Freiburg vs Wolfsburg: where things stand

SC FREIBURGWith three matches remaining in the 2025/26 Bundesliga season, Julian Schuster’s SC Freiburg (12-7-12, 8th) remain in the fight for a European competition spot. Freiburg vs Wolfsburg has emerged this Saturday as one of the stories drawing attention in Kenya.

Key facts

• SC FREIBURGWith three matches remaining in the 2025/26 Bundesliga season, Julian Schuster’s SC Freiburg (12-7-12, 8th) remain in the fight for a European competition spot.
• With three matches remaining in the 2025/26 Bundesliga season, Julian Schuster’s SC Freiburg (12-7-12, 8th) remain in the fight for a European competition spot - currently tied with Eintracht Frankfurt for the Conference League spot on 43 points but with goal differential currently in favour of Die Adler.
• Freiburg have won seven of their last ten Bundesliga matches against Wolfsburg (7-3-0), and all of their last three meetings by one-goal scorelines (3-2, 1-0, 4-3).
• Another thing that should be noted is Freiburg’s individual counterattack ability, as they have one more goal than Wolfsburg (42) but ten less assists (23).
• Wolfsburg, on the other hand, have an average away record, with the same amount of points as Freiburg have away this season: 15 points (4-3-8), with a -15 goal differential (20-35).

What we know

Going deeper, With three matches remaining in the 2025/26 Bundesliga season, Julian Schuster’s SC Freiburg (12-7-12, 8th) remain in the fight for a European competition spot - currently tied with Eintracht Frankfurt for the Conference League spot on 43 points but with goal differential currently in favour of Die Adler.

On the substance, Freiburg have won seven of their last ten Bundesliga matches against Wolfsburg (7-3-0), and all of their last three meetings by one-goal scorelines (3-2, 1-0, 4-3).

Beyond the headlines, Another thing that should be noted is Freiburg’s individual counterattack ability, as they have one more goal than Wolfsburg (42) but ten less assists (23).

More precisely, Wolfsburg, on the other hand, have an average away record, with the same amount of points as Freiburg have away this season: 15 points (4-3-8), with a -15 goal differential (20-35).

It is worth noting that Wolfsburg have the second-most shots faced in the entire Bundesliga (165), only to Gladbach; 8 of those shots came to Freiburg in December, just under 5% of the total.

By the numbers

At this stage, Freiburg have the sixth-best home record in the Bundesliga, with 28 of their 43 points having come at Europa-Park-Stadion (8-4-3) and with a +8 goal differential (28-20).

On a related note, Freiburg are also the only team in the Bundesliga to go without conceding a single penalty in the 2025/26 season, with Noah Atubolu having only faced and denied one attempt from SV Werder Bremen’s Romano Schmid.

Going deeper, FC Heidenheim 1846 last weekend, it means that VfL Wolfsburg (6-7-18, 17th) will not be relegated this weekend.

On the substance, Arnold had picked up a groin injury last month and was playing limited minutes as a substitute in the most recent matches, but a second injury in training this week confirms that he will not see another minute in a Wolfsburg uniform in 2025/26.

The wider context

On a related note, Sports Mole previews Sunday's Bundesliga clash between Freiburg and Wolfsburg, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Going deeper, Fighting for survival in the Bundesliga, relegation-threatened Wolfsburg will travel to take on Europa League semi-finalists Freiburg at Europa-Park Stadion on Sunday.

On the substance, By Anthony Nolan | 01 May 2026 23:07, Last updated: 02 May 2026 04:24.

Beyond the headlines, Returning to Bundesliga action this weekend, Freiburg sit eighth in the division, level on 43 points with seventh-placed Eintracht Frankfurt, and 12 points short of sixth-placed Bayer Leverkusen with just three games to play.

More precisely, Meanwhile, this contest means more for Dieter Hecking's Wolfsburg, who are at serious risk of relegation to the 2.Bundesliga, and will be desperate to avoid being cut adrift of automatic safety on Sunday.

The bottom line

• However, Wolfsburg followed up April 18's 2-1 victory over Union Berlin with a 0-0 draw against Borussia Monchengladbach most recently, a stalemate that means the club have avoided defeat in back-to-back games for the first time since mid-January.
• On the contrary, Wolfsburg have faced eleven penalties this season, with Kamil Grabara saving seven of them, watching one go wide, and conceding the remaining three.
• Derry Scherhant, who was a substitute for the match in Wolfsburg back in December, is the only goalscorer from the reverse match to be included in the projected XI; Vincenzo Grifo and Philipp Treu are both expected to start on the bench.