Wednesday , 30 September 2026

FC Schalke 04 vs SC Freiburg, Bundesliga 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

Bundesliga · 2020-21
FC Schalke 04
0 – 2
Full Time
SC Freiburg
Wed 16 Dec 2020 · 17:30 UTC Veltins-Arena HT 45' · FT 45+3'
Benito Raman 19' Y
Y 36' Baptiste Santamaria
Suat Serdar 83' Y

Overview

Match Preview

FC Schalke 04 vs SC Freiburg — Bundesliga at Veltins-Arena.

Match Details

  • Referee Eduard Beitinger
  • Referee Aarne Aarnink
  • Referee Norbert Grudzinski
  • Referee Sven Jablonski

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Borussia Dortmund 4 12
2 FC Bayern München 4 10
3 SC Freiburg 4 10
4 FC Augsburg 4 7
5 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4 7
6 1. FSV Mainz 05 4 7
7 SV 07 Elversberg 4 7
8 SV Werder Bremen 4 7
9 RB Leipzig 4 6
10 Eintracht Frankfurt 4 5
11 FC Schalke 04 4 5
12 SC Paderborn 07 4 4
13 1. FC Köln 4 4
14 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 4 3
15 VfB Stuttgart 4 3
16 Hamburger SV 4 3
17 1. FC Union Berlin 4 1
18 Borussia Mönchengladbach 4 0

Head-to-Head

2
6
FC Schalke 04 8 games · Avg 2.6 goals SC Freiburg
Last 5 meetings
2020-12-16 FC Schalke 04 0–2 SC Freiburg 2020-06-27 SC Freiburg 4–0 FC Schalke 04 2019-12-21 FC Schalke 04 2–2 SC Freiburg 2019-02-16 FC Schalke 04 0–0 SC Freiburg 2018-09-25 SC Freiburg 1–0 FC Schalke 04

Recent Form

FC Schalke 04
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
16 Dec SC Freiburg H 0–2 L
13 Dec FC Augsburg A 2–2 D
06 Dec Bayer 04 Leverkusen H 0–3 L
28 Nov Borussia Mönchengladbach A 1–4 L
21 Nov VfL Wolfsburg H 0–2 L
07 Nov 1. FSV Mainz 05 A 2–2 D
SC Freiburg
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
16 Dec FC Schalke 04 A 2–0 W
12 Dec Arminia Bielefeld H 2–0 W
05 Dec Borussia Mönchengladbach H 2–2 D
28 Nov FC Augsburg A 1–1 D
22 Nov 1. FSV Mainz 05 H 1–3 L
07 Nov RB Leipzig A 0–3 L

Season Stats

FC Schalke 04 SC Freiburg
#11 Position #3
5 Points 10
4 Played 4
1 / 2 / 1 W / D / L 3 / 1 / 0
3 Scored 12
4 Conceded 3
-1 GD +9
1.25 PPG 2.50
25% Win % 75%

Key Stats

13% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
50% Clean Sheets
FC Schalke 04 this season
50% Clean Sheets
SC Freiburg this season

FC Schalke 04 are 11th (5 pts). SC Freiburg are 3rd (10 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Schalke 04
0-15
–/–
16-30
1/1
31-45
–/–
46-60
1/–
61-75
–/–
76+
1/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded
SC Freiburg
0-15
–/1
16-30
4/–
31-45
2/1
46-60
3/–
61-75
–/–
76+
3/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

