Borussia Dortmund vs Freiburg

Borussia Dortmund have already lost sight of the Bundesliga title race and will probably just try to keep the distance to the CL qualifications spots in mind when they host Freiburg in their 11th Bundesliga game of the season at the Signal Iduna Park on Saturday.

SV Dortmund is in the 7th place with 16 points and was defeated with 1-3 by Mainz 05 on 11/09/2020, while the away team Mainz 05 is enjoying the 5th rank with 17 points as they were tied with Union Berlin 0-0 on 11/08/2020.

Schalke 04’s competitors, Nuri Sahin’s BVB – are only one point and three places from fourth-placed Bayer Leverkusen, who occupy a division’s final Champions League qualification place at the moment, but they are ten points behind the league’s leader – Bayern Munich.

The manager has been criticized in the weeks leading to the match for the poor results of his team, especially in the match against Mainz in which his team created only one big chance and faced six in the opposing half.

To be fair to the manager, BVB was in a devastating circumstances with lots of injuries and midfielder Emre Can, who came as a center backist was given a red card in the 27th minute.

Dortmund have scored 18 goals an conceded on 18 occasions, these statistics place the team in sixth in the Bundesliga in terms of attacking prowess and in a tie for seventh in the league in terms of defending.

Sahin’s side have been able to only achieve four out of the six most recent fixtures and they have also been beaten in four out of their last seven league matches.

Taking into account all the problems that the hosts faced during this term, their statistics in their native stadium looks rather impressive – 7 victories in 2024-2025 in Signal Iduna Park, and only one defeat in the last 12 home meetings.

Given that Vincenzo Grifo had the chance to give Freiburg the lead in the twenty-first minute from the penalty spot but was unable to do so, the visitors will undoubtedly believe they should have defeated Union Berlin.

With just 11 goals given up in the Bundesliga, Schuster's team has the fourth-best defensive record in the top division, only surpassed by Union Berlin, RB Leipzig, and Bayern Munich.

Freiburg has won two of their last three games and drew two of their last three, making them undefeated in their last three games.

The visitors' away record is inconsistent; they have lost two, drawn one, and won two of their previous five away games, and they have lost their last two away games.

Kjell Watjen and Emre Can, both midfielders, are sidelined by injury and suspension, respectively. Watjen will probably just be out for a few more days at most. In a double pivot, BVB might choose Felix Nmecha and Pascal Gross.

Although Karim Adeyemi is making progress on his recovery from a hamstring injury, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens and Maximilian Beier are anticipated to start ahead of him.

Freiburg is less concerned about injuries, but winger Eren Dinkci and midfielder Daniel-Kofi Kyereh won't play again until January 2025.