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SC Freiburg vs RB Leipzig is a German matchup with Leipzig holding the stronger reference, but Freiburg have shown that home settings can produce a sharp reversal. Leipzig won 2–0 at home on 14 January 2026, while Freiburg answered with a 4–1 victory on 16 May. Leipzig had also won 5–1 in the DFB-Pokal at Freiburg on 2 May 2023. The contrast makes a new meeting a test of hierarchy versus response.
Past matches, SC Freiburg vs RB Leipzig
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Starting eleven
Substitutes SC Freiburg
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17D
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32M
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43D
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9F
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26F
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21G
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30D
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5D
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22F
RB Leipzig Substitutes
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D
17
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M
7
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F
27
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F
40
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F
9
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G
26
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D
5
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M
24
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M
6
Match events
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24'⚽Jan-Niklas Beste Normal Goal
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26'⚽Igor Matanović Normal Goal (Asst: Johan Manzambi)
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33'⚽Assan Ouédraogo Normal Goal (Asst: Yan Diomande)
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47'⚽Matthias Ginter Normal Goal (Asst: Jordy Makengo)
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60'V. Grifo J. Beste
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60'L. Kubler N. Hofler
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60'Lukas Kübler Nicolas Höfler
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60'Vincenzo Grifo Jan-Niklas Beste
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63'R. Baku B. Henrichs
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63'Antonio Nusa Brajan Gruda
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63'Ridle Baku Benjamin Henrichs
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64'A. Nusa B. Gruda
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72'B. Ogbus M. Ginter
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72'L. Holer J. Manzambi
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72'Lucas Höler Johan Manzambi
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72'Bruno Ogbus Matthias Ginter
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73'T. Gomis N. Seiwald
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73'Romulo Cardoso C. Harder
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73'Rômulo Conrad Harder
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73'Tidiam Gomis Nicolas Seiwald
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75'⚽Derry Scherhant Normal Goal (Asst: Igor Matanović)
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77'Christoph Baumgartner Yellow Card
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80'Johan Bakayoko Yan Diomande
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86'Maximilian Philipp Igor Matanović
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88'M. Philipp I. Matanovic
Stats for this game
Matchup SC Freiburg VS RB Leipzig
Leipzig set the stronger markers
RB Leipzig’s 5–1 DFB-Pokal win at Freiburg on 2 May 2023 and 4–1 Bundesliga victory there on 6 April 2024 show how wide the gap can become. Leipzig also won 2–0 at home on 14 January 2026. These results support a Leipzig-led profile, while a scoreline alone cannot prove control of every phase or explain how the game state developed. The cup setting also shows how competition can alter the pressure.
Freiburg can answer emphatically
Freiburg’s 4–1 home win on 16 May 2026 is the clearest counterexample, and a 2–1 victory at home on 26 October 2019 adds another result in their favour. Draws at Leipzig on 5 March 2022 and at Freiburg on 8 March 2025 show that the contest can also narrow. Leipzig will bring the stronger evidence into a new meeting; Freiburg’s opportunity is to reproduce the intensity that turned the 2026 encounter into a decisive response.