RB Leipzig vs SC Freiburg Bundesliga Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Leipzig have lost four of their 10 competitive meetings with Freiburg in professional football (same as vs. Dortmund) – they have only lost more often to Bayern (5).
After RB won their first three Bundesliga games against Freiburg, they have only won once in their last five meetings: 2-1 in April 2019 (D1, L3).
RB are still unbeaten at home against Freiburg in all competitions (W3, D2). Leipzig have taken 10 from a possible 12 points in four Bundesliga games at home to Freiburg, only failing to win in the last meeting on matchday 26 of 2019/20 (1-1).
As well as the eight Bundesliga meetings (4 RB wins, 3 SCF wins, 1 draw), the two sides also faced off in Bundesliga 2 in 2015/16. RB failed to win either game (1-1 H, 2-1 A) and Freiburg won the league, with Leipzig going up as second (5 points behind SCF).
Leipzig’s 1-0 loss in Mönchengladbach last time out was their first defeat of the new Bundesliga season and only their third loss in 2020.
Freiburg are without a win in five Bundesliga games (D3, L2), their longest winless run in the top-flight since the end of 2018/19 (8 games in a row).
Freiburg have six points on the board after six games – they had more than twice as many at this stage of last season (13).
RB have won each of their last three Bundesliga home games, while Freiburg have only tasted victory in one of their last 10 away league games (D5, L4).
Freiburg have won none of their last seven Bundesliga games against sides in the top three (D2, L5). They last beat a top-three team in December 2018 (3-0 vs. RB Leipzig, who were also third back then).
Freiburg’s Nils Petersen, who extended his record of most Bundesliga goals from the bench with his 26th against Leverkusen last time out (4-2 loss), is his side’s top goalscorer this season (3 goals) – just as he was in the last three seasons.
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