Overview
- Union have gone five straight league matches without a goal from a designated forward since the 4–3 win at Eintracht Frankfurt.
- The team’s last five goals were scored by defenders Danilho Doekhi (three) and Leopold Querfeld (one) plus midfielder Rani Khedira (one), with three scoreless outings in that span.
- Doekhi delivered the extra-time winner in the DFB-Pokal against Arminia Bielefeld, prompting Baumgart’s lighthearted remark that he would accept the defender as a centre-forward.
- Baumgart rotated his attack in the cup, starting Tim Skarke over Oliver Burke, and handed an 18-year-old, Mitja Bogdanow, his professional debut off the bench.
- Ahead of hosting SC Freiburg, Baumgart notes the visitors’ familiarity with congested ‘English weeks’ and downplays Union’s unbeaten home league record against Freiburg since 2019.