Union Berlin 2-1 Freiburg — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Germany - Bundesliga, 18 May 2024

📅18/05/2024 · 🕒16:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 0-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
41%
1.86
Draw
27%
3.45
Away
32%
3.63
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
50%
2.03
Over 2.5
50%
1.71
Both Teams to Score
Yes
51%
1.66
No
49%
2.09
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
27%
3.86
2-3 Goals
38%
1.83
4-5 Goals
24%
3.18
6+ Goals
11%
10.75
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 3.86 — our 27% vs market 20.7%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
16%
2.44
1/2
7%
34.5
1/X
10%
13.3
X/1
16%
4.39
X/2
9%
8.25
X/X
10%
5.11
2/1
8%
22.7
2/2
17%
5.91
2/X
7%
13.85
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
41%
Home Win
50%
-9.0pp
27%
Draw
26%
+0.9pp
32%
Away Win
24%
+8.2pp
50%
Under 2.5
45%
+4.3pp
50%
Over 2.5
55%
-4.3pp
51%
BTTS Yes
56%
-5.3pp
49%
BTTS No
44%
+5.3pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Union Berlin EU Bookmakers 54%
Head to Head
AWAY Freiburg EU Bookmakers 28%
+12% / +2% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +8% / +8%
1.44/1.11 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.34/1.63
+16% / +12% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -4% / +18%
54% Ball Possession 46%
16 Total Shots 11
4 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 4
354 · 77% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 290 · 73%
23.3 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 18.1
20.9 Crosses 15.6
1.6 Yellow Cards 1.7
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Union Berlin
3W-2D-1L
AWAY Freiburg
1.67 Avg Goals (FT) 1.17
1.49 xG 1.65
38% Ball Possession 62%
12 Total Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 4
3 Corners 4
254 Passes 482
72% Pass Accuracy 84%
21 Box Touches 22
16 Crosses 21
2 Yellow Cards 1
13.01.2024 Freiburg Freiburg 0-0 HT 0-0 Union Berlin Union Berlin AL1
13.05.2023 Union Berlin Union Berlin 4-2 HT 3-0 Freiburg Freiburg AL1
13.11.2022 Freiburg Freiburg 4-1 HT 4-0 Union Berlin Union Berlin AL1
07.05.2022 Freiburg Freiburg 1-4 HT 0-3 Union Berlin Union Berlin AL1
15.12.2021 Union Berlin Union Berlin 0-0 HT 0-0 Freiburg Freiburg AL1
20.02.2021 Freiburg Freiburg 0-1 HT 0-0 Union Berlin Union Berlin AL1
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Union Berlin
2-1
AWAY Freiburg
2.31 xG 0.98
37% Ball Possession 63%
13 Total Shots 13
5 Shots on Target 4
3 Corners 7
234 Passes 438
77% Pass Accuracy 85%
28 Box Touches 29
10 Crosses 25
7 Yellow Cards 4
POST-MATCH Union Berlin vs Freiburg
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Union Berlin edged past Freiburg 2-1. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As we highlighted before kick-off, our model had Union Berlin as the likeliest winner at 41%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 50% and both teams to score was close to even at 51%.

On the day, Union Berlin had 37% of the ball to Freiburg's 63%, shots finished 13-13, expected goals 2.31 to 0.98 — an xG gap that size says the one-goal margin undersold Union Berlin's control.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Union Berlin had the better of it with 3 wins, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 1.67 goals for Union Berlin and 1.17 for Freiburg.

What was the final score of Union Berlin vs Freiburg?

Union Berlin 2-1 Freiburg in the Germany - Bundesliga on 18/05/2024. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Union Berlin vs Freiburg?

Before kick-off our model rated a Union Berlin win the most likely single outcome at about 41%, with the full match-result split Union Berlin 41%, draw 27%, Freiburg 32%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Union Berlin), BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Union Berlin) ✓ BTTS Yes
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