Clinical Edge
SC Freiburg
SC Freiburg finished well above what their chances were worth — 4 goals from 2.37 xG.
- Goals
- 4
- Expected goals
- 2.37
- Overperformance
- +1.63
Bundesliga · Matchday 1SC Freiburg
Y. Suzuki 29', 48', 55'
I. Matanovic 45'
4 – 1
FT
HT 2–0
Werder Bremen
D. Stalmach 76'
Bundesliga
Matchday 1SC Freiburg4–1Werder Bremen
2.37
Expected goals
0.54
29′45′48′55′76′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: FRE 2.37, WB 0.54.
Match report
SC Freiburg 4-1 Werder Bremen
SC Freiburg were far too strong for Werder Bremen 4-1 at Europa-Park Stadion in Bundesliga. Suzuki opened the scoring for SC Freiburg on 29', Matanovic made it 2-0 to SC Freiburg on 45', Suzuki added his second on 48', Suzuki completed his hat-trick on 55' and Stalmach pulled one back for Werder Bremen on 76'.
Expected goals finished SC Freiburg 2.37, Werder Bremen 0.54. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. SC Freiburg graded out for clinical edge — 4 goals and 2.37 expected goals. SC Freiburg graded out for shooting from range — 11 of 19 shots from range and 0.12 xg per shot.
Yuito Suzuki came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 9.5 for SC Freiburg from 3 goals, 1 key pass and 3 shots.
It was a niggly afternoon: 29 fouls between them and 2 yellow cards, with Werder Bremen conceding the most free-kicks (16).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
53%Possession47%
19Shots9
2.37xG0.54
What the numbers say
2 readsShooting From Range
SC Freiburg
SC Freiburg could not get inside the box and settled for distance — 58% of their shots came from outside it.
- Shots from range
- 11 of 19
- Share
- 58%
- xG per shot
- 0.12
Timeline
Y. Suzuki — assist: J. Beste
⚽29'
I. Matanovic — assist: M. Ginter
⚽45'
Half-time
C. Irie ↑ J. Beste ↓
🔄46'
🔄46'
D. Stalmach ↑ S. Lynen ↓
🟨48'
Ludovit Reis
Foul
Y. Suzuki
⚽48'
Y. Suzuki — assist: I. Matanovic
⚽55'
🔄61'
C. Itten ↑ N. Fullkrug ↓
🔄61'
S. Musah ↑ J. Njinmah ↓
M. Rosenfelder ↑ P. Lienhart ↓
🔄69'
P. Treu ↑ L. Kubler ↓
🔄69'
L. Holer ↑ I. Matanovic ↓
🔄73'
⚽76'
D. Stalmach — assist: M. Grull
K. Goto ↑ Y. Suzuki ↓
🔄80'
🔄85'
P. Covic ↑ M. Grull ↓
🔄85'
E. Dinkci ↑ L. Reis ↓
Keisuke Goto
Foul
🟨88'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueEuropa-Park Stadion, Freiburg
RefereeD. Siebert
CompetitionBundesliga
Season2026
RoundMatchday 1
StatusMatch Finished