Week 2 brings us a match on Aug 12th where Freiburg will host Borussia Dortmund at Europa Park Stadium in a meeting of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. In their last match, 2nd placed Freiburg, recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Augsburg. Michael Gregoritsch struck first for Freiburg in the 46th minute, then Vincenzo Grifo added another in the 48th minute In the end, Augsburg was frustrated by Freiburg’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Freiburg ended the match with the shutout victory. Freiburg is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed Borussia Dortmund is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Bayer Leverkusen. Marco Reus scored the first goal for Borussia Dortmund in the 10th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Bayer Leverkusen was frustrated by Borussia Dortmund’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Borussia Dortmund ended the match with the shutout victory. Borussia Dortmund is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Erling Braut Håland has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored four goals for Borussia Dortmund. Ritsu Doan has been the most effective weapon for Freiburg lately. The Japaneese midfielder has netted 2 goals in his last 5 matches
Lucas Höler is unavailable to play for Christian Streich’s team, while Edin Terzic’s squad will be without Mahmoud Dahoud, Donyell Malen, Sébastien Haller and Mats Hummels.