FCU Union Berlin 1. FC Union Berlin - SCF Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg

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Highlights

An der Alten Försterei(Sold out)

Sören Storks

28 %Frederik Rønnow

0:13

Frederik Rønnow: "We need to create more"

Full-time: Union 0-0 Freiburg

Points are shared in what was a feisty affair. Ginter saw his goal ruled out in the first half for a handball and Union had a goal ruled out themselves after Khedira was stood in an offside position, obscuring Atubolu's vision. Union and Freiburg have now failed to score in back-to-back Bundesliga games.

Full-time

90'

+ 7

Yellow for the coach

Union head coach Baumgart is shown a yellow card for venting his frustration on the touchline.

90'

+ 7

Yellow card

Steffen Baumgart

90'

+ 5

Late chance

Union have a free-kick in a dangerous position down Freiburg's left which is taken by Trimmel, but the flick-on is punched clear by Atubolu. Although there's a free-kick in Freiburg's favour as Ansah was in an offside position.

90'

+ 1

It's not over yet

The fourth official has signalled seven minutes of stoppage time.

90'

Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 90 minutes

Through high-end camera technology and machine learning, the speed of each player is evaluated in real time. Top speed then means, the fastest measured single frame of a player/game.

Tim Skarke34.06km/h

Maximilian Rosenfelder32.80km/h

Jordy Makengo Basambundu31.64km/h

89'

Substitution

Nicolas Höfler

Lucas Höler

88'

Yellow card

Alex Král

87'

Almost a matchwinner!

Rothe finds himself in an unfamiliar position centrally in Freiburg's penalty area. The Union defender turns on the ball but guides his effort wide of Atubolu's post.

86'

Substitution

Oliver Burke

Andrej Ilić

85'

Rønnow saves!

Scherhant's free-kick is flicked on by Kübler and met by the head of Matanović, who forces Rønnow into an excellent save.

84'

Yellow for Trimmel

The Union defender is again all over Scherhant, and he's eventually shown a yellow card which means that he is suspended for the Matchday 10 clash against Union Berlin.

84'

Yellow card

Tom Rothe

83'

Yellow card

Christopher Trimmel

81'

Changes for Union

It's another double change for Union with Král and Rothe replacing Kemlein and Köhn.

80'

Substitution

Alex Král

Aljoscha Kemlein

80'

Substitution

Tom Rothe

Derrick Köhn

79'

Scherhant vs Trimmel

It's Scherhant and Trimmel again. The Union defender shoves the Freiburg attacker in the back to concede a free-kick in the same position. Similarly, the end product isn't there, and the ball is collected by Rønnow.

78'

Freiburg increase pressure

Scherhant is looking to exploit his pace against Trimmel, which forces the Union defender to concede a free-kick in a dangerous position. Taken by Scherhant, it's cleared by Trimmel.

76'

Yellow card

Andrej Ilić

75'

Double change

Scherhant replaces Grifo and Kübler comes on for Beste, which allows Treu to move into his favoured advanced position.

74'

Substitution

Derry Scherhant

Vincenzo Grifo

74'

Substitution

Lukas Kübler

Niklas Beste

73'

Huge opportunity!

We're back underway after a lengthy pause and Union are hungry. Substitute Ansah tests Atubolu from close range, who denies the Union forward.

0:31

Another disallowed goal!

Ilić somehow managed to bundle the ball over the line after jostling with Manzambi but after a lengthy pause, the VAR rules the goal out as Khedira is stood in an offside position, obscuring Atubolu's vision.

63'

SituationGoal

ReviewOffside?

DecisionNo goal

62'

Baumgart blinks

Ansah enters the pitch for Union. The German forward has four goals this season. Is he the man to break the deadlock? Veteran Trimmel also comes on for Haberer.

61'

Substitution

Christopher Trimmel

Janik Haberer

61'

Substitution

Ilyas Ansah

Tim Skarke

58'

A game of few clear chances

xGoals

The xGoals value of a club is calculated from the sum of all goal probabilities (goals and shots on goal) of that team. During a match, it’s easy to see whether the club is performing better than expected (goals > xGoals) - or maybe even higher (xGoals > goals).

