SC Freiburg vs Borussia Mönchengladbach — Bundesliga: stats, lineups & analysis
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play_arrow6 clips- 13′Borussia Mönchengladbach, yellow card:Off the ball foul
- 14′Borussia Mönchengladbach, yellow card:Foul
- 23′SC Freiburg, goal:1–0assist
- 29′SC Freiburg, goal:2–0assist
- Half-time2 – 0
- 46′Borussia Mönchengladbach, substitution:off
- 52′Borussia Mönchengladbach, second yellow card:Foul
- 67′Borussia Mönchengladbach, substitution:off
- 67′Borussia Mönchengladbach, substitution:off
- 67′SC Freiburg, substitution:off
- 77′SC Freiburg, goal:3–0assist
- 78′SC Freiburg, substitution:off
- 78′SC Freiburg, substitution:off
- 79′SC Freiburg, goal:4–0assist
- 82′SC Freiburg, substitution:off
- 82′SC Freiburg, substitution:off
- 84′Borussia Mönchengladbach, substitution:off
- 86′SC Freiburg, goal:5–0assist
- 90+2′SC Freiburg, yellow card:Foul
- 90+2′Borussia Mönchengladbach, yellow card:Argument
- Full-time5 – 0
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Match report
Freiburg thrash 10-man Mönchengladbach 5-0 at Europa-Park Stadion
SC Freiburg made it five wins from five to open the Bundesliga season with a crushing 5-0 victory over Borussia Mönchengladbach at the Europa-Park Stadion, a result that stretched the visitors' winless start further and left them bottom of the table after three rounds.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Freiburg were ahead inside half an hour, Yannik Engelhardt finishing from Derry Scherhant's assist in the 23rd minute before Igor Matanović doubled the lead six minutes later, set up by Matthias Ginter. The hosts led 2-0 at the break and the contest turned decisively when Tim Kleindienst was sent off for Mönchengladbach in the 52nd minute.
With the away side down to ten men, Freiburg pulled away in the closing stages. Matanović struck again in the 77th minute after Jordy Makengo's pass, Engelhardt completed his brace two minutes later with Ginter's second assist, and Maximilian Eggestein added a fifth in the 86th minute, teed up by Keisuke Goto, to complete the rout.
Engelhardt scored twice and finished with a rating of 9.88, the highest of the match, while Matanović also netted a double to lead Freiburg's rout alongside him.
Freiburg dominated possession at 60% and translated it into a commanding 19 shots to Mönchengladbach's five, nine of them on target compared to none for the visitors.
SC Freiburg beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 5–0 (half-time 2–0).
SC Freiburg met Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga (Regular Season - 3). Kick-off was Saturday, 12 September 2026, 13:30 UTC at Europa-Park Stadion. Referee: Richard Hempel.
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Key moments
- 23' Goal: Yannik Engelhardt (assist: Derry Scherhant) — 1–0 · Watch Yannik Engelhardt's goal video (23')
- 29' Goal: Igor Matanović (assist: Matthias Ginter) — 2–0 · Watch Igor Matanović's goal video (29')
- 52' Red card: Tim Kleindienst
- 77' Goal: Igor Matanović (assist: Jordy Makengo) — 3–0 · Watch Igor Matanović's goal video (77')
- 79' Goal: Yannik Engelhardt (assist: Matthias Ginter) — 4–0 · Watch Yannik Engelhardt's goal video (79')
- 86' Goal: Maximilian Eggestein (assist: Keisuke Goto) — 5–0 · Watch Maximilian Eggestein's goal video (86')
Starting line-ups
SC Freiburg (4-2-3-1)
Borussia Mönchengladbach (4-4-2)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave SC Freiburg 57%, the draw 24%, Borussia Mönchengladbach 19%. It finished SC Freiburg 5–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach.
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 about what a gap this size usually leaves.
Why SC Freiburg at 57%?
SC Freiburg sit 132 points higher on our strength rating — 1910 to 1778. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge at home won 57.1% of 12,797 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 58–22–20.
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 11,058 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.7% 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 3.5 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 22.8% of 17,178. 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 +0.62 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Measured across 2,853 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 gained 65 strength-rating points over their last 10 games. Momentum is measured but not yet proven: climbing sides won 41.4% of 12,345 such games vs 40.6% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it stays at 0 points until the receipt clears its evidence bar. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the SC Freiburg vs Borussia Mönchengladbach 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 Yannik Engelhardt's goal against Borussia Mönchengladbach (23').
- Watch Igor Matanović's goal against Borussia Mönchengladbach (29').
- Watch Igor Matanović's goal against Borussia Mönchengladbach (77').
- Watch Yannik Engelhardt's goal against Borussia Mönchengladbach (79').
- Watch Maximilian Eggestein's goal against Borussia Mönchengladbach (86').
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