Bundesliga Gameweek 1 Sat, Aug 23 · 14:30 Europa-Park Stadion, Freiburg im Breisgau
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Our take

SC Freiburg were slight favourites.

SC Freiburg were the stronger side on L90 Strength (55 vs 43). Absences weigh more on SC Freiburg. SC Freiburg had ? days of rest, FC Augsburg ? and had to travel 230 km.

Away travel230 kmMatches / 14d0 · 0
SC Freiburg51%
Draw25%
FC Augsburg24%
Expected goals 1.76 – 1.14
SC Freiburg51%
Draw25%
FC Augsburg23%
Expected goals 1.68 – 1.06
SC Freiburg52%
Draw24%
FC Augsburg23%
Expected goals 1.79 – 1.12
SC Freiburg43%
Draw26%
FC Augsburg31%
Expected goals 1.57 – 1.28
SC Freiburg50%
Draw26%
FC Augsburg24%
Expected goals 1.66 – 1.09
Over 2.5 55% Both score 57% Likeliest score 1–1
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Freiburg im Breisgau)

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Referee · GermanyFelix Zwayer
  • Cards per match 5.0
  • Penalties per match 0.29
  • Matches 98

Team strength

SC FreiburgFC Augsburg
55 L90 StrengthIn forecast 43
64 Current StrengthIn forecast 50
63 AttackIn forecast 72
73 DefenceIn forecast 23
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

SC Freiburg

Attack—
Defense risk—

FC Augsburg

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

SC FreiburgFC Augsburg
— Goals scoredVia Att/Def —
— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
— Scored inContext —
— Clean sheetsContext —
— ShotsContext —
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
— On target shareContext —
— Shots in the boxContext —
— Box shareContext —
— ConversionContext —
— OffsidesContext —
— Shots allowedContext —
— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
— Goalkeeper savesContext —
— Save rateContext —
— PossessionIn forecast —
— PassesContext —
— Accurate passesContext —
— Pass accuracyContext —
— Team ratingContext —
— FoulsContext —
— Fouls sufferedContext —
— Yellow cardsContext —
— Red cardsContext —
This league season, per match
1.50 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.80
1.70 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.60
1.43 xGVia Att/Def 0.98
1.32 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.81
+0.07 Goals minus xGContext -0.18
90% Scored inContext 70%
20% Clean sheetsContext 30%
12.40 ShotsContext 11.90
3.90 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.67
32% On target shareContext 28%
9.11 Shots in the boxContext 7.22
70% Box shareContext 59%
12% ConversionContext 7%
2.33 OffsidesContext 2.13
11.90 Shots allowedContext 14.60
3.80 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.10
3.89 BlocksContext 4.11
2.56 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.40
62% Save rateContext 67%
52% PossessionIn forecast 45%
430 PassesContext 401
349 Accurate passesContext 324
81% Pass accuracyContext 81%
6.92 Team ratingContext 6.96
9.70 FoulsContext 8.10
9.70 Fouls sufferedContext 10.30
1.40 Yellow cardsContext 1.50
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.20
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

SC Freiburg
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
FC Augsburg
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel230 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
SC Freiburg FC Augsburg
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match——
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km230 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 0 / 00 / 0 / 0
Next matchdays after this one8.27.1

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

SC Freiburg Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
1N. Atubolu(G)
30C. Günter 3P. Lienhart 28M. Ginter 17L. Kübler
44J. Manzambi 8M. Eggestein
32V. Grifo 14Y. Suzuki 18E. Dinkçi
9L. Höler
+5 more reported missing outside this XI
FC Augsburg Confirmed XI
3-4-2-1
1F. Dahmen(G)
31K. Schlotterbeck 6J. Gouweleeuw 5C. Matsima
13D. Giannoulis 17K. Jakić 19Robin Fellhauer 27M. Wolf
4H. Massengo 26E. Saad
36M. Kömür
+4 more reported missing outside this XI

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
SC Freiburg Scores -0.04 · concedes +0.03 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
FC Augsburg Scores 0.00 · concedes +0.01 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • SC Freiburg-1.3 pp
  • Draw+0.3 pp
  • FC Augsburg+1.0 pp

Home / Away this season

SC Freiburg · Home No home games yet this season.
FC Augsburg · Away No away games yet this season.

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head last 8 of 8 meetings

6 SC Freiburg wins1 draws1 FC Augsburg wins
Goals per game2.25 – 0.63 Over 2.575% Both scored50% Clean sheets50% · 13%
  • 2 Mar 2025FC Augsburg0–0SC Freiburg
  • 19 Oct 2024SC Freiburg3–1FC Augsburg
  • 25 Feb 2024FC Augsburg2–1SC Freiburg
  • 1 Oct 2023SC Freiburg2–0FC Augsburg
  • 28 Jan 2023SC Freiburg3–1FC Augsburg
  • 6 Aug 2022FC Augsburg0–4SC Freiburg

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Referee · Felix Zwayer Germany · 98 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards4.86league 5.00
Red cards0.11league 0.00
Cards 5+56%league 100%
Fouls22.1league 26.0
Penalties0.29league 0.00
Home wins45%league 100%
SC Freiburg6 with this referee
Record1-2-3 Cards · opp.1.7 · 2.7 Pens for · against0 · 2
  • L5 Apr 25H · Borussia Dortmund1–41
  • L18 Jan 25A · VfB Stuttgart0–43
  • D24 Sep 23A · Eintracht Frankfurt0–02
  • W18 Feb 23A · VfL Bochum2–02
  • L21 Jan 23A · VfL Wolfsburg0–62
FC Augsburg5 with this referee
Record3-0-2 Cards · opp.2.6 · 2.0 Pens for · against0 · 0
  • L14 Dec 24H · Bayer Leverkusen0–23
  • W15 Sep 24H · FC St. Pauli3–14
  • W2 Mar 24A · SV Darmstadt 986–00
  • W4 Mar 23H · Werder Bremen2–12
  • L16 Oct 22A · 1.FC Köln2–34

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

SC Freiburg
No complete event data.
FC Augsburg
No complete event data.
SC Freiburg10 games · scored 15 · conceded 17
1 0-15
4 2 16-30
3 5 31-45
5 2 46-60
4 61-75
3 3 76-90
FC Augsburg10 games · scored 8 · conceded 16
2 0-15
3 1 16-30
1 3 31-45
2 4 46-60
2 61-75
2 4 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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