German Bundesliga

SC Freiburg vs Werder Bremen, 2019-20 German Bundesliga

· German Bundesliga
FT
0 - 1
  • 19': Leonardo Bittencourt
  • Red Card 88': Philipp Bargfrede

Bittencourt stunner eases Werder Bremen's Bundesliga relegation fears

Werder Bremen midfielder Leonardo Bittencourt scored a first-half winner in a 1-0 win at Freiburg that reignited their hopes of avoiding relegation.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Foul by Nicolas Höfler (Sport-Club Freiburg).
  • 3': Leonardo Bittencourt (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 4': Foul by Milot Rashica (SV Werder Bremen).
  • 4': Janik Haberer (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Foul by Milos Veljkovic (SV Werder Bremen).
  • 4': Lucas Höler (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 5': Attempt saved. Vincenzo Grifo (Sport-Club Freiburg) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 5': Corner, Sport-Club Freiburg. Conceded by Marco Friedl.
  • 8': Attempt saved. Davy Klaassen (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 9': Foul by Roland Sallai (Sport-Club Freiburg).
  • 9': Kevin Vogt (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 11': Foul by Kevin Vogt (SV Werder Bremen).
  • 11': Vincenzo Grifo (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 11': Offside, Sport-Club Freiburg. Vincenzo Grifo tries a through ball, but Manuel Gulde is caught offside.
  • 14': Davy Klaassen (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Foul by Roland Sallai (Sport-Club Freiburg).
  • 17': Attempt missed. Roland Sallai (Sport-Club Freiburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Nils Petersen.
  • 19': Goal! Sport-Club Freiburg 0, SV Werder Bremen 1. Leonardo Bittencourt (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Davy Klaassen following a fast break.
  • 23': Foul by Marco Friedl (SV Werder Bremen).
  • 23': Roland Sallai (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 24': Attempt saved. Manuel Gulde (Sport-Club Freiburg) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Günter with a cross.
  • 25': Attempt saved. Roland Sallai (Sport-Club Freiburg) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Janik Haberer.
  • 28': Attempt missed. Jonathan Schmid (Sport-Club Freiburg) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
  • 29': Foul by Marco Friedl (SV Werder Bremen).
  • 29': Roland Sallai (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 29': Marco Friedl (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card.
  • 30': Foul by Maximilian Eggestein (SV Werder Bremen).
  • 30': Lucas Höler (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 31': Attempt blocked. Maximilian Eggestein (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Leonardo Bittencourt.
  • 31': Corner, SV Werder Bremen. Conceded by Nicolas Höfler.
  • 32': Corner, Sport-Club Freiburg. Conceded by Maximilian Eggestein.
  • 32': Offside, Sport-Club Freiburg. Vincenzo Grifo tries a through ball, but Lucas Höler is caught offside.
  • 33': Foul by Robin Koch (Sport-Club Freiburg).
  • 33': Joshua Sargent (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 34': Foul by Joshua Sargent (SV Werder Bremen).
  • 34': Manuel Gulde (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 35': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Philipp Bargfrede replaces Kevin Vogt because of an injury.
  • 37': Attempt missed. Lucas Höler (Sport-Club Freiburg) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Roland Sallai with a headed pass.
  • 38': Attempt missed. Leonardo Bittencourt (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Maximilian Eggestein.
  • 39': Foul by Philipp Bargfrede (SV Werder Bremen).
  • 39': Lucas Höler (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Corner, Sport-Club Freiburg. Conceded by Marco Friedl.
  • 42': Philipp Bargfrede (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 44': Foul by Joshua Sargent (SV Werder Bremen).
  • 44': Manuel Gulde (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Sport-Club Freiburg 0, SV Werder Bremen 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Sport-Club Freiburg 0, SV Werder Bremen 1.
  • 46': Foul by Roland Sallai (Sport-Club Freiburg).
  • 46': Marco Friedl (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 49': Foul by Theodor Gebre Selassie (SV Werder Bremen).
  • 49': Nils Petersen (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 50': Foul by Janik Haberer (Sport-Club Freiburg).
  • 50': Philipp Bargfrede (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 52': Attempt saved. Lucas Höler (Sport-Club Freiburg) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jonathan Schmid with a cross.
  • 53': Hand ball by Roland Sallai (Sport-Club Freiburg).
  • 53': Attempt missed. Davy Klaassen (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Milot Rashica.
  • 54': Foul by Christian Günter (Sport-Club Freiburg).
  • 54': Maximilian Eggestein (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Attempt saved. Roland Sallai (Sport-Club Freiburg) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicolas Höfler.
  • 57': Attempt blocked. Roland Sallai (Sport-Club Freiburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 62': Attempt saved. Nicolas Höfler (Sport-Club Freiburg) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lucas Höler.
  • 62': Corner, Sport-Club Freiburg. Conceded by Jirí Pavlenka.
  • 62': Foul by Milot Rashica (SV Werder Bremen).
  • 62': Jonathan Schmid (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 63': Foul by Manuel Gulde (Sport-Club Freiburg).
  • 63': Joshua Sargent (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 63': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Yuya Osako replaces Joshua Sargent.
  • 63': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Fin Bartels replaces Leonardo Bittencourt.
  • 65': Attempt blocked. Milot Rashica (SV Werder Bremen) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Theodor Gebre Selassie with a cross.
  • 66': Christian Günter (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 66': Foul by Fin Bartels (SV Werder Bremen).
  • 66': Corner, Sport-Club Freiburg. Conceded by Philipp Bargfrede.
  • 67': Attempt blocked. Fin Bartels (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Milot Rashica.
  • 67': Attempt missed. Davy Klaassen (SV Werder Bremen) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Marco Friedl with a cross.
  • 68': Foul by Janik Haberer (Sport-Club Freiburg).
  • 68': Yuya Osako (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 69': Corner, SV Werder Bremen. Conceded by Lucas Höler.
  • 70': Attempt missed. Yuya Osako (SV Werder Bremen) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Fin Bartels with a headed pass following a corner.
  • 71': Attempt missed. Roland Sallai (Sport-Club Freiburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Christian Günter with a cross.
  • 71': Substitution, Sport-Club Freiburg. Amir Abrashi replaces Janik Haberer.
  • 74': Attempt blocked. Milot Rashica (SV Werder Bremen) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yuya Osako.
  • 75': Foul by Lucas Höler (Sport-Club Freiburg).
  • 75': Milos Veljkovic (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 76': Foul by Niklas Moisander (SV Werder Bremen).
  • 76': Lucas Höler (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 76': Amir Abrashi (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 76': Foul by Yuya Osako (SV Werder Bremen).
  • 77': Foul by Marco Friedl (SV Werder Bremen).
  • 77': Roland Sallai (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 79': Foul by Davy Klaassen (SV Werder Bremen).
  • 79': Nicolas Höfler (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 80': Attempt blocked. Vincenzo Grifo (Sport-Club Freiburg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Roland Sallai.
  • 80': Corner, Sport-Club Freiburg. Conceded by Marco Friedl.
  • 81': Substitution, Sport-Club Freiburg. Chang-Hoon Kwon replaces Roland Sallai.
  • 82': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Michael Lang replaces Marco Friedl because of an injury.
  • 82': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Davie Selke replaces Milot Rashica.
  • 83': Christian Günter (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 83': Foul by Davie Selke (SV Werder Bremen).
  • 85': Attempt missed. Chang-Hoon Kwon (Sport-Club Freiburg) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jonathan Schmid.
  • 88': Foul by Philipp Bargfrede (SV Werder Bremen).
  • 88': Lucas Höler (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 88': Second yellow card to Philipp Bargfrede (SV Werder Bremen) for a bad foul.
  • 89': Offside, Sport-Club Freiburg. Robin Koch tries a through ball, but Nils Petersen is caught offside.
  • 89': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Manuel Gulde (Sport-Club Freiburg) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
  • 90': VAR Decision: No Goal Sport-Club Freiburg 0-1 SV Werder Bremen.
  • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Robin Koch (Sport-Club Freiburg) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jonathan Schmid with a cross.
  • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Robin Koch (Sport-Club Freiburg) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Chang-Hoon Kwon with a cross.
  • 90'+5': Davy Klaassen (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Amir Abrashi (Sport-Club Freiburg).
  • 90'+6': Offside, SV Werder Bremen. Jirí Pavlenka tries a through ball, but Davie Selke is caught offside.
  • 90'+6': Corner, Sport-Club Freiburg. Conceded by Davy Klaassen.
  • 90'+7': Attempt blocked. Vincenzo Grifo (Sport-Club Freiburg) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
  • 90'+7': Attempt saved. Nils Petersen (Sport-Club Freiburg) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Amir Abrashi with a cross.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Sport-Club Freiburg 0, SV Werder Bremen 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Sport-Club Freiburg 0, SV Werder Bremen 1.

