Freiburg vs Bayern Munich

Freiburg and Bayern Munich are set to trade tackles in a high-stakes Bundesliga showdown at the Europa-Park Stadion.

Despite staging an epic Europa League comeback against Lens, Freiburg’s underwhelming Bundesliga form took another hit last weekend as they lost 2-1 at Augsburg, extending their winless league run to five games (D1, L4). Considering they’ve only racked up one win from their eight most recent top-flight outings (D2, L5), Christian Streich’s side should consider themselves lucky for trailing the European qualification spots by only five points at the start of this round. However, Streich must stem the bleeding to avoid further downfall, and what better place to accommodate his effort than the Europa-Park Stadium? Not only have Freiburg’s last two Bundesliga wins come on home turf, but they’ve only lost twice in 11 home league matches this campaign (W5, D4).

While their hosts’ home form strikes fear into the opposition’s hearts, visiting Bayern Munich will draw confidence from not losing at this venue since 2015. That’s a small consolation for the record-time German champions, who, despite halting a three-game losing run with a 2-1 home triumph against RB Leipzig last time out, still languish eight points behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen. Much of the blame for Bayern’s doomed bid to win a 12th consecutive Bundesliga title goes to their abysmal form in 2024, with three of their four league defeats this term arriving since the turn of the calendar year. On top of that, the Bavarians make this journey on the back of two consecutive away league defeats, staring down the barrel of a three-game winless Bundesliga stretch on the road for the first time since October 2022.