Bayer Leverkusen vs SC Freiburg — Bundesliga: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 19′Bayer Leverkusen, goal:1–1assist
- 39′SC Freiburg, yellow card:
- Half-time1 – 1
- 59′Bayer Leverkusen, substitution:off
- 64′SC Freiburg, substitution:off
- 65′SC Freiburg, substitution:off
- 73′Bayer Leverkusen, substitution:off
- 76′Bayer Leverkusen, goal:2–1assist
- 77′SC Freiburg, substitution:off
- 77′SC Freiburg, substitution:off
- 84′Bayer Leverkusen, substitution:off
- 89′SC Freiburg, substitution:off
- Full-time2 – 1
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Bayer Leverkusen come from behind to beat SC Freiburg 2-1
Bayer Leverkusen beat SC Freiburg 2-1 at the BayArena on Bundesliga matchday 6, coming from a goal down to extend their winning run to five games. Freiburg had arrived third in the table and unbeaten in the league this season, but they left with a first league defeat of the campaign.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Freiburg took the lead in the 14th minute, Derry Scherhant finishing after a pass from Philipp Treu. The advantage lasted only five minutes. Ibrahim Maza equalised in the 19th minute from a Patrik Schick assist, and the sides went into the interval level at 1-1.
The second half stayed tight until the 76th minute, when the roles were reversed: Maza supplied the pass and Schick scored what proved the winner. Leverkusen had the shots advantage, 12 to 11, and put five efforts on target to Freiburg's two. The only booking of the afternoon went to the visitors.
The result lifted Leverkusen to 13 points, level with third-placed Freiburg, who remained one place above them. Leverkusen are now unbeaten in seven games and next visit OFI in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday, while Freiburg travel to Monaco in the UEFA Europa Conference League the same day.
Patrik Schick scored the winner in the 76th minute and had set up Maza's equaliser, earning the highest rating on the pitch at 8.04. Maza was close behind on 7.98 with a goal and an assist of his own.
Leverkusen had five shots on target to Freiburg's two, even though the two sides were separated by only one effort overall.
Bayer Leverkusen beat SC Freiburg 2–1 (half-time 1–1).
Bayer Leverkusen met SC Freiburg in the Bundesliga (Regular Season - 6). Kick-off was Sunday, 18 October 2026, 13:30 UTC at BayArena. Referee: Florian Badstubner. Attendance: 30,210.
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Key moments
- 14' Goal: Derry Scherhant (assist: Philipp Treu) — 0–1 · Watch Derry Scherhant's goal video (14')
- 19' Goal: Ibrahim Maza (assist: Patrik Schick) — 1–1 · Watch Ibrahim Maza's goal video (19')
- 76' Goal: Patrik Schick (assist: Ibrahim Maza) — 2–1 · Watch Patrik Schick's goal video (76')
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Bayer Leverkusen (4-2-3-1)
SC Freiburg (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Bayer Leverkusen 53%, the draw 23%, SC Freiburg 24%. It finished Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 SC Freiburg.
Leverkusen's strength edge gives a slight lean — Our strength rating puts Bayer Leverkusen a shade stronger, 1825 to 1767, so we give them 53%, though the early-season timing trims their home chances a little. The draw sits at 23%, down from a usual 27% because Freiburg's hot finishing streak and both sides' high-scoring recent games, averaging 3.9 goals, pull it lower.
Why Bayer Leverkusen at 53%?
Bayer Leverkusen sit 58 points higher on our strength rating — 1825 to 1767. Sides with a 40–80-point rating edge at home won 50.3% of 10,414 such games. SC Freiburg scored +0.97 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Visitors running this hot went on to win 27.4% of 1,477 games, vs 27.8% for visitors finishing normally.
Why only 53%?
Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims Bayer Leverkusen's column. Across 11,304 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.8% where the rating map expected 44.7%, with draws up 1.4 — negative in every season since 2018.
Why is the draw only 23%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 26.8%. These teams' recent games average 3.9 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.2% of 16,995. The cool-off factor takes 2.5 points off the draw. The goals environment takes 2.3 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Out: Yuito Suzuki, an important player. This does not change our forecast yet: we are still measuring how much missing players like these cost a team. Bayer Leverkusen won 4 of the last 6 meetings with SC Freiburg. The record is 4 wins for Bayer Leverkusen, 2 draws and 0 wins for SC Freiburg. These were 6 Bundesliga games played between 29 October 2023 and 7 March 2026. Latest meeting: 7 March 2026 — SC Freiburg 3–3 Bayer Leverkusen. In 5,188 historical matches between similarly rated teams, home sides with the stronger head-to-head record won 43.9%. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Bayer Leverkusen vs SC Freiburg 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.
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- Watch Derry Scherhant's goal against Bayer Leverkusen (14').
- Watch Ibrahim Maza's goal against SC Freiburg (19').
- Watch Patrik Schick's goal against SC Freiburg (76').
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