Week 8 brings us a match on Oct 16th where Freiburg will play host to RB Leipzig in a Bundesliga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 4th placed Freiburg is fresh off their 2-1 win against Hertha BSC. Philipp Lienhart struck first for Freiburg in the 17th minute on a feed from Christian Günter, then Krzysztof Piątek got the equalizer for Hertha BSC in the 70th minute on a feed from Maximilian Mittelstädt. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Freiburg should be reasonably happy with their performance, while rB Leipzig sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Bochum. André Silva scored the first goal for RB Leipzig in the 69th minute, then Christopher Nkunku added another in the 73rd minute on a feed from André Silva In the end, Bochum couldn’t muster any offence and RB Leipzig ran away with the shutout win. RB Leipzig is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season RB Leipzig won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Christopher Nkunku has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored eight goals for RB Leipzig. Both Jeong Woo-Yeong and Lucas Höler have been the hottest scorers for Freiburg in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals
Freiburg will be without Jonathan Schmid, while Marcel Halstenberg and Daniel Olmo are unavailable to play for RB Leipzig.