Freiburg vs Bayern Munich Prediction & Betting Tips

Freiburg host Bayern Munich at the Europa-Park Stadion in the Bundesliga’s Friday Night Football this weekend. Bayern will look to get back into the title race whereas Freiburg aim to close in on European football next season.

Bayern Munich have fallen behind in the race for the Bundesliga title and desperately need a three-point haul to get back in touching distance of Bayer Leverkusen. Freiburg, however, are within touching distance of European football, with a win reeling in the likes of Frankfurt and Werder Bremen.

Freiburg currently sit ninth in the Bundesliga after 23 games. Freiburg have eight wins, five draws and ten losses, leaving them on 29 points, five points from Frankfurt in the Europa Conference League Qualifiers spot.

In front of goal this season, Freiburg have struggled. In 23 games, Freiburg have scored just 30 goals. Freiburg have also struggled at the other end of the pitch, conceding 42 goals and keeping eight clean sheets.

Bayern Munich, on the other hand, currently sit second in the Bundesliga. In 23 games, Munich have 17 wins, two draws and four losses which leaves them on 53 points, eight points behind top-of-the-league Bayer Leverkusen.

Munich have been as dominant in front of goal this season as ever, scoring 63 goals in 23 games. At the other end of the pitch, Bayern have conceded 26 goals and have kept nine clean sheets.

This will be the 50th meeting between Freiburg and Bayern Munich. Bayern have the far better record in the fixture with 35 wins in comparison to Freiburg’s five wins. In fact, a draw is more common in this fixture than a Freiburg win, happening on nine occasions.

In the last five games in the fixture, there have been four Bayern wins and just one Freiburg win. Despite there only being two games out of the last five games with both teams on the scoresheet, this could change this weekend.

Freiburg Team News

Christian Streich will be without the likes of Daniel-Kofi Kyereh, Kenneth Schmidt, Max Rosenfelder and Philipp Lienhart this weekend.

Bayern Munich Team News

Thomas Tuchel has a laundry list of injuries. Bouna Sarr, Kingsley Coman, Tarek Buchmann, Konrad Laimer, Daniel Peretz, Sacha Boey and Noussair Mazraoui are all unavailable through injury. Tuchel will also be without Dayot Upamecano after his red card against Bochum.

In their last five games in all competitions, Freiburg have one win, two draws and two losses.

The trip to Signal Iduna Park was one to forget for Freiburg. Donyell Malen’s brace in the first half, the second goal coming in the seventh minute of the first half added time, gave Dortmund the 2 - 0 lead at the whistle. Niclas Fullkrug added a third in the 87th minute to give Dortmund the 3 - 0 win.

In the first leg of the Round of 32 of the Europa League, Freiburg travelled to France to take on Lens. Freiburg had just 42% of the possession and 17 shots, but were able to restrict Lens to zero shots on target. However, neither team were able to score as the game finished 0 - 0.

Back in the Bundesliga, Freiburg hosted Frankfurt. Omar Marmoush opened the scoring for Frankfurt but Ritsu Doan equalised within five minutes. Ansgar Knauff’s first goal regained the lead for Frankfurt but a penalty from Vincenzo Grifo in the fifth minute of first half added time made it level at halftime. Knauff completed his brace to give Frankfurt the lead again, but a goal from Michael Gregoritsch grabbed the 3 - 3 draw for Freiburg.

In the second leg of the Europa League Round of 32 tie, Lens took a 2 - 0 lead at halftime through David Costa and Elye Wahi. However, a brace from Roland Sallai and a goal from Gregoritsch in the second half to give Freiburg the 3 - 2 win.

The last time out for Freiburg was against Augsburg. Despite an early penalty from Grifo, goals from Felix Udokhai and Arne Engels in the second half gave Augsburg the 2 - 1 win.

In their last five games in all competitions, Bayern Munich have two wins and three losses.

Nico Elvedi gave Borussia Monchengladbach in the 35th minute but a goal from Aleksandar Pavlovic made it level at halftime. In the second half, both Harry Kane and Matthijs de Ligt scored to grab the 3 - 1 win for Bayern Munich.

The top-of-the-table clash against Bayer Leverkusen was one to forget for Bayern Munich. A goal from Josip Stanisic gave Bayer the 1 - 0 lead at halftime, and goals from Alex Grimaldo and Jeremie Frimpong secured the 3 - 0 win for Leverkusen.

In the first leg of the Champions League Round of 16, Bayern travelled to Italy to take on Lazio. Following the red card to Upamecano, Ciro Immobile converted his penalty to give Lazio the 1 - 0 win.

Back in the Bundesliga, Bayern took on Bochum. Jamal Musiala gave Bayern the lead early on, but goals from Takuma Asano and Keven Schlotterbeck gave Bochum the 2 - 1 lead at halftime. Following another red card to Upamecano, Kevin Stoger converted his penalty, meaning that despite a goal from Kane, Bochum held on for the 3 - 2 win.

The most recent outing for Bayern was against RB Leipzig on Saturday. Kane opened the scoring early in the second half, but Benjamin Sesko equalised for Leipzig with 20 minutes to go. However, Kane completed his brace in the 91st minute to give Bayern the 2 - 1 win.

Bayern Munich have an undeniable dominance in this fixture and that’s likely to continue this weekend. However, with a defensive record poorer than usually associated with Bayern, Freiburg are also likely to be on the scoresheet. Freiburg 1-3 Bayern Munich

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Freiburg vs Bayern Munich is not available for broadcast in the U.K. but the game can be followed online through BBC Sport or Sky Sports.

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