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GAME OVER
Freiburg are up to second after their eighth victory of the season. Gregoritsch starred with a goal and an assist for Woo-Yeong Jeong's opener. The hosts have the second best defensive record in the Bundesliga right now having conceded just 13 times in their 13 games to date.
Full-time
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SCHINDLER BOOKED
Schindler catches Lienhart in the face and that's a booking for the Cologne sub.
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STREICH CONTENT
Christian Streich hugs each of his players coming off in this triple substitution. The Freiburg coach is looking extremely satisfied with his team's work today, and rightly so.
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Substitution
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Substitution
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Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 90 minutes
Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 90 minutes
Through high-end camera technology and machine learning, the speed of each player is evaluated in real time. Top speed then means, the fastest measured single frame of a player/game.
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Substitution
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Substitution
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83'
GREGORITSCH MAKES WAY
Huge applause for Gregoritsch, who goes off having scored and assisted in what is increasingly looking like three points for the hosts.
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Substitution
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Substitution
SOLID GINTER
© Imago
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Goal attempts
7off target
5on target
4off target
2on target
75'
FREIBURG GOING SECOND
As things stand, Freiburg are going second in the Bundesliga standings, just one point behind leaders Bayern Munich. Cologne will be down in 12th at the end of Matchday 13, if things stay as they are here.
72'
COLOGNE CHANGES
Steffen Baumgart has opted for a triple swap, with Thielmann, Schindler and Huseinbasic entering the fray.
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Substitution
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Substitution
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Substitution
70'
HEADERS RULE
Gregoritsch has scored three of his five goals this season with headers. Only Bremen's Niclas Füllkrug has managed to score as many headed goals this term.
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GOAL-KING GREGORITSCH
Freiburg are in command now. Gregoritsch powers in a header to double the hosts' lead and Cologne are in trouble.
Goal probability
Goal probability
Goal probability determines the likelihood that the ball will land in the goal from every position on the pitch. The value is based on large amounts of data from previous years; factors such as shot angle, distance to goal and opponent pressure - as well as mathematical models.
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MAINA MENACING
Maina is involved twice in quick succession as Cologne look to hit back. Flekken's error allows the midfielder in to shoot, with the former recovering to save. Maina then looks to cross from the near post but the ball stops underneath the Freiburg custodian, who gathers gratefully.
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Substitution
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FREIBURG LEAD
Cologne attack, Freiburg break. Gregoritsch plays in the perfect pass for Jeong to chase. The attacker takes a few strides forward before sending a shot across Schwäbe and in at the far post.
Goal probability
Goal probability
Goal probability determines the likelihood that the ball will land in the goal from every position on the pitch. The value is based on large amounts of data from previous years; factors such as shot angle, distance to goal and opponent pressure - as well as mathematical models.
49'
NO GO DOAN
Doan goes down in the area and there are shouts for a penalty. The referee waves away the protests and on we go.
48'
GREGORITSCH HAS A GO
Gregoritsch wellies a left-footed shot that flies away from the target and ends up smacking Doan before going wide.
46'
BACK UNDERWAY
Away we go in the second half at the Europa-Park Stadion ...
Kick-off!
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HALF TIME
It's all square at the break with both sides missing chances to edge in front.
Half-time
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SKHIRI WASTE
This time the visitors really should be in front. The ball is presented to Skhiri right in front of goals, but the 27-year-old skies an effort miles over the crossbar. That was a let-off for the hosts.
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COLOGNE CHANCE
Cologne go close to an opener. A corner from the right is headed across the goal by Tigges. Skhiri stretches and just fails to make contact.
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34'
KILIAN STOPS COLOGNE
Doan taps a pass in for Kübler, who smacks a shot at goal from close range. Kilian makes a superb sliding block and the defender is soon receiving a congratulatory hug from goalkeeper Schwäbe.
30'
FREIBURG'S WING PLAY
Freiburg's attacks have mainly come down the right flank, where lively full back Lukas Kübler has crossed from three times.
30'
Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 30 minutes
Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 30 minutes
Through high-end camera technology and machine learning, the speed of each player is evaluated in real time. Top speed then means, the fastest measured single frame of a player/game.
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PACE DROPS
After a frantic opening to this one, the pace has died down slightly, both sides catching their breath with a bit of keep ball.
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Goal attempts
3off target
3on target
0off target
1on target
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DIZZY BILLY-GOATS
Cologne survive a Freiburg attacking onslaught! Schwäbe saves brilliantly from Gregoritsch before the keeper then denies Grifo.
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xGoals
xGoals
The xGoals value of a club is calculated from the sum of all goal probabilities (goals and shots on goal) of that team. During a match, it’s easy to see whether the club is performing better than expected (goals > xGoals) - or maybe even higher (xGoals > goals).
xGoals
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0.05
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Goals
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SCHWÄBE TAKES NO CHANCES
Günter gets a little too much power on his centre from the left but Marvin Schwäbe prefers to get a touch on it nonetheless, the keeper tipping the pass away from danger.
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FLEKKEN SAVES FREIBURG
Kainz twists and turns inside the Freiburg box before firing one off to the far corner. Flekken is there with a one-handed, diving save to steer the ball away from danger.
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GRIFO HAS A POP
Grifo slams one at the target but Schwäbe is there to make a two-handed save to keep this game level.
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EARLY SIGHTER
The hosts pile forward early on and a cutback finds Günter on the edge of the box. It's on his weaker right and he fires it into a defender.
Kick-off!
BIG CHANCE FOR FREIBURG
With Union Berlin having just lost at Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich are back on the Bundesliga summit. But it means Freiburg have a chance to go back into second place with victory here. Visitors Cologne are looking to move back into the top half of the table.
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WATCH: CHECKING OUT THE SURROUNDINGS
COLOGNE TEAM NEWS
Steffen Baumgart makes four changes from the side that drew with Nice in the UEFA Europa Conference League on Thursday. Benno Schmitz, Luca Kilian, Eric Martel and Linton Maina come in, with Kingsley Schindler, Timo Hübers, Denis Huseinbasic and Sargis Adamyan dropping to the bench. There’s still no Jonas Hector as he struggles with a foot problem.
FREIBURG TEAM NEWS
After making 10 changes for their midweek trip to Azerbaijan – where captain Christian Günter was the only survivor – Christian Streich reverts back to the team that won 2-0 at Schalke last weekend. It's the sixth time this season Freiburg have named the same XI in back-to-back Bundesliga games.
COLOGNE SUBS
Horn, Huseinbasic, Schindler, Adamyan, Chabot, Thielmann, Schmid, Olesen
COLOGNE STARTING XI
Schwäbe - Schmitz, Kilian, Soldo, Pedersen - Skhiri, Martel - Maina, Duda, Kainz (c) - Tigges
FREIBURG SUBS
Atubolu, Höler, Keitel, Petersen, Schade, Sallai, Sildillia, Schlotterbeck, Weißhaupt
FREIBURG STARTING XI
Flekken - Kübler, Ginter, Lienhart, Günter (c) - Eggestein, Höfler - Doan, Jeong, Grifo - Gregoritsch
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WATCH: THE VISITORS ARRIVE
WELCOME ALONG!
A very warm welcome to our live coverage of Freiburg vs. Cologne, which sees the high flying hosts start the day in fourth and the visitors - who were soaring themselves until a recent blip - in 12th. Kick-off is at 5.30pm CET, with team news coming an hour beforehand.