In a weekend match on Sat Feb 26th, in week 24, Freiburg will host Hertha BSC at Europa Park Stadium in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 0 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 6th placed Freiburg is fresh off their 2-1 win against Augsburg. Nils Petersen struck first for Freiburg in the 4th minute on a feed from Roland Sallai, but Michael Gregoritsch got the equalizer for Augsburg in the 16th minute. Freiburg is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while hertha BSC is fresh off their 1-6 blowout loss against RB Leipzig. Benjamin Henrichs struck first for RB Leipzig in the 20th minute, but Stevan Jovetić got the equalizer for Hertha BSC in the 48th minute. Hertha BSC looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
On Oct 2nd, Hertha BSC hosted Freiburg in their last match together. Freiburg took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Philipp Lienhart struck first for Freiburg in the 17th minute, then Krzysztof Piątek tied it up for Hertha BSC in the 70th minute.
Hertha BSC is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Suat Serdar and Sami Khedira each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Freiburg is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Vincenzo Grifo and Schade each having 2 goals in their last five
Keven Schlotterbeck is unavailable to play for Freiburg, while Hertha BSC will be without Oliver Christensen, Dedryk Boyata, Niklas Stark, Rune Jarstein, Marton Dardai, Marc-Oliver Kempf, Nils-Jonathan Körber, Kelian Nsona Wa Saka and Werthmuller.