Freiburg vs. Kiel: Who starts the new year strongly?

On January 11, 2025, SC Freiburg is an important home game against Holstein Kiel. The encounter is part of a competitive struggle for the Champions League places, in which there are only four points between the third in the table and the tenth, such as Wett base reported.

Under coach Julian Schuster, Freiburg has developed an offensive style of play, but has difficulty creating decisive scoring opportunities. The team currently occupies fifth place in the home table and was able to get 16 out of 21 possible points at home. In contrast, Kiel has not yet won in seven away games (0-2-5) and had to accept 18 goals. Despite this balance sheet, Kiel was always able to score at least one goal in the last seven away games, but there was no victory.

For the coming game, it should be noted that Freiburg scored at least three goals in six out of seven home games. The first league between Freiburg and Kiel is imminent after Kiel had already won 2-1 against Freiburg in a cup game. The betting odds for this game are also promising: over 2.5 goals is quoted at 1,53, while for less than 2.5 goals the quota is 2.32. The possibility that both teams will meet is rated with 1,77.

The squads of both teams for the 2024/25 season are also revealing. For SC Freiburg, Noah Atubolu, Philipp Lienhart and Lucas Höler stand in the squad, while Holstein Kiel can fall back on players such as Timon Weiner, Marco Komenda and Benedikt Pichler, such as Tipico