SC Freiburg
Yuito Suzuki 4 G
Igor Matanovic 3 G 1 A
Maximilian Eggestein 2 G
Yannik Engelhardt 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — FC Schalke 04 and SC Freiburg get this one started.
  • 5' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 15' Ralf Fahrmann, a Germany , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 19' The referee calls foul for Benito Raman. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 24' A quiet spell here at Veltins-Arena. FC Schalke 04 seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 29' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. SC Freiburg needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 34' Florian Muller has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 36' Baptiste Santamaria is having his name booked by the referee on 36.
  • 41' The travelling SC Freiburg supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 46' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Christian Streich will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 50' Brilliant from the ! Roland Sallai makes it 0-1 with a superb finish on 50.
  • 55' FC Schalke 04 are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 60' The SC Freiburg bench stirs into life. Nils Petersen is withdrawn and Lucas Holer gets his opportunity.
  • 65' Amine Harit needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 19 Yellow cards this season.
  • 68' The deadlock is broken! Roland Sallai gets on the scoresheet on 68 minutes.
  • 69' The SC Freiburg manager makes a substitution. Roland Sallai departs to be replaced by Ermedin Demirovic.
  • 70' Ahmed Kutucu gets the nod from FC Schalke 04. He replaces Amine Harit and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 73' The crowd applauds Omar Mascarell as he leaves the pitch. Alessandro Schopf steps in for FC Schalke 04.
  • 78' SC Freiburg is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 83' Suat Serdar catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 83.
  • 86' Matthew Hoppe gets the nod from FC Schalke 04. He replaces Rabbi Matondo and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 90' It is a substitution in SC Freiburg team. Jonathan Schmid is replaced by Amir Abrashi on 90 minute.
  • That’s it! Another goalless match for FC Schalke 04 and SC Freiburg (для сухой ничьи).

Lineups

FC Schalke 04 Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Manuel Baum

SC Freiburg Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Christian Streich

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Lucas Holer 3
Roland Sallai 3
Vincenzo Grifo 3
Christian Gunter 2
Michael Gregoritsch 2
Gian-Luca Waldschmidt 2
Florian Niederlechner 1
Florian Niederlechner 1

Head to Head

2020-12-16 FC Schalke 04 0–2 SC Freiburg 2020-06-27 SC Freiburg 4–0 FC Schalke 04 2019-12-21 FC Schalke 04 2–2 SC Freiburg 2019-02-16 FC Schalke 04 0–0 SC Freiburg 2018-09-25 SC Freiburg 1–0 FC Schalke 04

FC Schalke 04 Form

2020-12-16 FC Schalke 04 0–2 SC Freiburg L 2020-12-13 FC Augsburg 2–2 FC Schalke 04 D 2020-12-06 FC Schalke 04 0–3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen L 2020-11-28 Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–1 FC Schalke 04 L 2020-11-21 FC Schalke 04 0–2 VfL Wolfsburg L 2020-11-07 1. FSV Mainz 05 2–2 FC Schalke 04 D

SC Freiburg Form

2020-12-16 FC Schalke 04 0–2 SC Freiburg W 2020-12-12 SC Freiburg 2–0 Arminia Bielefeld W 2020-12-05 SC Freiburg 2–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach D 2020-11-28 FC Augsburg 1–1 SC Freiburg D 2020-11-22 SC Freiburg 1–3 1. FSV Mainz 05 L 2020-11-07 RB Leipzig 3–0 SC Freiburg L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
0.41 FC Schalke 04 xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.69 SC Freiburg xG
I would bet for: Under — clean sheet likely 72% + Under 2.5 goals 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct
FC Schalke 0414% Draw25% SC Freiburg61%
Actual: SC Freiburg win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes28% 0% No72%
Avg goals/match: 2.1
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 86%
14%
± 1.5 61%
39%
± 2.5 35%
65%
± 3.5 17%
83%
± 4.5 7%
93%

Double Chance

FC Schalke 04 or Draw
39%
Draw or SC Freiburg
86%
FC Schalke 04 or SC Freiburg
75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
FC Schalke 046% Draw49% SC Freiburg45%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 1
20.2%
0 – 2
Actual
0 – 0
14.3%
0 – 3
9.4%
1 – 1
8.9%
1 – 2
7%
1 – 3
4.1%
1 – 0
4%
0 – 4
4%
1 – 4
1.8%
2 – 1
1.6%
2 – 2
1.5%

Asian Handicap — FC Schalke 04

Handicap FC Schalke 04 covers Push SC Freiburg covers
-2.5 0% — 100%
-2 0% 1% 99%
-1.5 1% — 99%
-1 1% 6% 93%
-0.5 7% — 93%
+0.5 32% — 68%
+1 32% 28% 40%
+1.5 60% — 40%
+2 60% 22% 18%
+2.5 82% — 18%

Clean Sheet

FC Schalke 04 keeps clean sheet
19% ✓
SC Freiburg keeps clean sheet
67% ✓

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