On the 30th of October, in this week 12 match, Schalke 04 hosts Freiburg in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 18th placed Schalke 04 is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Hertha BSC. Lucas Tousart scored the first goal for Hertha BSC in the 49th minute, then Florent Mollet tied it up for Schalke 04 in the 85th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches, while freiburg is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Werder Bremen. Lukas Kübler scored the first goal for Freiburg in the 56th minute, then Vincenzo Grifo added another in the 80th minute on a penalty kick In the end, Werder Bremen was frustrated by Freiburg’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Freiburg ended the match with the shutout victory. Freiburg should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 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.
For Freiburg, their top scorers are Michael Gregoritsch and Lukas Kübler, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches. Tom Krauss and Simon Terodde are the top scorers for Schalke 04 in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats
Matthias Kreutzer’s Schalke 04 squad will be without Leo Greiml, Rodrigo Zalazar Martínez and Ibrahima Cissé, while Jonathan Schmid, Roland Sallai and Manuel Gulde are unavailable to play for Christian Streich’s team.