Hello everyone, I am pp sports commentator Liu Huan. This Saturday at 22:30, I will explain the Bundesliga match between Bayern and Freiburg on the official Douyin number of pp sports. Here are a few highlights of this game.
Bayern blasted 38 goals in the first ten rounds of the league, setting a record for the first ten rounds of the German top flight. "Southern Kings" have scored in 57 consecutive league games since February 2020. In the last two games, Bayern have scored 10 goals and are full of firepower. Freiburg are the team that conceded the fewest goals in the Bundesliga this season. Only 7 goals were conceded in the first ten games. Solid defence helped Freiburg to third in the table, three points behind leaders Bayern. This game can be described as the battle between the sharpest spear and the strongest shield in the Bundesliga.
Since the start of the season, only four of the five major leagues have remained unbeaten. Apart from Liverpool in the Premier League, Napoli and ac Milan in Serie A, Freiburg have not been defeated in the first ten rounds of the Bundesliga. The team set the best record in the first ten rounds of the Bundesliga in its history and tied the record of 10 consecutive league games unbeaten in the 11/12 season. Whether it can continue to be unbeaten and create a new record of 11 league games unbeaten depends on whether Freiburg can cross the Bayern barrier and withdraw from the Allianz Arena. The two teams that were finally broken into league unbeaten gold in the Bundesliga last season were Bayer Leverkusen and Wolfsburg. The team that gave the drug factory and Wolfsburg their first league defeat last season was Bayern Munich.
Bayern and Freiburg are both set-piece specialists. Bayern have scored 10 set-pieces in the league this season, tied for the most with Leipzig. Freiburg scored eight goals and finished third. In addition, Bayern and Freiburg have both scored four corners and are tied for first place. Will the Allianz Arena stage a good play with a set-piece goal this weekend?
In the last 36 league meetings with Bayern, Freiburg have won only 1 and lost 27. The only win was a 2-1 home win at Freiburg in 14/15. However, Bayern, who was in charge of Guardiola at the time, had already locked up the league title in advance. At Bayern's home stadium, Freiburg have never won, with only 3 draws and 18 defeats in the 21 Bundesliga games. In their last 17 away games against Bayern, Freiburg have won just one draw (November 2018) and the rest have lost. Bayern have a clear advantage in the past battle data with Freiburg.
Bayern goalkeeper Neuer and Freiburg's Freiburg's Freiken are the best goalkeepers of the season. Since his Bundesliga debut in August 2006, Neuer has made 448 Bundesliga appearances, the first active player. Neuer is also the goalkeeper with the most clean sheets in Bundesliga history, reaching 207 games. Freiburg goalkeeper Freiburg goalkeeper Fleken, who suffered a serious injury last season, has an 83% success rate of saves this season. With his outstanding performances, he was recruited by Dutch national team coach Louis van Gaal last month to become the Dutch international. It was also his first time in the national team squad. As a goalkeeper, Flecken has excellent 1-on-1 technique and good ball possession under his feet. Bayern's battle with Freiburg also provided a stage for the goalkeepers Neuer and Freiken to show their skills.
This week Levan played his 100th Champions League match of his career. In this milestone game, Levan scored a big shot, not only completed a hat-trick, but also contributed 1 assist. The Polish striker has scored five goals in their last two games. He currently topped the Bundesliga and Champions League top scorers respectively. Levan has played Freiburg 18 times, scoring a total of 19 goals. In the last five games against Freiburg, Levan has scored in every game. In the 33rd round of the Bundesliga last season, Levan scored the Goal of Freiburg, equaling The Record of 40 Goals in a Single Season Held by Gaid Müller for many years. This Saturday, we met Freiburg again, and the "World One Front" who is in full swing can we win again?
Bayern youngster Nagelsmann returned in midweek to lead the team to four consecutive Champions League group stage wins, reaching the round of 16 two rounds ahead of schedule. Although only 34 years old, Nagelsmann has already coached several teams in the Bundesliga for Hoffenheim, Leipzig and Bayern. He is the youngest of the Bundesliga round-18 managers this season. Freiburg boss Streich, 56, is the oldest Bundesliga manager. He became manager of Freiburg in December 2011 and it has been almost a decade since today. The away game against Bayern will be his 300th game in the Bundesliga with Freiburg.
There are two players in the Freiburg squad who have played for Bayern, Zheng Youying and Peterson. 22-year-old South Korean player Jeong Yoo-young came to Germany from South Korea in 2018 to join the Bayern youth academy. However, he has only made two appearances for the Bayern first team. Zheng Youying left Bayern in July 2019 to join Freiburg. He has scored 3 goals for the team this season, tied for the first place in the team. Before the match, he said that his time with Bayern was great and that playing against Bayern was his wish. Another Bayern old Peterson is currently recuperating from his injuries. He will miss a weekend match against Bayern.