SC Freiburg will want to confirm a place in the Champions League qualification this Saturday when they host Union Berlin at the Europa-Park Stadion in their second last fixture of the 2021-22 Bundesliga campaign. Kickoffs at 16:30 EAT.
The home side is definitely the most pleasant surprise in this season of the German top flight. The team with a relatively modest budget broke into the top-four in the Bundesliga table last weekend away in Sinsheim. Just one point is keeping Streich’s men in the final Champions League qualification spot however, so any slip-up on Saturday, or in next weekend’s tough trip to third-placed Bayer Leverkusen, could well prove costly.
Freiburg gets into this meeting off the back of 3-4 Bundesliga 1 victory to beat Hoffenheim. In that game, Freiburg had 42% possession, 11 shots with five of them on target and goals scored by Roland Sallai (23′), Christian Günter (50′), Lucas Höler (70′) and Woo-Yeong Jeong (73′). Hoffenheim got 19 shots with seven of them on target and goals by Andrej Kramarić (32′), Angelo Stiller (49′) and Sebastian Rudy (84′).
Meanwhile, Union Berlin can still get involved in the battle for the UEFA Europa League places being just one point shy of sixth-placed FC Koln at the moment. With only nine of their last 26 Bundesliga wins coming on their travels though, Fischer’s men could be up against it to confirm their place above Hoffenheim in the top seven on Saturday. Union’s home record has been exceptional over the last couple of seasons, but their bottom-of-the-table opponents stood firm to restrict Die Eisernen to very little in front of goal.
In their previous fixture, Union Berlin held each other to 1-1 in the Bundesliga 1 draw with Greuther Furth. In that game, Union Berlin had 54% possession, eight shots with three of them on target and a goal scored by Sven Michel (72′). Greuther Fürth got seven shots with two of them on target and a goal by Branimir Hrgota (33′).
Freiburg vs Union Berlin head to head
These two teams have had 12 head to head encounters against each other since 2002. Union Berlin claims five wins, Freiburg three wins and three matched ended with the spoils shared.
- Union Berlin 0-0 Freiburg 15/12/21
- Freiburg 0-1 Union Berlin 20/02/21
- Union Berlin 1-1 Freiburg 24/10/20
- Freiburg 3-1 Union Berlin 07/03/20
- Freiburg 1-3 Union Berlin 29/10/19
Home
- Hoffenheim 3-4 Freiburg
- Freiburg 3-3 M´gladbach
- Hamburg 1-3 Freiburg
- Freiburg 3-0 Bochum
- Frankfurt 1-2 Freiburg
Away
- Union Berlin 1-1 Greuther Furth
- Leipzig 1-2 Union Berlin
- Leipzig 2-1 Union Berlin
- Union Berlin 2-0 Frankfurt
- Hertha 1-4 Union Berlin
SC Freiburg team news
Noah Weißhaupt, Kevin Schade and Yannik Keitel are current absentees on account of injuries for the Breisgau-Brasilianer.
Union Berlin team news
As for boss Urs Fischer, Timo Baumgartl is out with an illness while Dominique Heintz is nursing a knee injury.
Prediction and odds
Freiburg is flying high with four wins and a draw in the previous five matches in all competitions while Union Berlin lost five of their last seven away fixtures across competitions. We are backing the hosts however anything should be expected as both teams have something at stake.
- SC Freiburg Win
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
