Week 17 brings us a match on Dec 19th, where Freiburg will host Bayer Leverkusen in a meeting of these two evenly matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 2 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Freiburg is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Union Berlin. Neither Union Berlin nor Freiburg could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 14 and 11 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Freiburg is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while bayer Leverkusen is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Hoffenheim. Patrik Schick struck first for Bayer Leverkusen in the 37th minute, then Patrik Schick added another in the 63rd minute. Bayer Leverkusen should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Patrik Schick has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored eight goals for Bayer Leverkusen. Both Philipp Lienhart and Nico Schlotterbeck have been the hottest scorers for Freiburg in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each
Christian Streich’s Freiburg squad will be without Jonathan Schmid and Nils Petersen, while Gerardo Seoane’s squad will be without Julian Baumgartlinger.