Bundesliga preview: Can SC Freiburg edge out victory against FC Union Berlin?

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 13.November
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Europa Park Stadium (34700 seats)

Sit down for a show! The leading roles are SC Freiburg and FC Union Berlin, a win is the prize and 1 1/2 hours the duration.

Insights:
  • SC Freiburg have the most clean sheets (8) in Bundesliga

FC Union Berlin have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Freiburg and FC Union Berlin.

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SC Freiburg form and stats

SC Freiburg have performed here at Europa Park Stadium this season with 4 wins from 6 Bundesliga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. It’s been three wins in a row for SC Freiburg here at Europa Park Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

SC Freiburg faced defeat in their previous match, away at RB Leipzig (1-3). The first defeat after going unbeaten in three league games. Flekken had a busy but productive day in the RB Leipzig match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.

Before that, Freiburg had a home game versus Köln which ended with a victory 2-0.

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 SC Freiburg have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.

The SC Freiburg fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. Freiburg are not conceding a lot of goals here at Europa Park Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.

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FC Union Berlin form and stats

3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of FC Union Berlin playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season. FC Union Berlin seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

FC Union Berlin delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Augsburg (placed 14th) in their previous game. Giesselmann got a match rating of 8.41 in that game, top player of the team. Giesselmann hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit four key passes.

A 0-5 defeat away at Bayer Leverkusen before that.

We have checked recent matches where Berlin have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far FC Union Berlin have scored 9 goals in 7 league games away. 10 goals have been conceded by Berlin in these games.

Head 2 Head

FC Union Berlin have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (2-2-0) when facing SC Freiburg.

Top Goalscorers

FC Union BerlinS. Becker
S. Becker
7 goals
SC FreiburgV. Grifo
V. Grifo
6 goals
SC FreiburgM. Gregoritsch
M. Gregoritsch
5 goals

SC Freiburg missing players

FC Union Berlin missing players

SC Freiburg FC Union Berlin
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 6 1 Played P 1 7 14
8 4 0 Won W 0 3 8
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
3 1 1 Lost L 1 3 3
21 8 1 Scored S 0 9 23
16 4 3 Conceded C 2 10 16
86% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
71% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 57% 79%
50% 33% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 50%
43% 17% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 29%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 14%
36% 33% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 50%
57% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 36%
21% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 43% 21%
 
4.8 5.7 9 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.4 5
4.5 3.8 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.1 5
1.6 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.1 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.1 17.8 19 Shots (avg) S ( 16 10.7 11.9
5.4 6.8 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 3.9
28% 20% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 43%
 
13.5 12.5 13 Shots against (avg) S A 13 11 10.4
4 3.2 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.7 3.7
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • SC Freiburg have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Bundesliga
  • SC Freiburg have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Bundesliga
  • SC Freiburg have the most clean sheets (8) 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 Bayern München 14 9 4 1 47 13 7 5 2 0 26 6 7 4 2 1 21 7 34 31
2 FC Union Berlin 14 8 3 3 23 16 7 5 2 0 14 6 7 3 1 3 9 10 7 27
3 SC Freiburg 14 8 3 3 21 16 6 4 1 1 8 4 8 4 2 2 13 12 5 27
4 Eintracht Frankfurt 14 8 2 4 31 23 8 4 1 3 18 13 6 4 1 1 13 10 8 26
5 RB Leipzig 14 7 4 3 28 20 7 6 1 0 19 5 7 1 3 3 9 15 8 25
6 Borussia Dortmund 14 8 1 5 23 17 7 5 1 1 15 5 7 3 0 4 8 12 6 25
7 Werder Bremen 14 6 3 5 24 25 7 3 1 3 13 11 7 3 2 2 11 14 -1 21
8 Wolfsburg 14 5 5 4 22 19 7 3 3 1 15 10 7 2 2 3 7 9 3 20
9 Borussia M'gladbach 14 5 4 5 24 22 7 5 0 2 16 8 7 0 4 3 8 14 2 19
10 Hoffenheim 14 5 3 6 21 20 7 3 1 3 10 10 7 2 2 3 11 10 1 18
11 FSV Mainz 05 14 5 3 6 18 23 6 1 3 2 7 8 8 4 0 4 11 15 -5 18
12 Köln 14 4 5 5 21 27 7 3 2 2 11 9 7 1 3 3 10 18 -6 17
13 Bayer Leverkusen 14 4 3 7 23 26 7 2 2 3 15 11 7 2 1 4 8 15 -3 15
14 Augsburg 14 4 3 7 18 25 7 1 2 4 7 14 7 3 1 3 11 11 -7 15
15 Stuttgart 14 3 5 6 18 25 8 3 2 3 11 10 6 0 3 3 7 15 -7 14
16 Hertha BSC 14 2 5 7 17 22 7 1 4 2 10 11 7 1 1 5 7 11 -5 11
17 Bochum 14 3 1 10 13 36 7 3 1 3 9 14 7 0 0 7 4 22 -23 10
18 Schalke 04 14 2 3 9 13 30 7 2 1 4 9 17 7 0 2 5 4 13 -17 9

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