SC Freiburg are chasing the top table spots while Schalke 04 are more worried about staying out of trouble and relegation. Expected home win or surprise away points?
- Schalke 04 have the fewest scored goals (26) in Bundesliga
SC Freiburg and Schalke 04 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
SC Freiburg form and stats
SC Freiburg have performed here at MAGE SOLAR Stadion this season with 8 wins from 14 Bundesliga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 2.
It's back home for Freiburg, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Werder Bremen away with the result 2-1. Höler and Sallai found the net in that victory. At last, a league victory after three fixtures without. Sallai, who usually features in attack, was the top player for the side in that game, and was presented with a rating of 8.23 (out of 10). Sallai scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Preceding that match was the home game against Bayern München that was lost 0-1.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from SC Freiburg's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 4 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.
Observe: 9 of the latest 12 league matches from this football club have seen goals scored by both sides.
The Freiburg fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 22 goals in 14 league matches. From these home matches, SC Freiburg have conceded only 12 goals.
Schalke 04 form and stats
There's been little loot from Schalke 04's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 13 away games in the Bundesliga. Schalke 04 only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws.
Impressive finishing from Bülter (2), Kamiński, Skarke and Terodde secured the home win 5-2 against Hertha BSC in their previous game. Those three points felt good as this team had gone four league fixtures without victory. As you can tell from the result, the match against Hertha BSC was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Midfielder Bülter was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.02. Bülter scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Hoffenheim's place.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Schalke 04 playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 0 away wins, 3 draws and 2 home wins.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 19 goals have been conceded by Schalke 04 in these games.
Head 2 Head
Freiburg have been victorious in all of the 4 latest games against this side. Will the streak continue?Schalke 04 - SC Freiburg 0-2 was the result in these teams' last h2h match, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Grifo 13 goals |   M. Bülter 9 goals |  M. Gregoritsch 8 goals |
SC Freiburg missing players
Schalke 04 missing players
| SC Freiburg | Schalke 04 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 28 |
| 14 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 41 | 22 | 9 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 26 |
| 37 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 19 | 52 |
| 89% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 77% | 82% |
| 79% | 79% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 69% | 75% |
| 50% | 43% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | 54% |
| 36% | 21% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 15% | 32% |
| 18% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 54% | 64% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 46% |
| 36% | 29% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 31% | 25% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 54% | 46% |
| 3.9 | 3.9 | 2.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.4 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.5 | 14.1 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.3 | 11.7 | 12.8 |
| 4.9 | 6 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| 30% | 26% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 19% | 26% |
| 13.4 | 12.6 | 13.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.9 | 14.2 |
| 4.3 | 3.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
- SC Freiburg have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Schalke 04 have scored away.
- Schalke 04 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Schalke 04 have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 have the fewest scored goals (26) in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 have the fewest scored goals in the second half (15) 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 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 78 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 48 | 59 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 28 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 62 | 39 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 57 |
| 3 | FC Union Berlin | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 52 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 51 |
| 5 | SC Freiburg | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 41 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 50 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 51 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 10 | 44 |
| 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 49 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 42 |
| 8 | Mainz 05 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 46 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 42 |
| 9 | VfL Wolfsburg | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 46 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 40 |
| 10 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 45 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 28 | -2 | 36 |
| 11 | Köln | 28 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 46 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 31 | -9 | 32 |
| 12 | Werder Bremen | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 43 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 29 | -11 | 32 |
| 13 | Hoffenheim | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 38 | 47 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 24 | -9 | 29 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 37 | 53 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 33 | -16 | 29 |
| 15 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 31 | 61 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 37 | -30 | 27 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 31 | -15 | 24 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 33 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -26 | 24 |
| 18 | Hertha BSC | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 33 | 55 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 34 | -22 | 22 |
