The facts ahead of Freiburg vs. Bayern in the Bundesliga

FC Bayern visit SC Freiburg this Saturday on Matchday 19 of the Bundesliga. The Munich men are aiming to get back to winning ways after the Champions League defeat in Rotterdam. In the league, Vincent Kompany’s men sit top of the table and are enjoying the best season in eight years with 45 points at this stage, but they can’t and won’t rest on that. The next victory and step towards winning the title should come this Saturday at the Europa-Park Stadion. Read the pre-match facts to find out what speaks for a Bayern success on the road and what Jamal Musiala and Co need to be prepared for.

Good league record against SCF

Bayern have not lost any of their last 17 Bundesliga encounters with Freiburg – in fact, they’ve won 13 of them and drawn four. Among current Bundesliga clubs, the Reds are only unbeaten longer against VfL Wolfsburg (20 games). That said, there was a 2-1 defeat to the Breisgau outfit in the 2022/23 DFB Cup quarter-finals.

Impressive goalscoring rate

Kompany’s side have scored a whopping 56 goals in 18 league matches. Only Bayern themselves have bettered that in the history of the German top flight with 57 in the 2021/22 campaign. If they continue at their outstanding average of 3.1 goals per game, the Munich men will finish the season on 105 goals and break their own record from the 1971/72 campaign (101).

Freiburg strong at home

Freiburg have collected an average of 2.4 points per game at home in this Bundesliga season (19 points from eight matches). Only Bayern (2.8) top that. In fact, Julian Schuster’s charges have taken 13 of the last 15 home points on offer, winning each of their last three matches on home turf. SC have already registered more league victories in front of their own fans (six) than in the whole of last season (five).

Bayern with staying power

FCB have already scored 12 goals in the last 15 minutes of matches this season, a joint league high together with Wolfsburg. The upcoming opponents from Freiburg, in contrast, are the only team in the Bundesliga yet to strike in the final quarter of an hour, while they’ve also conceded the most goals in the last 15 (nine, joint with 1. FC Heidenheim).

Fairest teams face off

Freiburg and Bayern have been the fairest teams so far in this Bundesliga season – the Breisgau club have committed the fewest fouls (148) and received the fewest yellow cards (25), with the Bavarians second in both categories (152 fouls, 27 yellow cards like Eintracht Frankfurt).