On Sep 11th, Borussia M’gladbach will travel to Freiburg to battle Freiburg in a clash of these two mismatched Bundesliga teams. In their last match, Freiburg recorded a 3-2 win against Bayer Leverkusen. Kerem Demirbay scored the first goal for Bayer Leverkusen in the 16th minute, then Matthias Ginter tied it up for Freiburg in the 48th minute on a feed from Vincenzo Grifo Finally they completed the comback in the 72nd minute on a goal by Ritsu Doan to cap off a wild match. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Freiburg should be reasonably happy with their performance, while borussia M’gladbach sits at 9th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Mainz 05. Aarón Martín struck first for Mainz 05 in the 55th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Borussia M’gladbach was frustrated by Mainz 05’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Mainz 05 ended the match with the shutout victory. Borussia M’gladbach is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Freiburg won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Marcus Thuram has been the most prolific scorer on Borussia M’gladbach in his last five matches with three goals. Freiburg is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Vincenzo Grifo and Michael Gregoritsch each having 3 goals in their last 5
Christian Streich’s Freiburg squad will be without Lucas Höler, Lukas Kübler and Maximilian Eggestein, while Ramy Bensebaini and Stefan Lainer are unavailable to play for Daniel Farke’s team.