Eintracht Frankfurt drew 2:2 with Freiburg at Deutsche Bank Park on Saturday in the fourth round of the Bundesliga regular season. The result leaves the hosts ninth on five points while the visitors move to third with ten points after four games.
Ebnoutalib gave Eintracht the lead in the tenth minute, but Freiburg responded quickly through Scherhant before Burkardt restored the advantage at the half-time break. Suzuki then levelled for the visitors in the forty-eighth minute, and neither side could find a winner despite several changes from both coaches.
The match had plenty of incident early on. Onyedika picked up a yellow card in the ninth minute, and Backhaus followed suit after Burkardt's goal. Hojlund and Höler also went to the referee's book later in the game, and both managers used their substitutes freely in the second half.
Freiburg dominated possession at 58 per cent and created five big chances against three for the hosts. Their expected goals figure of 3.09 compared with 2.18 for Frankfurt, yet the visitors failed to convert their superiority into a victory. Nine shots on target between them tells a different story to the xG numbers.
For Frankfurt, the draw ends a run of mixed results. They beat Mainz 3:1 last weekend after losses to Augsburg and a heavy defeat away to Brentford, but this point keeps them from sliding further. Freiburg's unbeaten record remains intact, though they have now drawn two of their four games.
and here's the thing — neither side looked like breaking the deadlock after the interval. Both managers brought on fresh legs, but the game settled into a pattern of possession without penetration. The final whistle brought relief more than celebration from either dugout.
