Freiburg vs Borussia Dortmund

Freiburg and Borussia Dortmund will exchange tackles at the Dreisamstadion in an exciting Bundesliga match-up.

A goalless away draw with Arminia Bielefeld on Matchday 1 presents Freiburg with an opportunity to start a new Bundesliga campaign with back-to-back clean sheets since 2004/05. That might not necessarily be a good omen, considering they went on to suffer relegation with just three league victories that season. However, a run of four consecutive home Bundesliga fixtures without defeat (W2, D2) is a reason for optimism, with ‘Breisgau-Brasilianer’ scoring an average of 2.25 goals per match in the process. Moreover, the hosts have netted precisely two goals per game in their last two top-flight H2Hs on home turf (W1, D1), twice as many as in their previous nine such encounters combined (2). But, Freiburg have accrued just two points from their last eight league matches against the sides entering the round in the top three (D2, L6).

Meanwhile, Borussia Dortmund’s life after Jadon Sancho has got off to a flying start as they hammered Eintracht Frankfurt 5-2 at home in their 2021/22 Bundesliga curtain-raiser. Despite a 3-1 loss to arch-rivals Bayern Munich in their midweek’s DFL-Supercup showdown, ‘Die Borussen’ can draw confidence from winning their last five league matches by a full-time margin of 2+ goals. Notably, Marco Rose’s men head into proceedings having found the net in a club-record 33 consecutive Bundesliga fixtures, netting 2+ goals in their last three league trips in a row. If they walk away from the Dreisamstadion with all three points, Dortmund will set a new club record of nine successive top-flight victories. But after winning just one of their last four Bundesliga trips to this venue (D2, L1), it could be easier said than done.