Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs SC Freiburg, Bundesliga 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Bundesliga · 2024-25

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

5 – 1

Full Time

SC Freiburg

Sat 21 Dec 2024 · 17:30 UTC BayArena 30,210 HT 45' · FT 45'

Patrik Schick 45+1' 1–0

Florian Wirtz 51' 2–0

2–1 55' Vincenzo Grifo

Patrik Schick 67' 3–1

Patrik Schick 74' 4–1

Patrik Schick 77' 5–1

Y 24' Lukas Kubler

Patrik Schick 78' Y

Y 90' Merlin Rohl

Overview

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs SC Freiburg — Bundesliga at BayArena.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 9 games · 16 pts (2026/27)
SC Freiburg 9 games · 19 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Tobias Stieler
Assistant 1 Christian Gittelmann
Assistant 2 Mark Borsch

10 games this season 🟨 3.2/game ⚽ 9.7 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Bayern München	9	21
2	Borussia Dortmund	9	21
3	SC Freiburg	9	19
4	RB Leipzig	9	18
5	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	9	16
6	SV Werder Bremen	9	15
7	SV 07 Elversberg	9	13
8	VfB Stuttgart	9	12
9	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	9	12
10	Eintracht Frankfurt	9	12
11	Hamburger SV	9	12
12	1. FSV Mainz 05	9	10
13	SC Paderborn 07	9	10
14	FC Augsburg	9	9
15	1. FC Köln	9	9
16	1. FC Union Berlin	9	7
17	FC Schalke 04	9	6
18	Borussia Mönchengladbach	9	4

Head-to-Head

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 17 games · Avg 3.3 goals SC Freiburg

Last 5 meetings

2024-12-21 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5–1 SC Freiburg 2024-03-17 SC Freiburg 2–3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2023-10-29 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2–1 SC Freiburg 2023-02-26 SC Freiburg 1–1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2022-09-03 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2–3 SC Freiburg

Recent Form

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Dec	SC Freiburg	H	5–1	W
14 Dec	FC Augsburg	A	2–0	W
10 Dec	FC Internazionale Milano	H	1–0	W
07 Dec	FC St. Pauli 1910	H	2–1	W
03 Dec	FC Bayern München	A	1–0	W
30 Nov	1. FC Union Berlin	A	2–1	W

SC Freiburg

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Dec	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	A	1–5	L
13 Dec	VfL Wolfsburg	H	3–2	W
08 Dec	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	A	1–1	D
03 Dec	Arminia Bielefeld	A	1–3	L
30 Nov	Borussia Mönchengladbach	H	3–1	W
23 Nov	Borussia Dortmund	A	0–4	L

Season Stats

Bayer 04 Leverkusen		SC Freiburg
#5	Position	#3
16	Points	19
9	Played	9
5 / 1 / 3	W / D / L	6 / 1 / 2
20	Scored	20
17	Conceded	10
+3	GD	+10
1.78	PPG	2.11
56%	Win %	67%

Key Stats

76% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

22% Clean Sheets
Bayer 04 Leverkusen this season

33% Clean Sheets
SC Freiburg this season

Bayer 04 Leverkusen are 5th (16 pts). SC Freiburg are 3rd (19 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

0-15

4/4

16-30

4/1

31-45

1/2

46-60

3/4

61-75

2/1

76+

6/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

SC Freiburg

0-15

2/1

16-30

4/4

31-45

2/2

46-60

3/–

61-75

2/–

76+

5/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Patrik Schick	8 G	2 A
Ibrahim Maza	3 G	3 A
Christian Kofane	2 G
Facundo Medina	1 G
Nicolas Ezequiel Fernandez	1 G

SC Freiburg

Yuito Suzuki	5 G
Igor Matanovic	4 G	1 A
Maximilian Eggestein	3 G
Derry Scherhant	2 G	3 A
Yannik Engelhardt	2 G

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Bayer 04 Leverkusen host SC Freiburg — let the battle begin!
5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Bayer 04 Leverkusen and SC Freiburg are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
10' Germany international Nicolas Hofler has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
20' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Edmond Tapsoba made 404 appearances and scored 21 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
24' Lukas Kubler was booked on 24.
29' Vincenzo Grifo, a Italy , has 1 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
34' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
39' Both keepers have barely been tested. Bayer 04 Leverkusen and SC Freiburg are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
44' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
46' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Patrik Schick makes it 1-0.
51' The Germany Florian Wirtz breaks the deadlock on 51 minutes. 2-0!
55' What a strike from Vincenzo Grifo! The score is 2-1.
58' The SC Freiburg manager makes a substitution. Ritsu Doan departs to be replaced by Merlin Rohl.
63' Supporters expect more eagerness from Noah Atubolu, as he is very good at scoring at BayArena with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
67' The deadlock is broken! Patrik Schick gets on the scoresheet on 67 minutes.
69' The Bayer 04 Leverkusen manager makes a substitution. Nathan Tella departs to be replaced by Martin Terrier.
74' Patrik Schick doubles the advantage! 4-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
75' It is a substitution in SC Freiburg team. Patrick Osterhage is replaced by Kiliann Sildillia on 75 minute.
77' Patrik Schick does the damage! The net is bulging and Bayer 04 Leverkusen surge ahead!
78' Patrik Schick catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 78.
80' The supporters are chanting for Arthur Augusto. He replaces Jeremie Frimpong on 80 minute.
83' Jeanuel Belocian gets the nod from Bayer 04 Leverkusen. He replaces Piero Hincapie and will look to change the dynamic.
85' Fresh legs for SC Freiburg! Nicolas Hofler comes on to replace Maximilian Eggestein.
90' It’s gonna be a card for Merlin Rohl.
Another three points for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Lineups

