Paderborn vs Freiburg

Match summary

Freiburg beat Paderborn 1-0 on the road. Freiburg led 1-0 at half-time.

Maximilian Eggestein put Freiburg ahead in the 26th minute.

The chances backed that up: Freiburg created 1.20 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Paderborn's 0.74 from 14.

Paderborn dominated territory and possession during their Bundesliga matchday two fixture against Freiburg, registering fifty-nine percent possession and one hundred and sixteen attacks compared to eighty-four for the visitors. Despite controlling the tempo and accumulating five corners and fourteen shots against sixteen from Freiburg, Paderborn failed to translate their territorial advantage into goals, recording an expected goals figure of zero point seventy-four. Freiburg managed five shots on target and produced an expected goals total of one point twenty, successfully defending their narrow advantage through a disciplined defensive display that saw both sides accumulate three yellow cards.

The match turned in the first half when Maximilian Eggestein opened the scoring for Freiburg in the twenty-sixth minute with a right-footed shot from a notable chance valued at zero point thirty-three expected goals, taking the score to zero to one. Discipline became a major factor as the match progressed, with Laurin Curda receiving a yellow card for Paderborn in the thirty-eighth minute, followed shortly after by a yellow card for Freiburg player Yuito Suzuki in the forty-third minute, leaving Freiburg ahead at half-time. Numerous substitutions occurred in the second half before Tjark Scheller was cautioned for argument in the ninety-third minute.