Freiburg lead on the xG, but neither team has been able to find a way through.

xGoals

0.38

0.89

Goals

54'

Freiburg look for the opener

The following corner which is taken by Grifo is then met by the head of Höler, who heads over.

53'

Chance for Freiburg

Freiburg have a corner in a dangerous position after Doekhi brought down Makengo near the byline. Grifo whips the ball in but it's headed behind for a corner by Khedira.

47'

Early corner

Rosenfelder plays a poor back pass and Atubolu loses his footing but he manages to poke the ball behind for a corner, which is cleared by Freiburg.

46'

Bright start

Skarke links up well with Ilić but the Serbian's cross doesn't find anyone.

46'

Second half

There are no changes at the break. Who will break the deadlock?

Kick-off!

Half-time: Union 0-0 Freiburg

Freiburg have dominated possession and thought they had taken the lead through Ginter, but the defender's effort was ruled out for a handball. Höler and Beste then came close to opening the scoring for the visitors, who have kept Union at bay despite their five efforts in the opening 25 minutes.

Half-time

45'

+ 3

Yellow card

Janik Haberer

45'

+ 1

Three minutes

The fourth official has indicated three minutes of added time.

43'

Ball Recovery Time

Ball Recovery Time gives the time in seconds in which it takes a team to win back the ball following a loss of possession. It also allows conclusions to be drawn about a team's style of play. Only time when the ball is in play is counted (i.e. no breaks in play such as for goal-kicks, throw-ins etc).

FCU

SCF

20.7 s

11.8 s

40'

Early change

After picking up a yellow card in the first minute and then given a talking to by the referee for a late challenge on Khedira, Schuster decides to replace Adamu with Matanović.

39'

Substitution

Igor Matanović

Junior Adamu

0:21

Chance!

Eggestein wins the ball back on the halfway line and plays a neat one-two in Union's final third before threading the ball through to Beste, who drags his effort just wide of Rønnow's right hand post.

33'

Union probe

It's Freiburg who are dominating possession, but Union are progressing the ball quickly and are getting shots off towards goal.

Goal attempts

4off target

1on target

0off target

2on target

31'

Thin ice

Already booked, Adamu goes in late on Khedira and is given a stern talking to by the referee. The Freiburg forward is then calmed down by teammate Höler.

30'

Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 30 minutes

Through high-end camera technology and machine learning, the speed of each player is evaluated in real time. Top speed then means, the fastest measured single frame of a player/game.

Derrick Arthur Köhn31.34km/h

Jordy Makengo Basambundu30.52km/h

Junior Chukwubuike Adamu30.43km/h

29'

Yellow for Khedira

The Union midfielder goes in late on Manzambi, but is booked for his reaction to the referee's decision.

28'

Yellow card

Rani Khedira

23'

Still goalless

Höler finds himself on the end of a brilliant through ball but the Freiburg attacker's poor touch allows Rønnow to close down the angle and make the save.

18'

SituationGoal

ReviewHandball?

DecisionNo goal

0:31

Goal ruled out

Beste sent his corner deep which was met by Ginter, who thought he headed Freiburg in the lead but after an intervention from the VAR, it was deemed that the ball went in via the defender's arm.

13'

Freiburg in control

The visitors have had the lion's share of possession, but only have one shot to show for it.

Possession (%)

4060

12'

Manzambi tests his luck

This game is opening up now with chances at both ends in quick succession. This time, it's Manzambi that forces Rønnow into a save down low. The Freiburg midfielder is yet to find the net this season.

10'

Atubolu tested!

Union play a short corner which finds its way to Querfeld who takes on a shot from 30 yards, stinging the palms of Atubolu. We all know what the Union defender can do from range..

Freiburg probe

Freiburg are finding their rhythm in this game, controlling possession in the opening stages.

First corner

Grifo links up with Beste down Freiburg's left hand side but Doekhi manages to get a touch on the ball, knocking it behind for a first corner of the game which Union clear.

Early yellow card

After a poor first touch, the ball gets away from Adamu in the centre of the pitch which leads to the Freiburg forward stretching for the ball and connecting with Schäfer.

Yellow card

Junior Adamu

We're underway

Union Berlin get the ball rolling at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei.

Kick-off!

Trimmel benched

Union Berlin captain Trimmel is on the bench for the first time in the Bundesliga this season. Skarke will play his role today with Schäfer playing in a more advanced position to accommodate Kemlein.

