Freiburg – Schalke 04 match report
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A goal in the 85th minute gave Freiburg a 2-1 win against Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga. It was 1-1 at half-time. The top ScoreMondo rating of the match went to Freiburg's M. Eggestein: 8.5. The match was played on Sunday, 11 October 2026 at Europa-Park-Stadion in Freiburg (matchday 5).
The story of the match
M. Eggestein opened the scoring for Freiburg after 10 minutes. K. Karaman equalised for Schalke 04 at 1-1 after 30 minutes, set up by A. Gantenbein. It was Freiburg 1-1 Schalke 04 at half-time.
Freiburg had a player sent off on 64 minutes: Y. Suzuki. Freiburg went 2-1 up on 85 minutes thanks to K. Goto, set up by V. Grifo.
What the numbers say
The shot count read 11-3, 3-3 on target. Corners finished 7-2. A red card for Freiburg and 3 yellows made it a bad-tempered match. Dangerous attacks: 156 for Freiburg, 104 for Schalke 04. Freiburg committed 11 fouls to Schalke 04's 13, and the offside count read 0-5.
Freiburg's yellow cards went to Y. Suzuki in the 49th minute, M. Ginter in the 57th minute and Y. Suzuki in the 64th minute. Booked for Schalke 04: Hwang Hee-Chan (87').
The players
The best ScoreMondo ratings after the player of the match went to A. Gantenbein (Schalke 04, 7.5), J. Beste (Freiburg, 7.4) and Y. Engelhardt (Freiburg, 7.3). From the Freiburg bench came L. Holer on 65 minutes, C. Irie on 69 minutes, K. Goto on 69 minutes and L. Kubler on 83 minutes, among 5 changes. Schalke 04 made 5 changes: R. Schallenberg for S. Tanaka (69'), E. Dzeko for J. Adamu (69'), T. Becker for M. Wober (79') and A. Aouchiche for A. Gantenbein (79').
Before the match
Freiburg came into the match with 2 wins and 1 draw from their last 3 matches — unbeaten in 3. Their most recent game was a 4-2 win over FC Luzern for Freiburg. Before kick-off, Schalke 04's last 5 matches had brought 3 wins and 2 draws. Last time out, Schalke 04 beat SC Austria Lustenau 1-0 away. The record between them over the last 9 matches reads 6-2-1 from Freiburg's point of view. The last meeting, in 2023 in the Bundesliga, ended in a 4-0 win for Freiburg. Those 9 games produced 23 goals, an average of 2.6 per match. Martin Petersen was the referee, averaging 4.2 yellow cards per match across 45 matches in our records.
What the result means
Freiburg are now unbeaten in 4 matches. Schalke 04's 5-match unbeaten run is over. Freiburg beat Schalke 04 for the first time since 2023.
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