SC Freiburg vs. VfL Wolfsburg preview: Eighth from top host second from bottom

SC Freiburg vs. VfL Wolfsburg preview: Eighth from top host second from bottom SC FREIBURG With three matches remaining in the 2025/26 Bundesliga season, Julian Schuster’s SC Freiburg (12-7-12, 8th) remain in the fight for a European competition spot - currently tied with Eintracht Frankfurt for the Conference League spot on 43 points but with goal differential currently in favour of Die Adler. With this being their first time in a semifinal of a major European competition, it means that they play matches with a maximum of four days apart - and it seems to be taking a toll on their results, as all of their last three matches, in three different competitions, have ended in defeats: a DFB-Pokal semifinal exit in the final minute against VfB Stuttgart (1-2), a thrashing to Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga (0-4), and another last minute defeat in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League semifinals at the hands of Portuguese side SC Braga (1-2).

However, statistics show that the Breisgau-Brasilianer are likely to go back into the win column. Freiburg have won seven of their last ten Bundesliga matches against Wolfsburg (7-3-0), and all of their last three meetings by one-goal scorelines (3-2, 1-0, 4-3). Another thing that should be noted is Freiburg’s individual counterattack ability, as they have one more goal than Wolfsburg (42) but ten less assists (23).

Freiburg have the sixth-best home record in the Bundesliga, with 28 of their 43 points having come at Europa-Park-Stadion (8-4-3) and with a +8 goal differential (28-20). Wolfsburg, on the other hand, have an average away record, with the same amount of points as Freiburg have away this season: 15 points (4-3-8), with a -15 goal differential (20-35). Freiburg are also the only team in the Bundesliga to go without conceding a single penalty in the 2025/26 season, with Noah Atubolu having only faced and denied one attempt from SV Werder Bremen’s Romano Schmid.

On the contrary, Wolfsburg have faced eleven penalties this season, with Kamil Grabara saving seven of them, watching one go wide, and conceding the remaining three. Team News: German centre-back Max Rosenfelder (hamstring) will be absent from this match but is set to return next week. German defensive midfielder Patrick Osterhage and Ghanaian midfielder Daniel Kofi-Kyereh will both be absent with injuries, with their return to be on the final day of the season at the earliest.