25
15:55
Substitution at SC Freiburg: Roland Sallai
25
15:55
Substitution at SC Freiburg: Ritsu Dōan
23
15:54
Leverkusen withdraws quite deep and Freiburg doesn’t really know what to do with the ball when building up the game. That doesn’t exactly have a positive effect on the tempo of the game, to say the least.
20
15:51
After a Diaby cross, Demirbay takes maximum risk with the left volley, but catches the ball full. However, Flekken doesn’t have to intervene because Sildillia is in the trajectory and safely blocks.
18
15:49
The Sport-Club again: This time it’s Höfler, whose powerful shot from the second row on the wet ground comes as a dangerous bounce in the direction of the short corner. But Hrádecký is very good and can certainly bury the ball under him.
17
15:48
Grifo claims the ball in the center and has a clear shot after a one-two. From a good 16 meters, however, he puts the dangerous right-footed shot just wide of the right post. Kick off Leverkusen.
14
15:44
Grifo brings a free kick from the left wing into the Leverkusen penalty area with a lot of spin. The ball is too long, however, so Hrádecký doesn’t have to stretch too far to pick it up in his secure arms.
11.
15:42
Moussa Diaby picks up a high ball on the right wing and slides past Vincenzo Grifo at great speed. However, an attempt at a cross is blocked exactly on Mark Flekken, who grabs it safely.
8th.
15:39
First corner kick for Leverkusen. That comes well too and is extended to Adam Hložek, who then skilfully conquers the ball and shoots, but is just blocked by a Freiburg defender. The penalty areas are slowly coming to life.
6.
15:37
Both teams are willing to play forward here. Above all, the hosts are closely staggered and make it difficult for the guests to develop beyond the center line in the build-up game.
3.
15:35
Gregoritsch serves Höler in the penalty area and there is some danger in the Bayer penalty area, but in the end the ball only lands on the side netting because Leverkusen was still able to prevent the Freiburg offensive player from making a precise shot.
1.
15:32
It’s not the best football weather in Breisgau. Light snowfall accompanies the start of the game.
15:29
The teams enter the lawn. Freiburg is dressed in red, Leverkusen wears the all-white dress.
15:24
Overall, the record speaks for Leverkusen. Most recently, however, the duel was in the hands of Freiburg, who have won three of their last four Bundesliga games against the Werkself (one defeat). That’s the same number of wins as in the previous 23 league games against the Rhinelanders. For the first time since the 1995/96 season, the Sport-Club could now bring in the full six points in a Bundesliga season against the Rhinelanders. But: In ten of the previous 22 Bundesliga home games against Leverkusen, Freiburg have not scored their own goals.
15:16
Leverkusen showed during the week with the away win in Monaco in the Europa League playoffs how much potential lies dormant in the team. In the Bundesliga, however, the Rhinelanders were only rarely able to tap into this potential. For the first time in 19 years, the Werkself have lost three of the first four games in the second half of the Bundesliga season. Most recently there was a 2:3 home defeat against Mainz 05, in which Amine Adli was sent off and the suspension for today’s away game in Breisgau.
15:04
With just 27 points from 21 league games, Bayer Leverkusen put down the worst Bundesliga season in the club’s history for 17 years (25 points in 2005/06). Never before has a team qualified for the UEFA Champions League with so few points after 21 league games.
14:54
SC Freiburg celebrated a 2-0 away win in Bochum last weekend. The kickers from Breisgau kept a clean sheet for the ninth time in the 2022/23 season. That’s a league-wide best.
14:44
Both teams represent the Bundesliga in the round of 16 of the UEFA Europa League, where the Black Forest take on heavyweight Juventus Turin, while the Werkself meet Ferencváros Budapest. Today, on the other hand, the focus is on the fight for Europe. While Freiburg went into the 22nd match day fourth in the table and can still hope for a place in the Champions League, Leverkusen are still stuck in the dreary middle of the table after only three out of twelve possible points from the last four games.
14:33
Hello and welcome from the Europa-Park stadium. SC Freiburg welcomes Bayer 04 Leverkusen here today at 3:30 p.m. as part of the 22nd match day of the Bundesliga.