In a weekend match in week 15, on Saturday Dec 11th, Freiburg will play host to Hoffenheim in a meeting of these two evenly matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 0 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 4th placed Freiburg, recorded a 6-0 blowout win against Borussia M’gladbach. Maximilian Eggestein scored the first goal for Freiburg in the 2nd minute, then Schade added another in the 5th minute on a feed from Christian Günter At the end of 90 a dissapointed Borussia M’gladbach couldn’t manage to score, and Freiburg took the shutout win. Freiburg should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while hoffenheim is fresh off their 3-2 win against Eintracht Frankfurt. Rafael Santos Borré struck first for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 15th minute, then Dennis Geiger got the equalizer for Hoffenheim in the 24th minute on a feed from Munas Dabbur But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 30th minute on a goal by Georginio Rutter. Hoffenheim should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Freiburg won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Both Ihlas Bebou and Georginio Rutter have been the hottest scorers for Hoffenheim in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals each. Freiburg is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Nicolas Höfler and Philipp Lienhart each having 2 goals in their last 5
Christian Streich’s Freiburg squad will be without Jonathan Schmid and Nils Petersen, while Hoffenheim will be without Robert Skov, Jacob Bruun Larsen, Pavel Kadeřábek, Christoph Baumgartner, Ermin Bičakčić, Sebastian Rudy and John.