SC Freiburg is feeling the breath of Bayer Leverkusen and must score against Schalke if fifth place is not to be in danger.

SC Freiburg is playing another great season in the Bundesliga. In the Europa League, they were only eliminated by Juventus Torino, and in the Bundesliga, they are in fifth place before the match against FC Schalke 04 (Sunday, 3:30 p.m.).

However, the strain of a season in which the Breisgau team danced on three highs for a long time has not left Sportclub unscathed. The club has only won two of its last seven games in the league.

As a result, the competition is closing in from behind. Especially Bayer Leverkusen, who are only six points behind Freiburg. Therefore, the SCF must also score again – preferably against Schalke.

Freiburg’s cult coach Christian Streich emphasized before the 90 minutes against the Königsblauen. “We know what’s coming up for us. We are at home. And we definitely want to win the game. For that, we need a really good performance. “

Particularly defensively, Freiburg are hard to crack at home. They have only conceded twelve goals in their own stadium, only Union Berlin conceded fewer goals at home.

However, Streich has absolute respect for his opponents, who were not really convincing offensively except for the 5:2 win against Hertha BSC last time out. “We’ve seen what’s been happening at Schalke the last few weeks. When they block a shot, you see ten fists. That’s how Schalke fans want the team to be. I have no concerns whatsoever that anyone thinks it will be easy on Sunday. We’ll take it all the way, we’ll put everything into it, too. Everyone can count on that.”

Streich will have to replace four players: Manuel Gulde (muscle injury) and Daniel Kyereh (cruciate ligament tear) are injured, Maximilian Eggestein and Roland Sallai are serving a yellow suspension.

Streich explained, “Maximilian has been very present in recent weeks. I’m very happy with him – and we don’t have to talk about his personality anyway. Yannik Keitel, Robert Wagner and Merlin Röhl have trained well. One of them will play for him. “