Borussia Dortmund took advantage of Bayern Munich’s slip up at the start of the year to cut the gap behind defending champions to six points at the top of the Bundesliga standings.

They have done so thanks to a late second-half comeback against Eintracht Frankfurt last weekend. Jude Bellingham and Mahmoud Dahoud found two late goals to make it 2-3 at the end in Frankfurt.

BVB have a chance to narrow the gap to three points (at least for a day) on Friday evening when they play host to Freiburg in the first match of Gameweek No 19.

Freiburg are enjoying one of the best seasons in recent history. The hold the sky-high fourth place in the ladder right now.

Christian Streich’s men boast one of the best defensive records in the league with only 18 goals conceded in 18 outings so far in the season.

That said, Freiburg’s back line looked very vulnerable in the team’s maiden game of the year. Streich’s troops dropped a two-goal advantage to get just one point from the home clash against the likes of Arminia Bielefeld last weekend.

Freiburg are now set to face one of the deadliest attacking lines in the country, led by phenomenal Norwegian forward Erling Haaland.

We are not quite optimistic regarding their chances of bouncing back in terms of their defensive showing from the previous round.



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今年年初，多特蒙德利用拜仁慕尼黑的失利，将与卫冕冠军的差距缩小至6分，在德甲积分榜上位居榜首。

多亏了上周末在对法兰克福的比赛中下半场后期的逆转，他们做到了这一点。裘德·贝灵汉(Jude Bellingham)和马哈茂德·达乌德(Mahmoud Dahoud)在法兰克福比赛的最后时刻攻入两球，将比分扳平为2-3。

BVB有机会在周五晚上主场迎战弗莱堡，将比分差距缩小到3分(至少在一天内)。

弗莱堡正在享受近代史上最好的季节之一。他们现在是梯子上的第四名。

克里斯蒂安·斯特里奇的球队拥有联盟最好的防守记录之一，本赛季迄今为止，他们在18场比赛中只丢了18个球。

也就是说，弗莱堡的后防线在球队今年的首场比赛中显得非常脆弱。施特里奇的球队在上周末主场与比勒菲尔德的比赛中丢掉了两球的优势，只得到一分。

弗莱堡现在要面对的是挪威前锋厄林·哈兰德率领的最致命的锋线之一。

我们对他们从上一轮的防守中反弹的机会不太乐观。