Epic Showdown Brewing in Bundesliga: Freiburg vs. Union Berlin!
FreiburgFreiburg extended their impressive unbeaten streak to 11 home league matches with a dramatic 3-3 draw in last Saturday’s home clash with Bayer Leverkusen. The hosts were pegged back on two o...
Freiburg vs. Union Berlin preview: Hosts aiming to continue impressive home form Freiburg Freiburg extended their impressive unbeaten streak to 11 home league matches with a dramatic 3-3 draw in last Saturday’s home clash with Bayer Leverkusen. The hosts were pegged back on two occasions, before Martin Terrier found the net in the early stages of the second half to turn the game in Leverkusen’s favour.
Freiburg appeared to be heading towards their first home defeat since August until Mattias Ginter scored an 86th-minute equaliser to rescue a point. Unfortunately for Freiburg, they were unable to salvage anything from Thursday’s Europa League clash against Genk. Zakaria El Ouahdi’s first-half effort condemned Freiburg to a 1-0 defeat in Belgium, leaving Julian Schuster’s side with work to do in Thursday’s second leg if they are to reach the quarter-final stage.
Before they focus on that quarter-final tie, Freiburg will turn their focus back to their Bundesliga campaign, with the Breisgau-Brasilianer sitting in eighth place and 10 points adrift of the top six. Team News Freiburg defender Max Rosenfelder remains sidelined with the thigh injury that has kept him out of the last four competitive matches. Meanwhile, Jan-Niklas Beste should be fit to feature despite being forced off in the second half of Thursday’s defeat to Genk.
Predicted lineup: Atubolu; Treu, Ginter, Ogbus, Makengo; Eggestein, Manzambi; Beste, Suzuki, Scherhant; Matanović Union Berlin Steffen Baumgart’s side took the lead in their most recent outing against Bremen, but the complexion of the contest drastically changed when András Schäfer was dismissed in the 19th minute, just moments after Derrick Köhn had dispatched his penalty. Bremen ultimately made full use of their numerical advantage to net four goals to condemn Union to a 4-1 loss, leaving them just four points clear of the bottom three. Union’s hopes of returning to winning ways on Sunday will be tempered by a run of three consecutive away defeats.