Match Report
Before the match
Leverkusen: three wins, one draw and one defeat over five games; 14 goals scored, eight conceded. Latest: a 4-3 win away to Mainz on 10 October; their biggest win in that spell was 4-0 at home to Union Berlin on 5 September.
4-3 was Leverkusen's result against Mainz on 10 October (Bundesliga), playing away from home; Leverkusen won, with four scored to three conceded. The 20 September fixture (Bundesliga) paired Leverkusen with RB Leipzig. Leverkusen won 2-0 at home, netting two goals while conceding zero. Playing away from home against Augsburg (Bundesliga), Leverkusen finished 2-2 on 12 September. Their score comprised two goals, against two from the opposition. 5 September: Leverkusen won 4-0 against Union Berlin at home in Bundesliga, scoring four goals and allowing zero. Against Elversberg in Bundesliga, Leverkusen scored two and conceded three on 29 August; the away from home result was 2-3.
Before kickoff, Bundesliga's results-based standings placed Leverkusen 4th after five matches and ten points.
Freiburg were unbeaten in their last five games, with four wins and one draw, scoring 14 goals and conceding four. A 2-1 win at home to Schalke (11 October) was their most recent result; their biggest win in that spell was 5-0 at home to M'gladbach on 12 September.
11 October: Freiburg won 2-1 against Schalke at home in Bundesliga, scoring two goals and allowing one. Against Frankfurt in Bundesliga, Freiburg scored two and conceded two on 19 September; the away from home result was 2-2. Freiburg's at home game on 12 September (Bundesliga) ended 5-0 against M'gladbach, with five goals for and zero against. On 5 September, SC Paderborn faced Freiburg in Bundesliga: Freiburg won 1-0 away from home, having scored one and conceded zero. Bundesliga, 30 August brought a home meeting with Bremen; Freiburg won 4-1, a return of four goals scored and one conceded.
Freiburg: 3rd, 13 points, five matches in the calculated Bundesliga standings at kickoff.
The last two recorded meetings were a 3-3 draw at Freiburg on 7 March and a 2-0 home win for Leverkusen on 26 October 2025.
After the match
Leverkusen edged past Freiburg 2-1 on 18 October 2026. Derry Scherhant opened the scoring inside the first 14 minutes for Freiburg, set up by Philipp Treu, to make it 1-0. Ibrahim Maza levelled it in the 19th minute for Leverkusen, set up by Patrik Schick, to make it 1-1. Patrik Schick put Leverkusen in front 76 minutes into the game, set up by Ibrahim Maza, to make it 2-1. Philipp Treu (39') was booked. Leverkusen: 55.2% to win this pairing in the model on current ratings; the match ended in their favour. Leverkusen are unbeaten in the latest 5 matches of their recorded form in the 2025/26 Bundesliga, the 2026/27 DFB-Pokal and the 2026/27 Bundesliga. The substitution total for Leverkusen was three. one yellow card went to Freiburg. Freiburg: five substitutions. The scoring record shows one lead change. Leverkusen won after falling behind.