Borussia Dortmund Form and Lineup
The home side's advantage over the chasing pack is gradually eroding. After defeats to Bayer Leverkusen (0:1) and Hoffenheim (1:2), Borussia Dortmund allowed Bayern Munich to move clear – the champions wrapped up the title early in last weekend's matchday 30. Leipzig are now closing in, and their 3:1 victory over Union Berlin on Friday cut the gap to two points, although the hosts still have a game in hand. Despite these recent setbacks, in both matches the hosts attacked more: against Bayer Leverkusen they were very close to a draw (1.01 vs 0.73 on xG), and Hoffenheim scored twice from the penalty spot, while the home side created twice as much xG from open play (1.28 vs 0.68).
Key Borussia Dortmund Numbers:
At home, the team have collected 35 points – in the Bundesliga only Bayern Munich have more (40).
Only Leipzig (38) and Bayern Munich (60) have scored more home goals than Borussia Dortmund (33).
Borussia Dortmund have beaten Freiburg at home in seven head-to-head meetings in a row – in six of those the hosts scored at least two goals.
Potential Borussia Dortmund Lineup (3-4-2-1)
Gregor Kobel – Nico Schlotterbeck, Waldemar Anton, Ramy Bensebaini – Daniel Svensson, Jobe Bellingham, Marcel Sabitzer, Julian Ryerson – Carney Chukwuemeka, Maximilian Beier – Fabio Silva.
Unavailable: Felix Nmecha, Emre Can, Karim Adeyemi, Niklas Sule (all injured).
Freiburg Form and Lineup
After their elimination from the German Cup, the visitors will now switch all their focus to the Europa League, where they have reached the semi-finals. As far as the Bundesliga is concerned, Freiburg will not finish higher than seventh place. In the DFB-Pokal semi-final against Stuttgart (1:2 after extra time), the visitors led for more than 40 minutes but collapsed in the decisive spell of the second half. Over the 120 minutes the away side allowed 4.16 xGA and 29 shots – their opponents seized full control after freshening things up from the bench.
Key Freiburg Numbers:
Away from home, the team have conceded 28 goals in 15 matches – the second-worst record among clubs in the top half of the table.
In their last four away matches, Freiburg have generated a respectable 6.04 xG and have won three of those games.
Matches involving Freiburg have gone over 2.5 goals in three of their last four Bundesliga rounds.
Potential Freiburg Lineup (4-2-3-1)
Florian Muller – Jordy Makengo, Philipp Lienhart, Matthias Ginter, Philipp Treu – Johan Manzambi, Maximilian Eggestein – Vincenzo Grifo, Yuito Suzuki, Jan-Niklas Beste – Igor Matanovic.
Unavailable: Patrick Osterhage, Max Rosenfelder (both injured).
