Freiburg
- SC Freiburg enter Saturday’s Bundesliga matchup with Werder Bremen coming off a pair of defeats, but their home form is much better and it is the Black-Whites who are set to lose all three points.
- Julian Schuster’s side have suffered consecutive Bundesliga and Europa League defeats in recent weeks, but they have won each of their last two matches on home turf and they were also victorious in this fixture four months ago when they triumphed 3-0 at Werder Bremen.
- Freiburg sit seventh in the Bundesliga with 27 points from 20 matches played.
Bremen
- Werder have won none of their last two on their travels and lost each of their previous two away matches against Freiburg, suggesting they have some sort of mental block on this ground.
- Bremen have won one, drawn three and lost six of their ten Bundesliga away games this season.
- Bremen are under interim coach after Horst Steffen recently departed and it is proving tough to get the team back together again after their former coach’s departure.
Head-to-Head
- Freiburg have won four of the last five Bundesliga head-to-head clashes between the two clubs.
- Freiburg were victorious in this fixture four months ago when they triumphed 3-0 at Werder Bremen.
Key Players
- Igor Matanovic has been in great scoring form for Freiburg, netting two of his side’s last four goals.
- Vincenzo Grifo remains their top scorer in the Bundesliga with six in 20 matches.
- Bremen’s top scorer in the German top flight is Jens Stage with six in 18, but he is an outlier in an otherwise misfiring attack.
Betting Insights
- Over 2.5 goals looks a good play at 1.8 given Freiburg average 2.00 goals scored and 1.22 goals conceded per home game while Bremen score 1.00 and concede 2.00 away.
- But we will take Freiburg to win at 1.85 as they have more stability in the coach’s box and the odds are generous in comparison to Werder Bremen at 4.0 and the draw at 3.6.
Prediction
We will take Freiburg to win at 1.85 as they have more stability in the coach’s box and the odds are generous in comparison to Werder Bremen at 4.0 and the draw at 3.6 .
