Union Berlin vs Freiburg

13 May 2023 · Bundesliga · 2022/23 · Referee Marco Fritz

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 3–0

  • Kevin Behrens 5’
  • Sheraldo Becker 36’, 38’
  • Aissa Laidouni 80’
  • Manuel Gulde 56’
  • Vincenzo Grifo 70’ (pen)

Match summary

Union Berlin won 4-2 at home to Freiburg. Union Berlin led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Kevin Behrens put Union Berlin ahead in the 5th minute, set up by Sheraldo Becker, Sheraldo Becker made it 2-0 in the 36th minute, set up by Robin Knoche, and Becker made it 3-0 in the 38th minute, set up by Robin Knoche. In the second half, Manuel Gulde pulled one back to make it 3-1 with a header in the 56th minute, set up by Vincenzo Grifo, Vincenzo Grifo made it 3-2 from the penalty spot in the 70th minute, and Aissa Laidouni made it 4-2 in the 80th minute, set up by Sheraldo Becker.

Freiburg can feel hard done by, creating 2.16 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Union Berlin's 1.45 from 10.

Match stats

Union Berlin Freiburg
10 Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 8
1 Corners 7
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.45 xG 2.09
1.45 Non-penalty xG 1.33
9 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Union Berlin Freiburg
Kick-off
Kevin Behrens
Assist: Sheraldo Becker1-0 (Union Berlin)
5’
Sheraldo Becker
Assist: Robin Knoche2-0 (Union Berlin)
36’
Sheraldo Becker
Assist: Robin Knoche3-0 (Union Berlin)
38’
Half-time3-0
56’
Manuel Gulde
Assist: Vincenzo Grifo3-1 (Freiburg)
70’
Vincenzo Grifo
Penalty3-2 (Freiburg)
Aissa Laidouni
Assist: Sheraldo Becker4-2 (Union Berlin)
80’
Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

Union Berlin
  • Rani Khedira
  • Kevin Behrens
  • Sheraldo Becker
Freiburg
  • Michael Gregoritsch

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 1.45 2.16 5’ Kevin Behrens (Union Berlin), 1-0 5’ 36’ Sheraldo Becker (Union Berlin), 2-0 36’ 38’ Sheraldo Becker (Union Berlin), 3-0 38’ 56’ Manuel Gulde (Freiburg), 3-1 56’ 70’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), 3-2 70’ 80’ Aissa Laidouni (Union Berlin), 4-2 80’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.45 2.16 5’ Kevin Behrens (Union Berlin), 1-0 Behrens 5’ 36’ Sheraldo Becker (Union Berlin), 2-0 Becker 36’ 38’ Sheraldo Becker (Union Berlin), 3-0 Becker 38’ 56’ Manuel Gulde (Freiburg), 3-1 Gulde 56’ 70’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), 3-2 Grifo 70’ 80’ Aissa Laidouni (Union Berlin), 4-2 Laidouni 80’
Union Berlin 1.45 xGFreiburg 2.16 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Freiburg attacking Union Berlin attacking 
70’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 56’ Manuel Gulde (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.50 xG, goal 80’ Aissa Laidouni (Union Berlin), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 84’ Matthias Ginter (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.47 xG, saved 36’ Sheraldo Becker (Union Berlin), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 5’ Kevin Behrens (Union Berlin), open play, 0.16 xG, goal 84’ Matthias Ginter (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.15 xG, blocked 75’ Jordan Siebatcheu (Union Berlin), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 34’ Sheraldo Becker (Union Berlin), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 20’ Christopher Trimmel (Union Berlin), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 66’ Lucas Höler (Freiburg), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 79’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 35’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 88’ Niko Gießelmann (Union Berlin), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 38’ Sheraldo Becker (Union Berlin), set piece, 0.05 xG, goal 10’ Diogo Leite (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 49’ Andras Schafer (Union Berlin), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 60’ Ritsu Doan (Freiburg), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 46’ Yannik Keitel (Freiburg), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 28’ Lukas Kübler (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 60’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 70’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 56’ Manuel Gulde (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.50 xG, goal 80’ Aissa Laidouni (Union Berlin), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 84’ Matthias Ginter (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.47 xG, saved 36’ Sheraldo Becker (Union Berlin), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 5’ Kevin Behrens (Union Berlin), open play, 0.16 xG, goal 84’ Matthias Ginter (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.15 xG, blocked 75’ Jordan Siebatcheu (Union Berlin), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 34’ Sheraldo Becker (Union Berlin), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 20’ Christopher Trimmel (Union Berlin), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 66’ Lucas Höler (Freiburg), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 79’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 35’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 88’ Niko Gießelmann (Union Berlin), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 38’ Sheraldo Becker (Union Berlin), set piece, 0.05 xG, goal 10’ Diogo Leite (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 49’ Andras Schafer (Union Berlin), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 60’ Ritsu Doan (Freiburg), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 46’ Yannik Keitel (Freiburg), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 60’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 28’ Lukas Kübler (Freiburg), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Frederik Rönnow GK900 0.000.000
Robin Knoche DEF9020 0.000.382
Danilho Doekhi DEF900 0.000.000
Diogo Leite DEF901 0.040.000
Christopher Trimmel MID901 0.070.041
Jérôme Roussillon MID890 0.000.000
Rani Khedira MID900 0.000.000
Janik Haberer MID740 0.000.142
Andras Schafer MID661 0.030.000
Sheraldo Becker FWD89223 0.490.763
Kevin Behrens FWD6611 0.160.071
Morten Thorsby Sub240 0.000.000
Jordan Siebatcheu Sub241 0.120.000
Aissa Laidouni Sub1611 0.490.000
Niko Gießelmann Sub11 0.050.000
Jamie Leweling Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Union Berlin win 45% Avg odds 2.12
Draw 31% Avg odds 3.16
Freiburg win 24% Avg odds 3.96

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

Form going into the game

Union Berlin LDWDL
Freiburg LWWWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Freiburg 4-1 Union Berlin, 13 Nov 22 Next meeting: Freiburg 0-0 Union Berlin, 13 Jan 24  All Union Berlin vs Freiburg 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.