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

34
Granit Xhaka
4
Jonathan Tah
1
Lukas Hradecky
14
Patrik Schick ↓ Aleix Garcia 80'
25
Exequiel Palacios
20
Alejandro Grimaldo ↓ Nordi Mukiele 80'
12
Edmond Tapsoba
30
Jeremie Frimpong ↓ Arthur Augusto 80'
10
Florian Wirtz
19
Nathan Tella ↓ Martin Terrier 69'
3
Piero Hincapie ↓ Jeanuel Belocian 83'

Bench

11
Martin Terrier ↑ 69'
23
Nordi Mukiele ↑ 80'
8
Robert Andrich
24
Aleix Garcia ↑ 80'
17
Matej Kovar
44
Jeanuel Belocian ↑ 83'
13
Arthur Augusto ↑ 80'
40
Francis Onyeka
29
Artem Stepanov

Coach Xabi Alonso

SC Freiburg Lineups

4-2-2-2

Starting XI

8
Maximilian Eggestein ↓ Nicolas Hofler 85'
42
Ritsu Doan ↓ Merlin Rohl 58'
38
Michael Gregoritsch ↓ Chikwubuike Adamu 75'
32
Vincenzo Grifo
30
Christian Gunter
17
Lukas Kubler ↓ Max Rosenfelder 75'
3
Philipp Lienhart
9
Lucas Holer
28
Matthias Ginter
6
Patrick Osterhage ↓ Kiliann Sildillia 75'
1
Noah Atubolu

Bench

Coach Julian Schuster

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Patrik Schick	7
Florian Wirtz	4
Vincenzo Grifo	3
Lucas Holer	3
Lucas Alario	3
Sardar Azmoun	2
Charles Aranguiz	2
Leon Bailey	2

Head to Head

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Form

2024-12-21 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5–1 SC Freiburg W 2024-12-14 FC Augsburg 0–2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen W 2024-12-10 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1–0 FC Internazionale Milano W 2024-12-07 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2–1 FC St. Pauli 1910 W 2024-12-03 FC Bayern München 0–1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen W 2024-11-30 1. FC Union Berlin 1–2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen W

SC Freiburg Form

2024-12-21 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5–1 SC Freiburg L 2024-12-13 SC Freiburg 3–2 VfL Wolfsburg W 2024-12-08 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 1–1 SC Freiburg D 2024-12-03 Arminia Bielefeld 3–1 SC Freiburg L 2024-11-30 SC Freiburg 3–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach W 2024-11-23 Borussia Dortmund 4–0 SC Freiburg L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.34 Bayer 04 Leverkusen xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.72 SC Freiburg xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 76% + Both teams to score 74%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Bayer 04 Leverkusen55% Draw21% SC Freiburg24%

Actual: Bayer 04 Leverkusen win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes74% 0% No26%

Avg goals/match: 4.06

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	76%	24%
± 3.5	57%	43%
± 4.5	38%	62%

Double Chance

Bayer 04 Leverkusen or Draw

76%

Draw or SC Freiburg

45%

Bayer 04 Leverkusen or SC Freiburg

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Bayer 04 Leverkusen39% Draw37% SC Freiburg24%

Actual: Bayer 04 Leverkusen win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 5–1 not predicted

5 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

7.9%

1 – 1

7.7%

2 – 2

6.7%

3 – 1

6.1%

1 – 2

5.8%

3 – 2

5.2%

2 – 0

4.8%

2 – 3

3.8%

3 – 0

3.7%

1 – 0

3.7%

4 – 1

3.6%

1 – 3

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Handicap	Bayer 04 Leverkusen covers	Push	SC Freiburg covers
-2.5	17%	—	83%
-2	17%	15%	68%
-1.5	32%	—	68%
-1	32%	19%	49%
-0.5	51%	—	49%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	14%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	8%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Bayer 04 Leverkusen keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

SC Freiburg keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.