Freiburg vs Borussia Dortmund Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Freiburg

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Freiburg will be hoping to bounce back here after a 1-2 Bundesliga defeat last time out to Union Berlin.

In that game, Freiburg had 72% possession and 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Freiburg was Lucas Höler (29'). Union Berlin had 10 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Rani Khedira (30') and Andrej Ilić (48') scored for Union Berlin.

Their latest results highlight the fact that things are going according to plan in the Freiburg backline. Freiburg have been miserly, resulting in the tally of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their previous 6 matches standing at 4. We will see whether or not that trend will be sustained in this game.

Their previous form shows that Freiburg:

• have not beaten Borussia Dortmund in their last 6 matches in the league.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 league matches.

Borussia Dortmund

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Borussia Dortmund go into this game following a 3-1 Bundesliga win with the eclipse of Mainz in their last game.

In that match, Borussia Dortmund managed 44% possession and 18 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. For Borussia Dortmund, the goalscorers were Maximilian Beier (39', 72') and Emre Can (42'). At the other end, Mainz 05 had 11 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Paul Nebel (76') was the scorer for Mainz.

The stats tell the story, and Borussia Dortmund have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 6 goals in all. At the back, Borussia Dortmund could really do with shoring things up.

Going into this one, Borussia Dortmund have not been beaten by Freiburg in games played away from home for the previous 2 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

A quick look at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 14/01/2022 tells us that these encounters have not been good ones for Freiburg. They have not been able to come away with any wins whatsoever whereas Borussia Dortmund have been too good for them, getting wins in 100% of those ties.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 29 in total at an average of 4.83 goals per meeting.

The previous league match featuring these sides was Bundesliga match day 11 on 23/11/2024 when it ended Borussia Dortmund 4-0 Freiburg.

On that occasion, Borussia Dortmund managed 59% possession and 19 shots at goal with 7 on target. The goalscorers were Maximilian Beier (7'), Felix Nmecha (40'), Julian Brandt (66') and Jamie Gittens (77').

At the other end, Freiburg got 7 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Felix Brych.

ℹ️ Team News: Freiburg

Merlin Röhl (Heel problems), Noah Atubolu (Shoulder injury), Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (Knee surgery) and Bruno Ogbus (Achilles tendon rupture) will not be able to play for Freiburg boss Julian Schuster.

📋 Team News: Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund boss Niko Kovač has not got a full squad to pick from. Kjell Wätjen (Foot injury), Filippo Mané (Muscle injury), Felix Nmecha (Ligament injury) and Marcel Sabitzer (Knee injury) are those who can’t be considered.

💭 Prediction

We feel that Freiburg may find it difficult to register a score against this Borussia Dortmund team who we think should do enough to score at the other end and edge ahead.

With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a highly competitive game with a 0-1 win for Borussia Dortmund at the end of this one.

Let’s see how it plays out.

Renata Leite, 20:09 02/04/2025