SC Freiburg travel to face Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday riding a perfect run of five consecutive victories. Christian Streich's side sits top of the Bundesliga with nine points from three games, having scored ten goals and conceded just one.
The winning streak started with a 5-1 cup win in Düsseldorf and continued through league and Europa Conference League matches. The most recent and emphatic result was a 5-0 home thrashing of Borussia Mönchengladbach last weekend. Yannick Engelhardt and Igor Matanović each scored twice, with Maximilian Eggestein adding the fifth. Matanović is the team's top scorer this season with three goals. The full rundown of recent results is available on our stats page.
Hosts Eintracht Frankfurt are ninth in the table and are coming off a 3-1 away win at Mainz. The last meeting between the sides ended in a 2-0 defeat for Freiburg back in March. For the upcoming challenge, manager Streich was expected to field the same starting eleven that beat Gladbach, including goalkeeper Max Backhaus and the defensive core of Matthias Ginter and Philipp Lienhart. Our current squad list and any injury news are always kept up to date.
The away trip to Frankfurt is the next step in defending their position at the summit of the Bundesliga. A look at the fixtures schedule shows the international break follows this match.
