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
15.6 20 0 Shots (avg) S ( 5 10 11
6 7.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 6 5.4
33% 13% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 25% 26%
 
14.4 13.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 33 22.5 16.2
5 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 21 12.5 6.8
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Borussia Mönchengladbach's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach have not yet lost a game away.
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach have yet to win a game away.
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • SC Freiburg have scored in all their matches so far.
  • SC Freiburg have the most scored goals in the second half (8) in Bundesliga
  • SC Freiburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
SC Freiburg Last season Borussia Mönchengladbach
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
15 8   Won W   4 12
10 5   Drew D   5 9
9 4   Lost L   8 13
58 32   Scored S   21 54
46 25   Conceded C   34 61
88% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
85% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 91%
65% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 62%
29% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   41% 47%
24% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 26%
65% 71%   BTTS BTTS   65% 71%
29% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 15%
18% 6%   Failed to Score F T   24% 15%
 
5.4 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.6
5.1 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 4.9
1 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2
0 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
13.4 14.6   Shots (avg) S (   13 14.9
4.6 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 5.4
37% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 29%
 
13.9 12.4   Shots against (avg) S A   15.2 14.2
4.3 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.8 5.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SC Freiburg 5 4 0 1 10 5 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 3 0 0 8 2 5 12
2 Borussia Dortmund 5 4 0 1 8 4 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 4 1 4 12
3 Bayern München 5 3 2 0 17 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 2 1 0 14 2 14 11
4 FC Union Berlin 5 3 2 0 12 4 3 2 1 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 6 1 8 11
5 Mainz 05 5 3 1 1 5 5 2 0 1 1 0 3 3 3 0 0 5 2 0 10
6 FC Köln 5 2 3 0 10 6 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 1 2 0 7 5 4 9
7 Hoffenheim 5 3 0 2 8 6 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 1 0 2 4 4 2 9
8 Werder Bremen 5 2 2 1 12 10 2 0 1 1 5 6 3 2 1 0 7 4 2 8
9 Borussia Mönchengladbach 5 2 2 1 7 5 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 8
10 Eintracht Frankfurt 5 2 2 1 11 11 3 1 1 1 6 7 2 1 1 0 5 4 0 8
11 RB Leipzig 5 1 2 2 6 9 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 0 1 2 2 7 -3 5
12 Stuttgart 5 0 4 1 4 5 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 -1 4
13 Hertha BSC 5 1 1 3 4 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 3 4 -2 4
14 Bayer Leverkusen 5 1 0 4 6 9 3 0 0 3 3 8 2 1 0 1 3 1 -3 3
15 Schalke 04 5 0 3 2 5 12 2 0 1 1 3 8 3 0 2 1 2 4 -7 3
16 Augsburg 5 1 0 4 3 10 3 0 0 3 1 8 2 1 0 1 2 2 -7 3
17 Wolfsburg 5 0 2 3 4 10 3 0 2 1 4 6 2 0 0 2 0 4 -6 2
18 Bochum 5 0 0 5 3 15 3 0 0 3 1 11 2 0 0 2 2 4 -12 0

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