Hoffenheim vs Freiburg

1 September 2018 · Bundesliga · 2018/19 · Referee Robert Hartmann

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

Ádám Szalai 50’, 63’
Andrej Kramaric 90+4’

Dominique Heintz 36’

Match summary

Hoffenheim came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Freiburg. Freiburg led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Dominique Heintz put Freiburg ahead in the 36th minute. In the second half, Ádám Szalai equalised in the 50th minute, Szalai put Hoffenheim in front in the 63rd minute, set up by Nico Schulz, and Andrej Kramaric made it 3-1 in stoppage time, set up by Leonardo Bittencourt.

The chances backed that up: Hoffenheim created 3.55 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Freiburg's 1.54 from 11.

Match stats

20 Shots 9

7 Shots on Target 4

6 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

3.48 xG 1.54

3.48 Non-penalty xG 1.54

4 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Hoffenheim Freiburg

Kick-off

36’

Dominique Heintz

0-1

Half-time0-1

Ádám Szalai

1-1

50’

Ádám Szalai
Assist: Nico Schulz

2-1

63’

Andrej Kramaric
Assist: Leonardo Bittencourt

3-1

90+4’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Hoffenheim

Ádám Szalai

Freiburg

Jérôme Gondorf
Florian Niederlechner

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.

Hoffenheim 3.55 xGFreiburg 1.54 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Freiburg attacking Hoffenheim 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
Oliver Baumann	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Vogt	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kasim Nuhu	DEF	43			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ermin Bicakcic	DEF	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pavel Kaderábek	MID	90			1	0.05	0.08	2
Nico Schulz	MID	90		1	1	0.06	1.18	3
Florian Grillitsch	MID	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Leonardo Bittencourt	MID	90		1	3	0.46	0.91	6
Steven Zuber	MID	90			2	0.10	0.32	2
Joelinton	FWD	90			2	0.06	0.06	3
Ádám Szalai	FWD	90	2		8	2.05	0.04	1
Andrej Kramaric	Sub	47	1		4	0.75	0.12	1
Håvard Nordtveit	Sub	38			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Akpoguma	Sub	34			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alexander Schwolow	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Pascal Stenzel	DEF	90		1	0.01	0.00	0
Dominique Heintz	DEF	90	1	1	0.53	0.00	0
Manuel Gulde	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Christian Günter	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.02	1
Nicolas Höfler	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Mike Frantz	MID	90		0	0.00	0.23	2
Jérôme Gondorf	MID	90		1	0.06	0.53	1
Lucas Höler	MID	72		0	0.00	0.00	0
Nils Petersen	FWD	90		4	0.26	0.10	2
Florian Niederlechner	FWD	87		4	0.68	0.00	0
Marco Terrazzino	Sub	18		0	0.00	0.00	0
Gian-Luca Waldschmidt	Sub	3		0	0.00	0.00	0
Robin Koch	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Hoffenheim win 61% Bet365 odds 1.55

Draw 24% Bet365 odds 4.00

Freiburg win 15% Bet365 odds 6.50

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Hoffenheim L

Freiburg L

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Previous and next meeting

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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.