Freiburg vs Schalke 04

17 April 2021 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Tobias Reichel

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Lucas Höler 7’
  • Roland Sallai 22’ (pen)
  • Christian Günter 50’, 74’

Match summary

Freiburg won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Schalke 04. Freiburg led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Lucas Höler put Freiburg ahead in the 7th minute, set up by Baptiste Santamaria and Roland Sallai made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 22nd minute. In the second half, Christian Günter made it 3-0 in the 50th minute, set up by Roland Sallai and Günter made it 4-0 in the 74th minute, set up by Roland Sallai.

The chances backed that up: Freiburg created 2.08 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Schalke 04's 0.72 from 4.

Match stats

Freiburg Schalke 04
13 Shots 4
8 Shots on Target 2
3 Corners 4
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.08 xG 0.72
1.32 Non-penalty xG 0.72
3 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Freiburg Schalke 04
Kick-off
Lucas Höler
Assist: Baptiste Santamaria
1-0 (Freiburg)
7’
Roland Sallai
Penalty
2-0 (Freiburg)
22’
Half-time2-0
Christian Günter
Assist: Roland Sallai
3-0 (Freiburg)
50’
Christian Günter
Assist: Roland Sallai
4-0 (Freiburg)
74’
Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Freiburg
  • Dominique Heintz
  • Baptiste Santamaria
Schalke 04
  • Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.08 0.72 7’ Lucas Höler (Freiburg), 1-0 7’ 22’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), 2-0 22’ 50’ Christian Günter (Freiburg), 3-0 50’ 74’ Christian Günter (Freiburg), 4-0 74’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.08 0.72 7’ Lucas Höler (Freiburg), 1-0 Höler 7’ 22’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), 2-0 Sallai 22’ 50’ Christian Günter (Freiburg), 3-0 Günter 50’ 74’ Christian Günter (Freiburg), 4-0 Günter 74’
Freiburg 2.08 xGSchalke 04 0.72 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Schalke 04 attacking Freiburg attacking 
22’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 85’ Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke 04), open play, 0.50 xG, saved 7’ Lucas Höler (Freiburg), open play, 0.45 xG, goal 24’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), open play, 0.26 xG, saved 87’ Malick Thiaw (Schalke 04), from a corner, 0.12 xG, saved 88’ Nils Petersen (Freiburg), set piece, 0.12 xG, off target 27’ Ermedin Demirovic (Freiburg), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 62’ Mark Uth (Schalke 04), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 49’ Christian Günter (Freiburg), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 3’ Ermedin Demirovic (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 55’ Jonathan Schmid (Freiburg), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, saved 50’ Christian Günter (Freiburg), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 59’ Ermedin Demirovic (Freiburg), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 74’ Christian Günter (Freiburg), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 19’ Nicolas Höfler (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 56’ Dominique Heintz (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 70’ Mark Uth (Schalke 04), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 22’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 85’ Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke 04), open play, 0.50 xG, saved 7’ Lucas Höler (Freiburg), open play, 0.45 xG, goal 24’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), open play, 0.26 xG, saved 87’ Malick Thiaw (Schalke 04), from a corner, 0.12 xG, saved 88’ Nils Petersen (Freiburg), set piece, 0.12 xG, off target 27’ Ermedin Demirovic (Freiburg), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 62’ Mark Uth (Schalke 04), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 49’ Christian Günter (Freiburg), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 3’ Ermedin Demirovic (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 55’ Jonathan Schmid (Freiburg), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, saved 50’ Christian Günter (Freiburg), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 59’ Ermedin Demirovic (Freiburg), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 74’ Christian Günter (Freiburg), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 70’ Mark Uth (Schalke 04), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 19’ Nicolas Höfler (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 56’ Dominique Heintz (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Florian Müller GK900 0.000.000
Philipp Lienhart DEF900 0.000.000
Dominique Heintz DEF901 0.020.261
Keven Schlotterbeck DEF900 0.000.000
Jonathan Schmid MID811 0.070.000
Christian Günter MID9023 0.150.132
Nicolas Höfler MID901 0.020.000
Baptiste Santamaria MID6210 0.000.451
Roland Sallai FWD79122 1.020.224
Ermedin Demirovic FWD793 0.230.000
Lucas Höler FWD8011 0.450.000
Yannik Keitel Sub280 0.000.000
Nils Petersen Sub111 0.120.000
Kwon Chang-Hoon Sub110 0.000.000
Woo-Yeong Jeong Sub100 0.000.000
Lukas Kübler Sub90 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Freiburg win 58% Avg odds 1.66
Draw 24% Avg odds 3.91
Schalke 04 win 18% Avg odds 5.31

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

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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.