45.
20:22
End of 1st half
45.
20:21
Tooor for SC Freiburg, 1:1 by Merlin Röhl
You’re going crazy! Do they actually compensate? After winning the ball strongly in Ginter’s own half, Röhl switches extremely quickly to the left and takes on the Leipzig defense alone. First he leaves Klostermann behind him, then after a tunnel against Simakan he appears at an acute angle in front of Blaswich. Oh, here Röhl stays cool on his Bundesliga debut and pushes the ball into the far corner with a tight instep finish. What a twist!
45.
20:21
Due to the injury, the referee adds a few more minutes.
45.
8:20 p.m
In midfield, Höfler and Sildillia clashed heads. After a somewhat longer break in treatment, Höfler is standing again, and the action is visibly causing him pain.
45.
8:19 p.m
On the other hand, Openda has some space in the half-left back area, moves inside to the right and is then blocked on his right-footed shot. Perhaps a playback would have been the better option.
45.
8:18 p.m
Weißhaupt brings a sharp cross from the left side into the center with his right, which Eggestein extends with his head. Höler is then only hit in the back, but Eggestein’s arm suddenly goes up; the number 8 has seen a handball. In fact, the pictures show that Schlager may have committed a punishable handball and the VAR obviously took a quick look at the action, but immediately classified it as not worthy of punishment. The old song: hand penalty, or not?
45.
8:16 p.m
Official injury time (minutes): 3
45.
8:15 p.m
Although the Rose team remained somewhat passive in the last few minutes before the break, there was no real danger.
43.
8:15 p.m
If that was Breisgau’s pressure phase in the first half, the hope of the SC supporters is likely to decline more and more. Leipzig is getting better again without much effort.
40.
20:11
If Freiburg moves forward in a reasonably structured way, it will be on the left side, where Grifo and especially Weißhaupt are now increasingly visible.
39.
8:09 p.m
The Rose team has withdrawn a bit and is leaving the field to the guests, will they make something of it?
37.
8:08 p.m
The sports club actually gets into the game better about ten minutes before the half-time whistle and increasingly shifts the action to the other side. Leipzig’s attempts to attack are nipped in the bud in these moments.
35.
8:06 p.m
Only that one Freiburg goal scream, but then the flag goes up immediately. Eggestein is played nicely in the center and lets loose a real pounding shot with his right from a good 20 meters. Blaswich lets the leather clap forward centrally. Sildillia is the first to get the ball and hits it into the net with his right hand without any problems, but the assistant’s flag immediately goes up – the winger was clearly offside.
34.
8:04 p.m
On the other hand, Gulde on the left side of the penalty area prevents a dangerous deep pass from finding its target.
33.
8:03 p.m
Grifo then brings the standard sharply into the center, where RB guard Blaswich uses two fists to move it far out of the danger area.
31.
8:03 p.m
Now the guests have a slightly longer period of possession of the ball. First Sildillia has a bit of space on the right side after a long ball, then it goes via Röhl and the center to Weißhaupt on the left side. He takes a free kick in a duel against Simakan, who is hit on the hand by the ball.
29.
8:00 p.m
RBL lets itself go for a moment so that Freiburg can move out to the halfway line. Lienhart leads the ball, then only gets a short run and the long ball to the right ends up in nothing. At the moment the SC is a lack of plan as a team.
27.
19:58
David Raum is released in the next attack on the left side of the penalty area and tries a low cross, which Manuel Gulde this time deflects into a corner. The left-footed left-back kicks this too, but once again it brings nothing.
26.
19:57
But there is still shockingly little coming from captain Vincenzo Grifo and Co, RB has the matter fully under control.
24.
7:55 p.m
The guests also defended the subsequent corner kick.
23.
7:55 p.m
Brilliant deed Atubolu! The hard-working Openda gets into a good finishing position halfway to the right of the edge of the penalty area and aims for the long left corner with his right outer instep. SCF keeper Noah Atubolu stretches very long and just barely steers the play equipment around the post with his fingertips.
22.
19:53
David Raum’s subsequent corner from the left is far too short and poses no danger.
22.
19:53
David Raum’s subsequent corner from the left is far too short and poses no danger.
21.
19:52
Loïs Openda comes to the second ball from a Simons free kick from the right half of the field halfway to the left of the penalty area and volleys it onto the goal after a touchdown. Matthias Ginter takes one for the team and throws himself in the way, blocking the ball.
20.
7:50 p.m
During the action, the Slovenian was hit in the head and is bleeding, but after a short treatment he is back in the game.
18.
7:50 p.m
almost 2-0! At the subsequent corner, Šeško prevailed at the near post and, with a good pull, sent the ball just past the right post. Freiburg in luck!
17.
7:48 p.m
Actually one really good chance, which Leipzig doesn’t play well at all. Benjamin Šeško probably accidentally lets a low pass from Castello Lukeba through from the halfway line, which then ends up at Emil Forsberg in the backcourt. The Swede could shoot either to the left or to the right, but opts for a shot that Philipp Lienhart can deflect into a corner.
15.
