Freiburg vs Union Berlin

7 March 2020 · Bundesliga · 2019/20 · Referee Marco Fritz

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Roland Sallai 34’
  • Christian Günter 55’
  • Robin Koch 82’
  • Sebastian Andersson 61’

Match summary

Freiburg saw off Union Berlin 3-1. Freiburg led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Roland Sallai put Freiburg ahead with a header in the 34th minute, set up by Vincenzo Grifo. In the second half, Christian Günter made it 2-0 in the 55th minute, Sebastian Andersson pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in the 61st minute, set up by Christopher Trimmel, and Robin Koch made it 3-1 with a header in the 82nd minute, set up by Vincenzo Grifo.

The chances backed that up: Freiburg created 1.63 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Union Berlin's 0.81 from 14. Union Berlin had a player sent off.

Match stats

Freiburg Union Berlin
9 Shots 14
4 Shots on Target 4
7 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 1
1.63 xG 0.81
1.63 Non-penalty xG 0.81
1 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Freiburg Union Berlin
Kick-off
Roland Sallai
Assist: Vincenzo Grifo1-0 (Freiburg)
34’
Half-time1-0
Christian Günter2-0 (Freiburg)
55’
61’
Sebastian Andersson
Assist: Christopher Trimmel2-1 (Union Berlin)
Robin Koch
Assist: Vincenzo Grifo3-1 (Freiburg)
82’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Freiburg
  • Christian Günter
  • Roland Sallai
Union Berlin
  • Marvin Friedrich
  • Marcus Ingvartsen

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.63 0.81 34’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), 1-0 34’ 55’ Christian Günter (Freiburg), 2-0 55’ 61’ Sebastian Andersson (Union Berlin), 2-1 61’ 82’ Robin Koch (Freiburg), 3-1 82’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.63 0.81 34’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), 1-0 Sallai 34’ 55’ Christian Günter (Freiburg), 2-0 Günter 55’ 61’ Sebastian Andersson (Union Berlin), 2-1 Andersson 61’ 82’ Robin Koch (Freiburg), 3-1 Koch 82’
Freiburg 1.63 xGUnion Berlin 0.81 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Union Berlin attacking Freiburg attacking 
34’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.67 xG, goal 82’ Robin Koch (Freiburg), set piece, 0.50 xG, goal 61’ Sebastian Andersson (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.41 xG, goal 17’ Nils Petersen (Freiburg), set piece, 0.14 xG, blocked 45’ Christian Günter (Freiburg), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 29’ Christian Gentner (Union Berlin), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 55’ Christian Günter (Freiburg), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 59’ Jonathan Schmid (Freiburg), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 89’ Sebastian Andersson (Union Berlin), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 79’ Marcus Ingvartsen (Union Berlin), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 13’ Christopher Lenz (Union Berlin), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 81’ Jonathan Schmid (Freiburg), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 87’ Marcus Ingvartsen (Union Berlin), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 27’ Robin Koch (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 52’ Marius Bülter (Union Berlin), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 79’ Christian Gentner (Union Berlin), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 89’ Sebastian Polter (Union Berlin), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 73’ Keven Schlotterbeck (Union Berlin), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 81’ Jonathan Schmid (Freiburg), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 3’ Robert Andrich (Union Berlin), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 30’ Keven Schlotterbeck (Union Berlin), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 84’ Robert Andrich (Union Berlin), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 36’ Marvin Friedrich (Union Berlin), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 34’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.67 xG, goal 82’ Robin Koch (Freiburg), set piece, 0.50 xG, goal 61’ Sebastian Andersson (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.41 xG, goal 17’ Nils Petersen (Freiburg), set piece, 0.14 xG, blocked 45’ Christian Günter (Freiburg), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 29’ Christian Gentner (Union Berlin), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 55’ Christian Günter (Freiburg), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 89’ Sebastian Andersson (Union Berlin), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 59’ Jonathan Schmid (Freiburg), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 79’ Marcus Ingvartsen (Union Berlin), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 13’ Christopher Lenz (Union Berlin), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 81’ Jonathan Schmid (Freiburg), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 87’ Marcus Ingvartsen (Union Berlin), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 52’ Marius Bülter (Union Berlin), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 27’ Robin Koch (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 79’ Christian Gentner (Union Berlin), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 89’ Sebastian Polter (Union Berlin), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 73’ Keven Schlotterbeck (Union Berlin), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 81’ Jonathan Schmid (Freiburg), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 30’ Keven Schlotterbeck (Union Berlin), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 3’ Robert Andrich (Union Berlin), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 84’ Robert Andrich (Union Berlin), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 36’ Marvin Friedrich (Union Berlin), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alexander Schwolow GK900 0.000.000
Philipp Lienhart DEF900 0.000.000
Dominique Heintz DEF900 0.000.000
Manuel Gulde DEF860 0.000.000
Jonathan Schmid MID903 0.110.000
Christian Günter MID7812 0.180.000
Nicolas Höfler MID900 0.000.000
Robin Koch MID9012 0.530.000
Roland Sallai FWD6511 0.670.051
Nils Petersen FWD901 0.140.031
Vincenzo Grifo FWD9020 0.001.434
Lucas Höler Sub250 0.000.000
Nico Schlotterbeck Sub120 0.000.000
Gian-Luca Itter Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Freiburg win 40% Avg odds 2.37
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.23
Union Berlin win 30% Avg odds 3.15

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

Form going into the game

Freiburg LWDLL
Union Berlin LWLWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Union Berlin 2-0 Freiburg, 19 Oct 19 Next meeting: Union Berlin 1-1 Freiburg, 24 Oct 20  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.