Another weekend of Bundesliga action begins this Friday as Freiburg and Borussia Dortmund face off at the Europa-Park Stadion for what promises to be another exciting game of football.
Venue: Europa-Park Stadion (Freiburg)
Key Statistics
Freiburg are unbeaten in their last three home meetings with Dortmund, winning the previous two.
But head coach Christian Streich has lost more times against BVB than any other team he’s faced as a coach (14 of 19 matches).
Borussia Dortmund have won their season-opener for eight years in a row, but lost on Matchday 2 in each of the previous two campaigns, including in Freiburg last term.
Freiburg’s Matthias Ginter made 102 competitive appearances for Dortmund between 2014 and 2017.
BVB’s Jude Bellingham has registered 11 goals and 18 assists across his first 92 appearances for Dortmund.
Nico Schlotterbeck made 56 appearances for Freiburg, before joining Dortmund in the summer.
Both BVB and Freiburg were the highest scorers from set pieces last Bundesliga season, with Freiburg netting 24 such goals and Dortmund scoring 22.
Head to head
Dortmund have won five of the last ten meetings between both sides, with Freiburg winning twice in those ten games.
Latest performances in all competitions
Freiburg: W-W-D-W-W
Dortmund: W-D-W-L-L
Freiburg
Freiburg will look to make it two wins in two Bundesliga games when they welcome BVB to Europa Park this Friday.
The hosts continued their strong pre-season form in the opening weekend of the season, as they beat Augsburg 4-0 away from home. Goals from Michael Gregoritsch, Vincenzo Grifo, Matthias Ginter and Ritsu Doan secured the win for them and put them in second place in the league table after one round of games.
However, manager Christian Streich will know his side’s feet must stay firmly planted on the ground, especially as throughout Bundesliga history teams sitting in second place after the first matchday have been relegated more times (seven) than crowned champions (six).
His side will now welcome Dortmund to Europa Park, looking to record another win and keep themselves in the hunt for another top-six finish after they finished in sixth place last season.
Possible Freiburg starting line-up
Mark Flekken; JKiliann Sildillia, Matthias Ginter,, Philip Lienhart, Christian Gunter; Maximilian Eggestein, Nicolas Hofler; Roland Sallai, Vincenzo Grifo, Ritsu Doan; Michael Gregoritsch. .
Injured: Kimberly Ezekwem, Lucas Holer, Kevin Schade
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Borussia Dortmund
After opening their 2022/23 Bundesliga account with Borussia Dortmund will look to make it two wins in two games when they travel to Europa-Park Stadion on Friday night.
The visitors won 1-0 at home against Bayer Leverkusen on matchday one, in what was their eighth consecutive season, to begin with, a win, a feat even fierce rivals Bayern have never achieved. The result was secured by a 10th-minute Marco Reus goal against 10-man Leverkusen in front of a sold-out Westfalenstadion.
The win was also the eighth consecutive league win for Edin Terzić as head coach who is fast becoming a fan favourite at the Bundesliga club.
He will now look to lead his side to their first away win of the season and try to pull off a win after failing to win in their first away game of the season in three of the previous four seasons (W1, D1, L2).
Possible Dortmund starting line-up
Gregor Kobel; Thomas Meunier, Mats Hummels, Nico Schlotterbeck, Raphael Guerreiro; Mahmoud Dahoud, Jude Bellingham; Jude Bellingham, Marco Reus; Thorgan Hazard, Anthony Modeste.
Injured: Sebastian Haller, Niklas Sule, Tim Roth
Doubtful: Karim Adeyemi, Salih Ozcan
Suspended: None
Prediction
Freiburg 1-2 Dortmund