Statistics

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18 Fouls 12
1 Yellow Cards 0
1 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 3
2 Corner Kicks 7
7 Saves 1
36.8 Possession 63.2
10 SHOTS 17
2 ON GOAL 7
0.2 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
266 Accurate Passes 514
361 Passes 598
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
3 Accurate Crosses 15
11 Crosses 42
0.3 Cross % 0.4
66 Long Balls 71
30 Accurate Long Balls 49
0.5 Long Balls % 0.7
4 Blocked Shots 3
6 Effective Tackles 7
9 Tackles 8
0.7 Tackle % 0.9
5 Interceptions 13
33 Effective Clearances 9
33 Clearances 9

Game Information

Competition: German Bundesliga

Venue: Dreisamstadion
Location: Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Bundesliga Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Bayern Munich 34 +86 89
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 +36 73
3 RB Leipzig 34 +19 65
4 VfB Stuttgart 34 +22 62
Full Table

Line-Ups

SCF SC Freiburg (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Alexander Schwolow (GK)
5 Manuel Gulde
25 Robin Koch
30 Christian Günter
7 Jonathan Schmid
27 Nicolas Höfler
19 Janik Haberer
32 Vincenzo Grifo
22 Roland Sallai
18 Nils Petersen
9 Lucas Höler

SVW Werder Bremen (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Jirí Pavlenka (GK)
18 Niklas Moisander
13 Milos Veljkovic
32 Marco Friedl Yellow Card
23 Theodor Gebre Selassie
3 Kevin Vogt
30 Davy Klaassen
35 Maximilian Eggestein
19 Josh Sargent
7 Milot Rashica
10 Leonardo Bittencourt

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