Freiburg will be visiting Holstein-Stadion on Saturday for the Bundesliga showdown with home side Holstein Kiel.
Our Holstein Kiel v Freiburg tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below - along with the latest match odds.
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Holstein Kiel
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Holstein Kiel are hoping to win again following the 1-3 Bundesliga success over Augsburg.
In that game, Holstein Kiel had 28% possession and 7 shots at goal with 5 on target. For Holstein Kiel, goals were scored by Shuto Machino (25') and Alexander Bernhardsson (40', 51'). At the other end, Augsburg got 27 shots on goal with 10 of them on target. Steve Mounié (90') scored for Augsburg.
Holstein Kiel have been conceding pretty frequently recently, although they have also managed to score goals themselves. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that Holstein Kiel have seen their goal breached in 6 of them in addition to scoring in 5 of those matches. Putting that to one side, time will tell if the trend will be replicated in this upcoming game or not.
Freiburg
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In their previous fixture, Freiburg drew 2-2 in the Bundesliga match with Bayer Leverkusen.
In that game, Freiburg had 32% possession and 7 shots at goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Freiburg was Maximilian Eggestein (44'). For their opponents, Bayer Leverkusen got 5 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Piero Hincapié (48' Own goal), Florian Wirtz (82') and Jonathan Tah (93') scored for Bayer Leverkusen.
In a total of 5 of the previous 6 clashes involving Freiburg, a minimum of three goals have gone in. The overall average number of goals per match in that spell is 3.5, with the number of goals averaged by Freiburg coming out as 1.67.
Coming into this contest, Freiburg are unbeaten in their last 6 league matches away from home.
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Head to head
The last league meeting featuring these sides was Bundesliga match day 16 on 11/01/2025 which ended up with the score at Freiburg 3-2 Holstein Kiel.
That time, Freiburg managed 51% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorers were Christian Günter (38') and Vincenzo Grifo (74').
On the other side, Holstein Kiel got 14 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Nicolai Remberg (23' Own goal) and Phil Harres (85', 90') scored.
The match was refereed by Sören Storks.
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Team News: Holstein Kiel
Andu Kelati (Knee injury), Ivan Nekic (muscular problems), Patrick Erras (concussion), Colin Kleine-Bekel (Fitness) and Marco Komenda (Tendon rupture) won’t be able to feature for Holstein Kiel boss Marcel Rapp.
We think that Holstein Kiel could kick off with a 3-4-1-2 system this time and select Thomas Dähne, Timo Becker, David Zec, Marko Ivezic, Lasse Rosenboom, Armin Gigovic, Lewis Holtby, John Tolkin, Steven Skrzybski, A. Bernhardsson and Benedikt Pichler.
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Team News: Freiburg
Freiburg boss Julian Schuster has a number of players out of action. Lucas Höler (muscular problems), Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (Knee surgery) and Bruno Ogbus (Achilles tendon rupture) are not able to play.
We are inclined to think that Freiburg could decide to play in a 4-2-3-1 system, giving starts to Florian Müller, Max Rosenfelder, Matthias Ginter, Philipp Lienhart, Jordy Makengo, Maximilian Eggestein, Patrick Osterhage, Ritsu Doan, Merlin Röhl, Vincenzo Grifo and Junior Adamu.
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Prediction
Our feeling is that Holstein Kiel are dangerous enough to find the net against this Freiburg outfit, although one goal possibly won’t be enough to avoid a loss.
We’re going for a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 advantage for Freiburg when the referee blows the final whistle.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?
Checking the betting prices for this game on the full-time result market, a win for Holstein Kiel is best priced at 3.1, a wager on the draw is 3.7 & betting on victory for Freiburg gets 2.15. They’re the most competitive prices being offered at this very moment.
Lucas Pereira,
07:04 06/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Holstein Kiel
Formed: 1900
Stadium: Holstein-Stadion (15,034)
Captain: Lewis Holtby
Chairman: Steffen Schneekloth
Manager: Marcel Rapp
Competitions: Bundesliga position 17
⭐ Key Player: Alexander Bernhardsson
Usually taking to the field in the Right Wing position, Alexander Bernhardsson was born in Sweden. After having made a senior debut playing for IF Elfsborg in the 2021 season, the gifted Forward has accumulated 7 league goals in this Bundesliga 2024 - 2025 campaign to date from a total of 17 appearances.