Women's Bundesliga: SC Freiburg hosts RB Leipzig to open Matchday 7

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Freiburg starts strong – Leipzig responds – then the game turns

Matchday 7 of the Women's Bundesliga begins on Saturday evening (16 October 2026, 18:30) in the Breisgau with a match that turns early: In the 16th minute, SC Freiburg's Julia Stierli sees a red card. The halftime score on the live ticker: 0:0 – but Freiburg is left standing with only ten players on the pitch.

The opening phase actually clearly belongs to the hosts. In the 2nd minute, Freiburg presses aggressively in Leipzig's penalty area, winning the first corner. Bienz gets a shot off from deep, the ball is cleared for another corner. Three minutes later, the following corner is played short, Bienz crosses from the right into the middle, Brunold rises high – but heads wide of the left post.

Then Leipzig find their way in. In the 7th minute, Tuin has space down the left side, drives all the way to the edge of the box and just lets one fly. The shot comes in well, but sails just over the bar – Reimann in the Freiburg goal doesn't need to intervene. In the 9th minute, a pass runs forward through Pfister to Boboy; she loses a bit of pace, her shot from 16 meters is just barely deflected for a corner.

In the 12th minute, Pfister offers herself superbly between the lines with plenty of space – but the final pass isn't quite there yet. In the direct counter, Freiburg launch a break, but Schneider's cross from the right finds no taker. And then, in the 16th minute, the blow for the hosts: Julia Stierli sees red.

Here's how the situation looked before kickoff

As for form, both teams returned from the international break with confidence. RB Leipzig had most recently turned it on at home against promoted side Mainz, running up a 5:0 after a goalless first half. Schasching contributed a brace. In the DFB-Pokal, Leipzig advanced to the next round with a 0:2 win.

The Freiburg women had also had a packed schedule in the weeks prior, but won all their competitive fixtures. Before the break, they had to play away in Cologne and won 0:1 through Brunold's goal; in the DFB-Pokal, they advanced to the round of 16.

A side note from last season that explains the character of this match: Freiburg finished last season six points clear of Leipzig – yet the Leipzig women won both head-to-head meetings, each by a two-goal margin. The Freiburg women will certainly want to change that today.

If you want to keep following the match

Sportschau will follow the match in the live ticker – with lineups, substitutions, statistics and the post-match summary. So if you want to know how Freiburg sees out the match with ten players and who dominates Matchday 7 in the end, that's your first stop.