Grifo before the duel: Can Freiburg finally win against Union?

Grifo before the duel: Can Freiburg finally win against Union?

Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Deutschland - Union Berlin impressively performed in the current Bundesliga season and was able to score valuable points against Eintracht Frankfurt and FC Bayern Munich before the international break. Before the encounters against strong opponents such as Wolfsburg, Leverkusen and Stuttgart follow, there is an important game against SC Freiburg next weekend. This encounter becomes particularly interesting because the Freiburg Vincenzo Grifo can show an outstanding record against Union Berlin.

Grifo, who was born on April 7, 1993 in Pforzheim and bears the number 32, has scored five goals in previous duels against Union Berlin and also gave impressive seven templates. This makes him one of the best players in the previous encounters against the Berliners. In a total of 11 Bundesliga games against Union, he collected 9 scorer points, but shows a worrying statistics: Grifo was only able to win three of his 17 meetings with Union Berlin. Five games ended in a tie while he went out of the square as a loser in nine games. Despite these defeats, Grifo was instrumental in the few Freiburg successes against Union, especially with a triple goal in the 2022/23 season and a decisive assist against Union in the 2019/20 season.

current form and statistics

In the current season 2024/25, Grifo has scored eight goals for Freiburg, which together with Ritsu Dōan makes him the best scorer of the team. He also took a remarkable position in the league with seven assists, where he is in fourth place together with other players such as Granit Xhaka and Pascal. His danger of goal is also reflected in the league statistics, since with 53 shots he gave up most of the shots on the goal of his team and has already hit the post twice.

His statistics show that Grifo is not only dangerous, but also acts future -oriented. With 45 passes that led to a shot, he occupies seventh place in the league. In addition, he has already successfully transformed three penalty in the season so far, which in this statistics lifts him to third place. His last game dates to March 15, 2025, when Freiburg played a tie against 1. FSV Mainz 05 2: 2. In this game Grifo was active for 85 minutes and came on two shots on the goal and 66 ball touches.

career highlights

Overall, Grifo won 101 games in his Bundesliga career and scored 66 goals. He played a total of 228 games for SC Freiburg and scored 65 goals. With his experience he comes to 265 Bundesliga games, which positions him in the list of most career games in 26th place. With 66 goals he takes seventh place in the active goal scorer list of the Bundesliga, with which he is one of the most noticed players in the league.

Despite its impressive individual statistics, it remains to be seen whether Grifo can improve his balance sheet on the coming matchday against Union Berlin. The game could be decisive for both Grifo and his team to be successful in the fight for the upper table positions.

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