Freiburg 3-0 Augsburg
Goals: 1-0 Kübler (6'), 2-0 Höler (25'), 3-0 Grifo (33')

The Black Forest side will move into a new state-of-the-art Europa-Park Stadion ahead of their next home fixture (against RB Leipzig on Matchday 8), and began this match determined to close this chapter in the club’s on a high note. Lukas Kübler set the tone as early as the sixth minute, poking in the rebound from close range after Christian Günter’s shot was parried into his path by Rafal Gikiewicz. More was soon to come. Maximilian Eggestein threaded a clever pass through to Lucas Höler, who dinked the ball over the Augsburg goalkeeper to double his side’s advantage. Grifo effectively ended the game as a contest shortly afterwards, smashing a penalty high into the net after Raphael Framberger had been penalised for handball.

Augsburg coach Markus Weinzierl brought on Carlos Gruezo and Andi Zeqiri at half-time in a bid to stem the one-sided nature of the game. It worked initially, as Daniel Caligiuri and Ruben Vargas both had long-range efforts at goal early on, but the home side soon reasserted themselves. Günter was a constant menace with deep runs down the left flank, his crosses causing panic in the Augsburg box while he also saw a swerving drive bend just wide of the post. Christian Streich introduced supersub Nils Petersen from the bench in the closing stages – the striker has a league record 29 goals as a substitute – as Freiburg looked to mark the occasion by scoring the 1000th Bundesliga goal at the stadium, and he went close to getting it when teed up by Nico Schlotterbeck, but the ball bounced off his leg and went wide. It mattered little in the end, however, as unbeaten Freiburg eased to their third win of the season that lifts them to fifth in the standings.

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Grifo seals win as Freiburg cruise past Augsburg