SC Freiburg vs 30.08.26 13:304 – 1Full Time
Werder Bremen — Bundesliga: stats, lineups & analysis
Match report
Suzuki hat-trick fires Freiburg past Werder Bremen in Bundesliga opener
SC Freiburg thrashed Werder Bremen 4-1 in their opening Bundesliga fixture of the season, with Julian Schuster's side scoring four times inside 55 minutes at the Europa-Park Stadion to make an emphatic start to the campaign.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Yuito Suzuki opened the scoring in the 29th minute, finishing from an assist by Jan-Niklas Beste, before Igor Matanović doubled the lead right on the stroke of half-time, converting a Matthias Ginter assist to send Freiburg in 2-0 up at the break. The hosts continued in the same vein after the restart, with Suzuki adding his second just three minutes into the second half.
Suzuki completed his hat-trick in the 55th minute, turning home a Matanović assist to make it 4-0 and effectively settle the contest. Bremen pulled a goal back through Dariusz Stalmach in the 76th minute, set up by Marco Grüll, but it proved no more than a consolation as Freiburg closed out a comfortable win. Freiburg dominated possession at 53 per cent and out-shot their visitors 19 to 9, underlining their control throughout.
Suzuki scored a hat-trick and was rated 9.5, the outstanding individual performance of the afternoon for Freiburg.
Freiburg's xG of 1.94 against Bremen's 0.48 reflected the gulf in clear-cut opportunities created across the match.
SC Freiburg beat Werder Bremen 4–1 (half-time 2–0).
SC Freiburg met Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga (Regular Season - 1). Kick-off was Sunday, 30 August 2026, 13:30 UTC at Europa-Park Stadion. Referee: Daniel Siebert.
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Key moments
- 29' Goal: Yuito Suzuki (assist: Jan-Niklas Beste) — 1–0 · Watch Yuito Suzuki's goal video (29')
- 45' Goal: Igor Matanović (assist: Matthias Ginter) — 2–0 · Watch Igor Matanović's goal video (45')
- 48' Goal: Yuito Suzuki — 3–0 · Watch Yuito Suzuki's goal video (48')
- 55' Goal: Yuito Suzuki (assist: Igor Matanović) — 4–0 · Watch Yuito Suzuki's goal video (55')
- 76' Goal: Dariusz Stalmach (assist: Marco Grüll) — 4–1 · Watch Dariusz Stalmach's goal video (76')
Starting line-ups
SC Freiburg (4-2-3-1)
Werder Bremen (4-3-3)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave SC Freiburg 57%, the draw 24%, Werder Bremen 19%. It finished SC Freiburg 4–1 Werder Bremen.
SC Freiburg's rating edge carries it — SC Freiburg are the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of SC Freiburg's 57%. The draw at 24% is held down by a high-scoring environment.
Why SC Freiburg at 57%?
SC Freiburg sit 170 points higher on our strength rating — 1894 to 1725. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge at home won 57.1% of 12,760 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 63–18–19.
Why only 57%?
Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims SC Freiburg's column. Across 10,823 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.8% where the rating map expected 44.9%, with draws up 2.0 — negative in every season since 2018.
Why the draw at 24%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 24.2%. These teams' recent games average 3.3 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 22.8% of 17,046. The goals environment takes 2.1 points off the draw. Early-season fixtures add 2.0 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
SC Freiburg scored +0.72 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Measured across 2,810 games at this rating gap, hot-finishing sides won 42.1% vs 42.9% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it scores 0 until the receipt clears its evidence bar. SC Freiburg have won the last 4 home meetings with Werder Bremen. Streaks like this look decisive, but sides on a 3+ home run in a fixture won 58.8% of 4,886 such games vs 58.4% class-expected — the strength that built the streak is already in the rating. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the SC Freiburg vs Werder Bremen final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Bundesliga fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Yuito Suzuki's goal against Werder Bremen (29').
- Watch Igor Matanović's goal against Werder Bremen (45').
- Watch Yuito Suzuki's goal against Werder Bremen (48').
- Watch Yuito Suzuki's goal against Werder Bremen (55').
- Watch Dariusz Stalmach's goal against SC Freiburg (76').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from SC Freiburg 4–1 Werder Bremen. Explore more on the SC Freiburg and Werder Bremen team pages or the Bundesliga page.
Quick answers
›What was the final score of SC Freiburg vs Werder Bremen?
SC Freiburg beat Werder Bremen 4–1 (half-time 2–0).
›Who scored in SC Freiburg vs Werder Bremen?
Yuito Suzuki (29') for SC Freiburg; Igor Matanović (45') for SC Freiburg; Yuito Suzuki (48') for SC Freiburg; Yuito Suzuki (55') for SC Freiburg; Dariusz Stalmach (76') for Werder Bremen.
›Where can I watch SC Freiburg vs Werder Bremen highlights?
Goal highlights and video clips from SC Freiburg 4–1 Werder Bremen are on this page — open the videos tab to watch every goal.
›What is the head-to-head record between SC Freiburg and Werder Bremen?
SC Freiburg and Werder Bremen have met 10 times — 7 wins for SC Freiburg, 1 win for Werder Bremen and 2 draws.