In the Bundesliga live, Borussia Dortmund travels to Freiburg for their second Bundesliga match of the 2022/23 season.
Preview Freiburg vs Borussia Dortmund bundesliga live
Borussia Dortmund play a match on Friday after opening their 2022/23 Bundesliga campaign with a 1-0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen, and that result was very important, considering that the two teams are preparing to compete and fight for second place, whereas Bayern Munich is expected to continue its dominance.
Marco Ruiz scored the only goal of the match in the tenth minute, the Leverkusen team was down to ten men by the end of the match. While Dortmund was the better team in the confrontation at the Westfalen Stadium, and although they enjoyed the majority of possession, Leverkusen could not turn it into actual opportunities.
On the other hand, Freiburg managed to score a crushing 4-0 away win over FC Augsburg. Interestingly, all four goals of the team were scored in the second half of the match, this video assistant referee canceled one goal. Michael Gregorich was the first to score a goal one minute after the start of the second half, after which Vincenzo Grifo doubled his lead after the second minute of the second half of the match.
Matthias Ginter then scored a goal in the 61st minute of the match, after which the Japanese international Ritsu Duan managed to score the fourth goal in the 78th minute of the match to settle the matter for the team. Christian Streich is trying to keep his team on the same path against Borussia Dortmund, but it's not that easy.
SC Freiburg team news before meeting Borussia Dortmund
SC Freiburg is expected to play today's match with the same team that easily sent Augsburg last weekend. There is no need to change the previous winning combination, especially since there are no new concerns about the injury of captain Christian Strache.
Lucas holler, Kevin shady, Kimberly ezekwime, and those who missed the opening match of the season, too, will remain absent due to injuries. Lukas Kobler is also still suffering from a groin strain.
Streich is expected to play in a 4-2-3-1 formation, as in the first match of the 2022/23 Bundesliga season, where Michael Gregorich led the Freiburg line against Borussia Dortmund. Matthias Ginter makes a new must-watch appearance as he faces his former team on Friday night.
Possible line-up of the Freiburg team (4-2-3-1): Flekken; celdelia, Ginter, Lenhart, Gunter; eggstein, Hofler; sly, Duane, Griffo; grigorich.
Borussia Dortmund news before facing Freiburg
Edin Terzic will miss the services of star Karim Ademi, who injured his foot during the 1-nil win over Bayer Leverkusen last week. Thorgan Hazard, who was impressive against Leverkusen, could enter instead of the German international in the starting lineup.
The participation of the player Anthony Modeste, who recently signed only a one-year deal with FC Koln, is likely to go directly to the team. The 34-year-old will enter instead of the 17-year-old Youssouf Mokoko, who led the finish line in the opening league match and the DFB victory over the Munich 1860 team.
Another new signing, also absent, is Niklas Sully, as Mats Hummels is expected to retain his place in the XI, starting with Niko Schlotterbeck in the heart of Borussia Dortmund's defense. The rest of the starting lineup is probably the same one that enabled Dortmund to get two wins in two for a strong start to the season.
Marco Reus will be the key player again, as the Borussia Dortmund coach is looking to pull the strings in the final third. Meanwhile, Jude Bellingham will be the main man in the center of the field for the visitors looking to overtake the Freiburg team.
Possible Borussia Dortmund squad (4-3-2-1): Kopel; Mounier, Hamels, Schlotterbeck, Guerrero ; Dowd, Bellingham ; Hazard, Rios, Malan ; Modeste.
Borussia Dortmund vs Freiburg head-to-head
- Borussia Dortmund won the last match between the two sides, a deserved victory, with a score of 5-1.
- The hosts won 2-1 in the last meeting in which Borussia Dortmund faced the Freiburg team at the Europa Park Stadion.
- The last two seasons have seen Dortmund and Fribourg win the Bundesliga competition in one match.
- Dortmund has scored in each of their last nine games against Freiburg.
- The last game in which Freiburg managed to prevent Dortmund from scoring again was in 2017 when the team drew 0-0 with the Bundesliga giants even with ten players.
Anthony Modeste joins Borussia Dortmund
34-year-old Anthony Modeste signed a one-year contract with Borussia Dortmund, joining them for a contract worth 5 million euros. The veteran striker managed to score 20 goals last season in the Bundesliga and was hired to make up for the prolonged absence of Sebastian Haller.
His best season in the Bundesliga was in the 2016-2017 season when he scored 25 goals from 34 league matches. The black and yellow team wants the modest star to regain this wonderful form to see them during the current season.
Freiburg vs Borussia Dortmund prediction
We say Freiburg 1-3 Borussia Dortmund
The Borussia Dortmund team has a weak defense, and it would not be surprising if it ended up receiving a penalty in the match against SC Freiburg. However, they still have great strikers, so expect the guests to come out on top in the end. The hard tackle predicts coach Edin Terzic's team a straight 3-1 win to make it two in two at the start of the 2022/23 Bundesliga season.
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