On the 8th of January, Freiburg hosts Arminia Bielefeld at Europa Park Stadium in a clash of the Bundesliga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Freiburg sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Bayer Leverkusen. Vincenzo Grifo scored the first goal for Freiburg in the 33rd minute on a penalty kick, but Charles Aránguiz got the equalizer for Bayer Leverkusen in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a penalty kick. Freiburg is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 17th placed Arminia Bielefeld, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against RB Leipzig. Janni Serra scored the first goal for Arminia Bielefeld in the 57th minute, then Masaya Okugawa added another in the 75th minute on a feed from Florian Krüger In the end, RB Leipzig couldn’t muster any offence and Arminia Bielefeld ran away with the shutout win. Arminia Bielefeld is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
Arminia Bielefeld and Freiburg last played eachother at the Schücoarena on Aug 14th. Arminia Bielefeld and Freiburg battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Arminia Bielefeld nor Freiburg could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 11 and 14 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,.
Masaya Okugawa has been the most prolific scorer on Arminia Bielefeld in the last five matches with 2 goals. Both Philipp Lienhart and Nico Schlotterbeck have been the hottest scorers for Freiburg in the last five each having scored 2 goals.