Yuito Suzuki seals Freiburg’s 2-0 win over Union Berlin
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SC Freiburg controlled the match against Union Berlin, taking 19 shots to four and winning 2-0 after Rani Khedira’s own goal and Yuito Suzuki’s finish.
Match report
Freiburg’s pressure turns into a 2-0 victory
SC Freiburg beat Union Berlin 2-0 in the Bundesliga, with the home side’s 19 shots and 59% possession answering why they deserved the win. Union Berlin managed four shots and none on target.
Own goal breaks the deadlock
The opening goal arrived in the 55th minute, when Union Berlin’s Rani Khedira scored an own goal to put SC Freiburg 1-0 ahead. Freiburg then doubled the lead in the 67th minute through Yuito Suzuki, whose normal goal was assisted by Derry Lionel Scherhant.
Union goalkeeper F. Rønnow kept the margin from growing, making seven saves and earning an 8.0 rating. Freiburg created 2.2 expected goals to Union Berlin’s 0.19, while also recording 460 accurate passes compared with 277 for the visitors.
Vincenzo Grifo missed a penalty in the 84th minute, leaving Freiburg without a third goal. The match produced four yellow cards, including Igor Matanović in the second minute, Zeno Van Den Bosch in the 19th, Yannick Engelhardt in the 27th and Woo-Yeong Jeong in the 89th. There were no red cards.
Freiburg move provisionally third
SC Freiburg rose from 16 points before the match to 19 points after it and are provisionally third with 9 played. Union Berlin remain provisionally 16th on 7 points, now with 9 played. Freiburg’s listed pre-match form was Win, Win, Win, Draw, Win, Loss, Loss, Win; Union Berlin’s was Draw, Loss, Loss, Loss, Win, Draw, Draw, Draw.
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Standings source snapshot
These are the saved source standings. They may predate this match; they are not a live or recalculated post-match table.
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| 1 | Bayern München | WDWWD | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 21 | |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | WDWDD | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 21 | |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | WWWLW | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 18 | |
| 4 | SC Freiburg | WLLWD | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 16 | |
| 5 | Werder Bremen | LWWDD | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 15 | |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | LLWWW | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 13 | |
| 7 | SV Elversberg | LWLWL | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 13 | |
| 8 | VfB Stuttgart | WWLLW | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 12 | |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | DWLWL | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 12 | |
| 10 | Hamburger SV | WLLWW | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 12 | |
| 11 | FSV Mainz 05 | LLLWL | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 10 | |
| 12 | SC Paderborn 07 | DDWDL | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | |
| 13 | FC Augsburg | LLDLD | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 9 | |
| 14 | 1899 Hoffenheim | LWWLL | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 9 | |
| 15 | 1. FC Köln | DDLWL | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | |
| 16 | Union Berlin | DDDWL | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 7 | |
| 17 | FC Schalke 04 | LDLLD | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | |
| 18 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | LDWLL | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 4 |