35
18:06
Cologne comes to mind extremely little. The Freiburgers block all pass routes and long balls always end up with the home team.
33
18:04
Kübler plays a good one-two with Dōan and appears on the right in front of the goal. His degree is blocked.
31
18:01
Finally a degree. Günter plays his way into the penalty area on the left with a one-two with Grifo. Then he puts it in the backcourt on Eggestein, who pulls it off directly. His shot is blocked.
29
18:00
It’s a typical Freiburg game of the past few weeks. The hosts have everything under control. Sooner or later their chances will come. The game currently offers little entertainment for the neutral viewer.
26
17:57
The Freiburg superiority does not currently lead to scoring chances. In the last third, the people of Breisgau don’t make the right decisions. Cologne is still lagging behind a lot.
23
17:54
Freiburg controls the game. Cologne is currently unable to get the ball into the opposing half.
20
17:51
Next degree for Freiburg. After a cross from the right side, the second ball lands at Dōan, who deducts from twelve meters. The ball flies far over it.
17
17:49
So far, Cologne’s offensive efforts have been almost exclusively via Kainz. The captain has many good ideas. However, Maina is not really in the game yet. The striker has already frittered away a number of potential chances.
15
17:46
Freiburg with a double chance! Dōan volleys from the edge of the penalty area. Schwäbe parries the shot. Gregoritsch is the only one who reacts. He shoots the Abstauber from six meters on goal. The keeper deflects this shot as well.
12.
17:43
First Maina has space on the left wing. But he takes too long and then brings a harmless cross into the middle. On the counterattack, Dōan brings the ball sharply in front of the goal from the left corner of the penalty area. Schwäbe is there and intercepts the cross.
9.
17:40
The game takes a little breather after a very entertaining initial phase. The ball is mostly in midfield.
6.
17:36
Flekken plays a hair-raising misstep in the build-up game into Kainz’s foot. The Austrian approaches the penalty area and wants to pull the ball with his right. But a defender stands in his way. That’s why he makes another hook and pulls off flat with his left hand. Flekken deflects the shot.
3.
17:34
Next good chance for the SC. Kübler brings a good cross into the middle from the right, which lands on the second post at Grifo. The Italian puts the ball to the right and flicks from the left five-corner to the long corner. Schwäbe defends the shot well.
1.
17:32
Freiburg have the first chance of the game. Gregoritsch puts the ball out of the penalty area and into the back area. Günter is completely free and pulls right off. The shot is blocked.
16:58
Steffen Baumgart made four changes to the Cologne team compared to the 2-2 draw against Nice. Kilian starts in central defense instead of Hübers. Martel replaces Huseinbašić in central midfield. Schmitz starts for Schindler on right-back and Maina starts on offense instead of Adamyan.
16:56
On the staff: Christian Streich had rotated a lot in the Europa League because the group win was already certain. Today in the Bundesliga, the first team is used again. That’s why there are ten changes compared to the 1-1 draw against Qarabağ. Only captain Christian Günter was in the starting XI on Thursday.
16:52
1. FC Köln were eliminated from the Europa Conference League on Thursday despite a comeback against Nice. Steffen Baumgart’s team couldn’t get past the 2-2 draw against the French and therefore only ended up third in Group D. FC are only twelfth in the Bundesliga before today’s game and are therefore bottom of the table. Behind them begins the relegation battle with FC Augsburg. Cologne is still six points away from Stuttgart on the relegation place. The same distance also exists to Frankfurt in fifth place.
16:48
Freiburg pulled in a completely safe threesome against Schalke last Sunday. The Breisgauers are now a top team that, despite the strenuous English weeks, delivers top performances every three days. On Thursday there was a 1-1 draw against Qarabağ in the Europa League. The group victory was already certain before this game. In the Bundesliga, Christian Streich’s team hasn’t conceded a goal since the 5-0 loss at Bayern. This is one of the reasons why the SC has the third-best defense in the Bundesliga despite this clear defeat.
16:36
Hello and welcome to the 13th match day of the Bundesliga. Today at 5:30 p.m. SC Freiburg welcomes 1. FC Köln.