Record against Freiburg
Overall: 46 games, 26 wins, 6 draws, 14 defeats, 82:60 goal difference
In the Bundesliga: 39 games, 21 wins, 5 draws, 13 defeats, 68:53 goal difference
A point to start the year
Both teams have picked up a point from their opening two matches of the second half of the season.
Lucky numbers?
This is VfB’s 55th season in the Bundesliga, while Freiburg are taking part in their 22nd top-flight campaign.
Goalscoring defenders
Konstantinos Mavropanos is VfB’s top goalscorer so far this season with four. Freiburg’s Austrian defender Philipp Lienhart has also found the net on four occasions, making him SCF’s joint leading scorer.
Strong in the challenge
Freiburg forward Lucas Höler has won 260 duels so far this term, more than any other Bundesliga player.
Reunited
Marc Oliver Kempf played for Freiburg between 2014 and 2018 before joining VfB. Freiburg goalkeeper Benjamin Uphoff, meanwhile, was part of VfB’s U21 squad from 2015 to 2017.