Ahead of Freiburg match, everybody still talks about Haaland
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Reading Time: 3min | Fri. 14.01.22. | 17:30
The Norwegian hasn't scored in two consecutive games in Bundesliga
It really doesn’t matter against whom is Borussia playing, Erling Haaland is always the main topic. The Norwegian power striker will almost certainly be a transfer bomb in June, along with Kylian Mbappe and although he won’t leave in January, he is still the main topic on all sports pages. Borussia has a plan which they are implementing right now: the first option is to persuade him to stay for another season for a hefty pay rise, and the second is to force him to make a decision until February, so if he doesn’t want to stay, they have enough time to look for a solution. But, his agent Mino Raiola underwent surgery at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan on Wednesday and they have to wait until he is available for the negotiations.
13 – Erling #Haaland, who has been awarded Norway’s footballer of the year award, has scored 2+ goals in 13 different #Bundesliga games for Borussia Dortmund since the start of 2021, with no other player within Europe’s big five leagues doing so as often during this time. Burst. pic.twitter.com/JyVZ2Tncrf
— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) January 13, 2022
And then, there is another reason why Haaland is the main topic (again): his goal-ratio. In the last two Borussia’s games (a loss to Hertha and a tight win over Frankfurt), Haaland has not scored, which has happened seven times so far in his Bundesliga career, but it has never happened that Norwegian is not on the score sheet for three consecutive games. So far, Haaland has scored 53 games in 55 Bundesliga matches. In fact, the Norwegian scores a goal every 84 minutes on average, which is even better than Lewandowski (every 100 minutes).
So, in order to continue his scoring streak, he needs to be precise against Freiburg. And that won’t be so easy, since Freiburg are currently in fourth place and have an excellent season, even with an unexpected draw with Armenia last week (from 2-0 to 2-2). Dortmund have never lost at home to Freiburg in the Bundesliga and recorded 10 wins and only one draw, but this season, Freiburg is the second-best team on the road (15 points, compared to Bayern’s 19). Coach Streich will take charge of his 375th competitive game as Freiburg head coach, and believe it or not, he is only behind Atletico Madrid's Diego Simeone in a number of games in charge. And you only have to look at Dortmund’s recent defense (six goals in two matches) to realize that this won’t be an easy match for the home team.
BUNDESLIGA ROUND 19
Friday
22:30 Borussia D. – Freiburg
Saturday
17: 30 FC Koln - Bayern Munchen
17:30 Union Berlin - Hoffenheim
17:30 VfB Stuttgart - RB Leipzig
20:30 Borussia M'gladbach - Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Sunday
17:30 FC Augsburg - Eintracht Frankfurt
19:30 Arminia Bielefeld - Greuther Fürth
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