19:46
Vincenzo Grifo gets the ball to the left of the opponent’s penalty area and looks for a one-on-one with Klostermann, but gets stuck and possession changes.
13.
19:44
The Breisgauers now want to free themselves from the grip and are at least fighting their way into the action with their first cautious offensive efforts.
11.
19:43
Now Lukeba makes a bad pass in the build-up play on the halfway line, from which Höler benefits. The SC has a huge opportunity including a power play, but the first pass from Freiburg’s number 9 does not reach a teammate. There was a lot more in it!
10.
19:41
Within a short time, the strike team is pushed more and more into their own half. So far she doesn’t see any country against the game-loving Saxons.
9.
7:39 p.m
Even after the opening goal, the Red Bulls kept the pressure high and took control of the game.
6.
7:36 p.m
Great for RB Leipzig, 1-0 by Xavi Simons
And then the bell rings in the Freiburg box! SC attacker Lucas Höler loses the ball in his own right half field against the stubborn Xavi Simons. Neither the man who lost the ball nor his defensive colleagues make any decisive impact on the young Dutchman. Half to the left in front of the box, he moves inward again and welds the ball into the far corner from a good 20 meters with an unstoppable touch with his right, a really nice finish!
4.
7:36 p.m
At the ensuing corner, Haidara on the right at the five-pointer comes to a header pass from Schlager from the left in the penalty area, but he doesn’t put enough pressure behind the ball and Atubolu holds on safely.
3.
7:35 p.m
Dangerous but it will be in the next situation! Emil Forsberg is suddenly free on the right side and tries to serve Loïs Openda, who is free in the middle. Philipp Lienhart saves the action for Freiburg and intercepts the pass.
2.
19:33
The Red Bulls make it clear right from the start which direction they want to go in the next 45 minutes and establish themselves in the opponents’ half for the first time. However, this first sequence is not dangerous.
2.
7:31 p.m
Leipzig appear in their usual white and red home uniform, while SC wears gray and black.
1.
7:31 p.m
We’re heading into the first round of the Sunday evening game! Referee Patrick Ittrich releases her.
1.
7:30 p.m
Game start
19:28
It fits into the picture that the games against BVB, Bayern and Leverkusen were all lost this season. That’s why the question now arises: Will Freiburg possibly be able to finally defeat RB Leipzig again this evening?
7:25 p.m
The Freiburg coach’s announcement before the game doesn’t exactly speak of conviction either: I hope that we now go to Leipzig with a lot of self-confidence and that it gives us real mental strength because we won three of four Europa League games. That’s great.” In fact, according to other statistics, the SC supporters have even less reason to hope. The SC is having an extremely difficult time not only against RBL but also against the other top teams in the Bundesliga. That’s what they did last season Not a single point in the duels with Dortmund and Bayern.
7:20 p.m
Christian Streich and his men have various scores to settle with the Saxons that they finally want to settle. The date of Freiburg’s last victory fell on October 26th, 2019, so there isn’t much more to add.
7:18 p.m
With regard to the game, Rose said that he simply expected his team to be greedy and emphasized that as a coach he did not have to exert much influence in this regard. The direct duel with the SCF should give the home team confidence about today’s success. They have been waiting for a win against RB for nine meetings and have lost six of them. This also includes the two defeats in the DFB Cup: first the final of the 2021/22 season, which he lost on penalties despite being in the majority, then the 1:5 defeat in Breisgau in the semi-finals of the following season.
7:06 p.m
The Breisgauer team’s personnel situation has been dealt with even more quickly; coach Christian Streich is relying on the same starting line-up today as he did during the week.
7:01 p.m
Leipzig coach Marco Rose sees no reason for major changes after the success in the Serbian capital and is only making one change. Lukas Klostermann moves to the right-back position for Benjamin Henrichs. Timo Werner is also returning to the squad after recovering from an infection; the 27-year-old will initially sit on the bench.
6:55 p.m
Let’s take a look at those Lineups of the two teams, as usual under the rider of the same name or under tactics can be viewed.
18:54
SC was also successful in European business during the week and ended a winless streak of three games (L2, D1) – which also included elimination from the DFP Cup at home against Paderborn – with a convincing 5-0 win against the Serbian team FK TSC from Bačka Topola in the Europa League. The strike team is currently in eighth place in the league table and will continue to do so after the match day.
6:47 p.m
With the self-confidence of this success, the Saxons now want to focus again on the league, in which they are currently “only” in fifth place with 20 points from ten games. If they win, the Red Bulls would at least overtake BVB in fourth place.
6:47 p.m
After the Leipzig team recently suffered two bitter defeats in a row against Wolfsburg in the DFB Cup and in the league against FSV Mainz 05, who were still winless, they were able to recover during the week thanks to a narrow and grueling 2-1 away win at Red Star Belgrade qualify early for the Champions League round of 16.
18:34
Hello and welcome to today’s third Bundesliga encounter! At the end of the 11th matchday, RB Leipzig hosts SC Freiburg. The ball starts rolling in the Red Bull Arena from 7:30 p.m.!