📏 Form Guide

Holstein Kiel

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Holstein Kiel, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 1-3 Bundesliga success versus Augsburg.

In that game, Holstein Kiel managed 28% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. For Holstein Kiel, goals were scored by Shuto Machino (25') and Alexander Bernhardsson (40', 51'). Augsburg got 27 attempts at goal with 10 on target. Steve Mounié (90') scored for Augsburg.

Holstein Kiel have been conceding pretty frequently recently, although they have also managed to score goals themselves. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that Holstein Kiel have seen their goal breached in 6 of them in addition to scoring in 5 of those matches. Putting that to one side, time will tell if the trend will be replicated in this upcoming game or not.

Freiburg

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Previously, Freiburg drew 2-2 in the Bundesliga match with Bayer Leverkusen.

In that match, Freiburg had 32% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Freiburg was Maximilian Eggestein (44'). At the other end, Bayer Leverkusen got 5 shots at goal with 2 on target. Piero Hincapié (48' Own goal), Florian Wirtz (82') and Jonathan Tah (93') scored for Bayer Leverkusen.

In a total of 5 of the previous 6 clashes involving Freiburg, a minimum of three goals have gone in. The overall average number of goals per match in that spell is 3.5, with the number of goals averaged by Freiburg coming out as 1.67.

Coming into this contest, Freiburg are unbeaten in their last 6 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was Bundesliga match day 16 on 11/01/2025 when it finished Freiburg 3-2 Holstein Kiel.

In that game, Freiburg had 51% possession and 14 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorers were Christian Günter (38') and Vincenzo Grifo (74').

At the other end, Holstein Kiel got 14 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Nicolai Remberg (23' Own goal) and Phil Harres (85', 90') scored.

The match was refereed by Sören Storks.

ℹ️ Team News: Holstein Kiel

Andu Kelati (Knee injury), Ivan Nekic (muscular problems), Patrick Erras (concussion), Colin Kleine-Bekel (Fitness) and Marco Komenda (Tendon rupture) are unavailable for Holstein Kiel gaffer Marcel Rapp.

It looks as if Holstein Kiel will possibly use the 4-4-2 system and select Thomas Daehne, Timo Becker, Carl Johansson, David Zec, Lasse Rosenboom, Magnus Knudsen, Armin Gigovic, John Tolkin, Steven Skrzybski, A. Bernhardsson and Phil Harres.

🗞️ Team News: Freiburg

Freiburg boss Julian Schuster has a number of players out of action. Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (Knee surgery) and Bruno Ogbus (Achilles tendon rupture) can’t be considered.

From our viewpoint, Freiburg seem likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation, giving starts to Noah Atubolu, Max Rosenfelder, Matthias Ginter, Philipp Lienhart, Jordy Makengo, Maximilian Eggestein, Patrick Osterhage, Ritsu Doan, Johan Manzambi, Vincenzo Grifo and Lucas Hoeler.

⚡ Prediction

Our feeling is that Holstein Kiel are dangerous enough to find the net against this Freiburg outfit, although one goal possibly won’t be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re going for a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 advantage for Freiburg when the referee blows the final whistle.

Lucas Pereira, 13:05 10/05/2025