Freiburg vs Union Berlin

13 November 2022 · Bundesliga · 2022/23 · Referee Deniz Aytekin

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 4–0

  • Vincenzo Grifo 4’ (pen), 6’, 20’ (pen)
  • Michael Gregoritsch 45+1’
  • Sven Michel 85’ (pen)

Match summary

Freiburg won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Union Berlin. Freiburg led 4-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Vincenzo Grifo put Freiburg ahead from the penalty spot in the 4th minute, Grifo made it 2-0 in the 6th minute, set up by Michael Gregoritsch, Grifo made it 3-0 from the penalty spot in the 20th minute, and Michael Gregoritsch made it 4-0 in first-half stoppage time, set up by Ritsu Doan. In the second half, Sven Michel pulled one back to make it 4-1 from the penalty spot in the 85th minute.

The chances backed that up: Freiburg created 2.69 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots to Union Berlin's 1.66 from 4. Robin Knoche hit the woodwork from the penalty spot for Union Berlin. Union Berlin had a player sent off.

Match stats

Freiburg Union Berlin
7 Shots 4
5 Shots on Target 2
2 Corners 1
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1
2.69 xG 1.66
1.17 Non-penalty xG 0.14
9 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Freiburg Union Berlin
Kick-off
Vincenzo Grifo
Penalty1-0 (Freiburg)
4’
Vincenzo Grifo
Assist: Michael Gregoritsch2-0 (Freiburg)
6’
Vincenzo Grifo
Penalty3-0 (Freiburg)
20’
Michael Gregoritsch
Assist: Ritsu Doan4-0 (Freiburg)
45+1’
Half-time4-0
85’
Sven Michel
Penalty4-1 (Union Berlin)
Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Union Berlin
  • Diogo Leite
  • Milos Pantovic

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 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.69 1.66 4’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), 1-0 4’ 6’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), 2-0 6’ 20’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), 3-0 20’ 45+1’ Michael Gregoritsch (Freiburg), 4-0 45+1’ 85’ Sven Michel (Union Berlin), 4-1 85’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.69 1.66 4’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), 1-0 Grifo 4’ 6’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), 2-0 Grifo 6’ 20’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), 3-0 Grifo 20’ 45+1’ Michael Gregoritsch (Freiburg), 4-0 Gregoritsch 45+1’ 85’ Sven Michel (Union Berlin), 4-1 Michel 85’
Freiburg 2.69 xGUnion Berlin 1.66 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Union Berlin attacking Freiburg attacking 
4’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 9’ Robin Knoche (Union Berlin), penalty, 0.76 xG, hit the woodwork 20’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 85’ Sven Michel (Union Berlin), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 6’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), open play, 0.71 xG, goal 46’ Michael Gregoritsch (Freiburg), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 84’ Morten Thorsby (Union Berlin), set piece, 0.09 xG, blocked 88’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 30’ Ritsu Doan (Freiburg), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 71’ Morten Thorsby (Union Berlin), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 34’ Kiliann Sildillia (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 4’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 9’ Robin Knoche (Union Berlin), penalty, 0.76 xG, hit the woodwork 20’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 85’ Sven Michel (Union Berlin), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 6’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), open play, 0.71 xG, goal 46’ Michael Gregoritsch (Freiburg), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 84’ Morten Thorsby (Union Berlin), set piece, 0.09 xG, blocked 88’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 30’ Ritsu Doan (Freiburg), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 71’ Morten Thorsby (Union Berlin), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 34’ Kiliann Sildillia (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Mark Flekken GK900 0.000.000
Philipp Lienhart DEF900 0.000.000
Kiliann Sildillia DEF901 0.020.000
Matthias Ginter DEF900 0.000.000
Lukas Kübler MID710 0.000.000
Christian Günter MID900 0.000.081
Yannik Keitel MID900 0.000.000
Nicolas Höfler MID710 0.000.000
Ritsu Doan FWD7811 0.060.301
Michael Gregoritsch FWD71111 0.300.711
Vincenzo Grifo FWD7833 2.230.061
Nils Petersen Sub190 0.000.000
Maximilian Eggestein Sub190 0.000.000
Roland Sallai Sub191 0.080.000
Lucas Höler Sub120 0.000.000
Woo-Yeong Jeong Sub120 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Freiburg win 46% Avg odds 2.09
Draw 31% Avg odds 3.10
Union Berlin win 23% Avg odds 4.13

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

Form going into the game

Freiburg LWWWL
Union Berlin WLWLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Freiburg 1-4 Union Berlin, 07 May 22 Next meeting: Union Berlin 4-2 Freiburg, 13 May 23  All Freiburg vs Union Berlin 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.