Bundesliga will return to the fold this weekend as Freiburg is set to VfL Bochum at Europa-Park Stadion in the fourth game week of the competition. Match day schedules for August 26 at 21:30 EAT.
SC Freiburg will be looking to record their third victory of the season after losing only one of their opening three matches to sit in the fifth place with six points. Coming into this game, Freiburg lost only two of their last six matches across all the competitions (LDWWLW).
Freiburg will want another win following 0-1 Bundesliga success to beat Stuttgart in their previous match. In that game, Freiburg had 39% possession, nine shots with three of them on target and a goal scored by Vincenzo Grifo (11′). Stuttgart had 16 shots with four of them on target.
VfL Bochum on the other hand is struggling at the bottommost spot in the table after going winless their opening three fixtures. Thomas Reis’s men have not been luck to secure a point nor win in all their opening three fixtures, but perhaps they will fancy their chance to record their first point this weekend. Coming into this game, Bochum lost four of their last six matches across all competitions (WLWLLL).
VfL Bochum will be hoping to record positive results after 0-7 Bundesliga trashing at the hand of Bayern Munich in their most recent encoiunter. In that game, VfL Bochum managed 36% possession, 13 shots with seven of them on target and a goal by Cristian Gamboa (69′ OG). Bayern München got 22 shots with 12 of them on target and goals by Leroy Sané (4′), Matthijs de Ligt (25′), Kingsley Coman (33′), Sadio Mané (42′, 60′) and Serge Gnabry (76′).
Freiburg vs. VfL Bochum head to head
Each side claims nine victories from the 22 head to head meetings between Freiburg and VfL Bochum since 1994, while for matches ended all square.
- Freiburg 3-0 Bochum 16/04/22
- Bochum 1-2 Freiburg 02/03/22
- Bochum 2-1 Freiburg 27/11/21
- Bochum 2-0 Freiburg 05/02/16
- Freiburg 1-3 Bochum 15/08/15
Home
- Stuttgart 0-1 Freiburg
- Freiburg 1-3 Dortmund
- Augsburg 0-4 Freiburg
- Kaiserslautern 1-2 Freiburg
- Freiburg 1-0 Stade Rennes
Away
- Bochum 0-7 B. Munich
- Hoffenheim 3-2 Bochum
- Bochum 1-2 Mainz
- Viktoria Berlin 0-3 Bochum
- Bochum 6-2 Antalyaspor
SC Freiburg team news
Manager Christian Streich will be unable to call uponLucas Höler, Kimberly Ezekwem, Maximilian Eggestein and Kevin Schade who are sidelined through injuries.
VfL Bochum team news
Konstantinos Stafylidis, Patrick Osterhage, Danilo Soares and Jannes Horn nare unavailable for boss Thomas Reis’s selection for this game through injuries.
Prediction and odds
We are backing Freiburg to win in this game having won two of their three opening fixtures while Bochum recorded loses.
- SC Freiburg Win
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
