Freiburg vs Hoffenheim

20 January 2024 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Sascha Stegemann

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–0

Lucas Höler 37’
Vincenzo Grifo 55’
Roland Sallai 85’

Wout Weghorst 57’
Maximilian Beier 77’

Match summary

Freiburg saw off Hoffenheim 3-2, with a late winner. Freiburg led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Lucas Höler put Freiburg ahead in the 37th minute, set up by Vincenzo Grifo. In the second half, Vincenzo Grifo made it 2-0 in the 55th minute, set up by Roland Sallai, Wout Weghorst pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 57th minute, set up by Maximilian Beier, Maximilian Beier equalised in the 77th minute, set up by Florian Grillitsch, and Roland Sallai won it in the 85th minute.

The chances backed that up: Freiburg created 2.54 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Hoffenheim's 1.77 from 16. Freiburg had a player sent off.

Match stats

16 Shots 16

8 Shots on Target 4

2 Corners 2

3 Yellow Cards 3

1 Red Cards 0

2.48 xG 1.76

2.48 Non-penalty xG 1.76

10 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Freiburg Hoffenheim

Kick-off

Lucas Höler
Assist: Vincenzo Grifo

1-0

37’

Half-time1-0

Vincenzo Grifo
Assist: Roland Sallai

2-0

55’

57’

Wout Weghorst
Assist: Maximilian Beier

2-1

77’

Maximilian Beier
Assist: Florian Grillitsch

2-2

Roland Sallai

3-2

85’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Freiburg

Manuel Gulde
Vincenzo Grifo

Hoffenheim

Ozan Kabak
Pavel Kaderábek

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Freiburg 2.54 xGHoffenheim 1.77 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Hoffenheim attacking Freiburg attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Noah Atubolu	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kiliann Sildillia	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthias Ginter	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Manuel Gulde	DEF	87			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordy Makengo	DEF	90			1	0.08	0.11	3
Maximilian Eggestein	MID	90			0	0.00	0.10	1
Roland Sallai	MID	90	1	1	4	0.85	0.30	3
Merlin Röhl	MID	89			0	0.00	0.12	2
Vincenzo Grifo	MID	80	1	1	3	0.17	1.06	3
Michael Gregoritsch	FWD	90			5	0.23	0.10	1
Lucas Höler	FWD	89	1		4	1.17	0.02	1
Lukas Kübler	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Noah Weißhaupt	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolas Höfler	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yannik Keitel	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Oliver Baumann	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Florian Grillitsch	DEF	90		1	1	0.02	0.31	1
Stanley N'Soki	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ozan Kabak	DEF	90			2	0.15	0.07	1
Anton Stach	MID	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Pavel Kaderábek	MID	65			0	0.00	0.54	1
Andrej Kramaric	MID	90			1	0.54	0.19	3
Finn Becker	MID	65			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marius Bülter	MID	65			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maximilian Beier	FWD	90	1	1	2	0.41	0.28	2
Wout Weghorst	FWD	90	1		4	0.22	0.09	1
Robert Skov	Sub	25			1	0.23	0.00	0
Umut Tohumcu	Sub	25			1	0.04	0.02	1
Ihlas Bebou	Sub	25			2	0.14	0.00	0
Tom Bischof	Sub	1			1	0.02	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Freiburg win 48% Avg odds 2.01

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.83

Hoffenheim win 27% Avg odds 3.49

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Freiburg W W W L D

Hoffenheim L W L D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Hoffenheim 1-2 Freiburg, 19 Aug 23 Next meeting: Hoffenheim 1-1 Freiburg, 08 Dec 24 All Freiburg vs Hoffenheim meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.