Bundesliga – Borussia Dortmund at home to SC Freiburg
Next Friday at 8:30pm GMT, on matchday 19 of the Bundesliga, we will see Dortmund play Freiburg at the Signal Iduna Park.
BothDortmund and Freiburg currently share Champion’s League qualification hopes, as they occupy second and fourth in the League, respectively.
It’s 37 points so far for Borussia Dortmund this season, going into this game
Eintracht Frankfurt were beaten 2-3 at the Commerzbank Arena, the last time that Dortmund played.
Also, Dortmund keep finding ways to win, having secured 12 victories in their last 18 meetings is astonishing this season, a rich vein of form that has drastically improved their Bundesliga position. They currently stand second in the League, with 37 points for a total of 12 wins, 5 losses and 1 draws having won 12 matches, drawn one game, and lost five fixtures.
Dortmund have won eight fixtures and lost one game of their nine League matches at home this season.
Borussia Dortmund will have secured 40 points so far this season, should they secure a win.
Good Attacking Performance
Dortmund will be pleased to have a good goal scoring record so far this season (44). This is largely down to the efforts of their stand-out attackers – Erling Haaland (13), Julian Brandt (5), and Marco Reus (4). Teams that leak goals on a consistent basis, don’t tend to win anything, such is the situation with Dortmund so far, having conceded 28 goals in their last matches so far.
Dortmund’s squad has depth, but even so, Marco Rose is likely to be missing six of they key players when they start Friday’s game.
SC Freiburg have so far accrued 30 points in this season of the Bundesliga
Freiburg will be hoping for a win, following a disappointing 2-2 home draw against Arminia Bielefeld in their last game.
Also, slow and steady wins the race, Freiburg are showing that they know by avoiding defeat in 14 of their last 18 fixtures and they are looking worthy of the aspiration to qualify for Champion’s League football. Now they have 8 matches won, 4 games lost and 6 duels drawn; that’s why they currently sit in fourth place, with a total of 30 points having won eight games, drawn six meetings, and lost four matches.
Freiburg’s away record is remarkable and poses a significant threat to Dortmund. In the 9 games they’ve played on the road this season, they have so far won four games, drawn three fixtures, and lost two meetings.
A win in this fixture would take SC Freiburg’s points to 33 in the League.
Good Attacking Performance
Freiburg have a good scoring record this season, with 30 netted so far (27 from open play and three penalties). This has been largely down to the key attacking players: Philipp Lienhart (4), Lucas Holer (4), and Woo-yeong Jeong (4). Freiburg have conceded 18 goals.
Freiburg are likely to be missing three of their key players when they start Friday’s game, due to injury and illness.
Borussia Dortmund v SC Freiburg – Head-to-Head.
Regarding their historical duels when these two rivals meet, the tendency of late has been for Dortmund to take all the points with 27 wins and 11 draws. August 2021 was the most recent time these two clashed in this competition and Die Borussen took all three points winning 2-1. In the last game between this pair, both sides got on the scoresheet and it’s rated at 62.89% that they both score once more on Friday.
Freiburg to win – probability = 17.86 percent.
Performance Report
For Dortmund, Erling Haaland is a top performing player who has scored
13 goals in 18 League matches this season, while Philipp Lienhart is one of the top performing players after having scored
four goals in 18 League matches this Bundesliga Season for Freiburg.
Other players of note for Dortmund are Julian Brandt and Marco Reus with five goals and four goals respectively and for Freiburg are Philipp Lienhart and Lucas Holer with four goals both.
