In this week 19 match on the 4th of February, Borussia Dortmund will play host to Freiburg 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 4 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 4th placed Borussia Dortmund is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Bayer Leverkusen. Karim Adeyemi scored the first goal for Borussia Dortmund in the 33rd minute, then Edmond Tapsoba added another on an own goal in the 53rd minute In the end, Bayer Leverkusen was frustrated by Borussia Dortmund’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Borussia Dortmund ended the match with the shutout victory. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Borussia Dortmund should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 5th placed Freiburg is fresh off their 3-1 win against Augsburg. Michael Gregoritsch struck first for Freiburg in the 13th minute on a feed from Yannik Keitel, but Mergim Berisha got the equalizer for Augsburg in the 29th minute. Freiburg should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
On Aug 12th, Freiburg hosted Borussia Dortmund at the Europa Park Stadium in their last match together. Borussia Dortmund took the match by a score of 3 to 1. Michael Gregoritsch struck first for Freiburg in the 35th minute on a feed from Matthias Ginter, then Bynoe-Gittens tied it up for Borussia Dortmund in the 77th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 84th minute on a goal by Youssoufa Moukoko to cap off a wild match.
Both Daniel-Kofi Kyereh and Lucas Höler have been the hottest scorers for Freiburg in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. For Borussia Dortmund, their top scorers are Nico Schlotterbeck and Giovanni Reyna, each having 2 goals in their last five matches
Mate Morey, Jude Bellingham and Coulibaly are unavailable to play for Edin Terzic’s team, while Christian Streich’s squad will be without Jonathan Schmid, Roland Sallai, Manuel Gulde and Merlin Röhl.