On Sep 18th, Osnabrück will travel to Freiburg im Breisgau to battle Freiburg II in a clash of the 3. Liga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, Freiburg II recorded a 1-3 loss against Wehen Wiesbaden. Kehl scored the first goal for Freiburg II in the 7th minute, but Benedict Hollerbach got the equalizer for Wehen Wiesbaden in the 31st minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 82nd minute on a goal by Kianz González-Froese. Freiburg II should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 14th placed Osnabrück, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Rot-Weiss Essen. Ba-Muaka Simakala struck first for Osnabrück in the 35th minute on a feed from Haktab Traorè, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Rot-Weiss Essen couldn’t manage to score, and Osnabrück took the shutout win. Osnabrück is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Freiburg II won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Ba-Muaka Simakala has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored four goals for Osnabrück. For Freiburg II, their top scorers are Vincent Vermeij and Lars Kehl, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches.