On Sat Apr 17th, Freiburg plays host to Schalke 04 in a clash of the Bundesliga. 10th placed Freiburg is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Arminia Bielefeld. Baptiste Santamaria struck first for Arminia Bielefeld on an own goal in the 68th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Freiburg couldn’t muster any offence and Arminia Bielefeld ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while schalke 04 sits at 18th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Augsburg. Suat Serdar scored the first goal for Schalke 04 in the 4th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Augsburg couldn’t muster any offence and Schalke 04 ran away with the shutout win. Schalke 04 looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
In their last match together, Freiburg won by a score of 2 to 0 in front of an empty stadium. Roland Sallai scored the first goal for Freiburg in the 50th minute, then Roland Sallai added another in the 68th minute on a feed from Vincenzo Grifo In the end, Schalke 04 was frustrated by Freiburg’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Freiburg ended the match with the shutout victory.
Schalke 04 is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Suat Serdar each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Roland Sallai has been the most prolific scorer on Freiburg in his last five matches with 2 goals
Christian Streich’s squad will be without Lucas Höler, Nils Petersen, Vincenzo Grifo, Lukas Kübler, Lino Tempelmann, Nicolas Höfler, Mark Flekken and Ermedin Demirović, while Dimitrios Grammozis’s Schalke 04 squad will be without Salif Sané, Levent Mercan, Steven Skrzybski, Hamza Mendyl, Nassim Boujellab, Matija Nastasić, Nabil Bentaleb and Kilian Ludewig.