More on that Union Berlin team

Baumgart makes three changes to his team that progressed in the DFB Cup with Köhn, Kemlein and Haberer replacing Rothe, Trimmel and Ansah.

Six changes for Freiburg

Schuster has made six changes to his Freiburg team that beat Fortuna Düsseldorf in the DFB Cup in midweek with Atubolu returning in goal. Rosenfelder replaces the suspended Lienhart while Treu and Makengo also come into defence for Kübler and Günter. Höler and Adamu replace Suzuki and Matanović.

0:23

0:52

Starting line-up: 1. FC Union Berlin

Union subs

Raab, Rother, Trimmel, Nsoki, Jeong, Král, Burke, Ansah, Bogdanov

Starting line-up: Sport-Club Freiburg

Freiburg subs

Müller, Jung, Kübler, Günter, Ogbus, Suzuki, Höfler, Scherhant, Matanović

0:22

Watch: Rothe & Ansah check out the pitch

Julian Schuster on facing Union

"Last year [against Union], we were always able to find solutions with the ball. Given their pressing and physicality, that's very important. Düsseldorf [in the DFB Cup] was good preparation for Saturday's game. When we had those moments with the ball, we did well. Ideally, we need more of them."

Steffen Baumgart on facing Freiburg

"Not having to travel on the back of so many games isn't that unpleasant. Playing at home obviously means we have our fans behind us, which helps. We're facing a good side, we know that, but we want to win the game. We'll have to think about the best way of going about that. We have a few options, but we're aware of the quality of our opponents."

Union struggling for goals

The hosts have only scored in one of their last four league games, and that was during the 3-1 home win against bottom-of-the-table Gladbach.

2:03

Previous meeting: Freiburg 1-2 Union

Union are unbeaten in their last five meetings with Freiburg, after winning in the Black Forest last term. In fact, Freiburg have only won two out of the 12 Bundesliga meetings between the two clubs.

2:03

Highlights: Bremen 1-0 Union

Union are a point better off than Freiburg, despite losing in Bremen last time out. Steffen Baumgart's side are yet to win back-to-back league games this season.

2:03

Highlights: Leverkusen 2-0 Freiburg

Freiburg are winless in four Bundesliga games after defeat to Bayer Leverkusen. They've slipped down to 11th, four points outside the top six.

Hello and welcome!

Welcome along and thanks for joining us for build-up and live coverage of this Matchday 9 fixture between 1. FC Union Berlin and Sport-Club Freiburg.

FCU Union Berlin 1. FC Union Berlin - SCF Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg

Highlights

Vote for your Man of the Match!

Frederik Rønnow: "We need to create more"

Full-time: Union 0-0 Freiburg

Yellow for the coach

Yellow card

Late chance

It's not over yet

Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 90 minutes

Substitution

Yellow card

Almost a matchwinner!

Substitution

Rønnow saves!

Yellow for Trimmel

Yellow card

Yellow card

Changes for Union

Substitution

Substitution

Scherhant vs Trimmel

Freiburg increase pressure

Yellow card

Double change

Substitution

Substitution

Huge opportunity!

Another disallowed goal!

Baumgart blinks

Substitution

Substitution

A game of few clear chances

Freiburg look for the opener

Chance for Freiburg

Early corner

Bright start

Second half

Half-time: Union 0-0 Freiburg

Yellow card

Three minutes

Ball Recovery Time

Early change

Substitution

Chance!

Union probe

Thin ice

Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 30 minutes

Yellow for Khedira

Yellow card

Still goalless

Goal ruled out

Freiburg in control

Manzambi tests his luck

Atubolu tested!

Freiburg probe

First corner

Early yellow card

Yellow card

We're underway

Trimmel benched

More on that Union Berlin team

Six changes for Freiburg

Starting line-up: 1. FC Union Berlin

Union subs

Starting line-up: Sport-Club Freiburg

Freiburg subs

Watch: Rothe & Ansah check out the pitch

Julian Schuster on facing Union

Steffen Baumgart on facing Freiburg

Union struggling for goals

Previous meeting: Freiburg 1-2 Union

Highlights: Bremen 1-0 Union

Highlights: Leverkusen 2-0 Freiburg

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