Bayern Women head to Freiburg for year’s first away game | OneFootball

FC Bayern Women’s first away game of 2026 takes them to Freiburg in the Google Pixel Bundesliga on Friday (kick-off: 18:30 CET), after last week’s scheduled fixture at Carl Zeiss Jena was postponed due to the weather. Here’s all you need to know ahead of the Matchday 17 encounter in our preview.

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Bayern kicked off 2026 in victorious fashion with a 3-0 win over RB Leipzig a fortnight ago. Momoko Tanikawa, a Kyra Spitzner own goal and Jovana Damnjanović earned José Barcala’s side all three points at a snowy Campus.

The Bundesliga champions again top the table after 15 games played with 43 points, scoring an impressive 57 goals and conceding just four times. That +53 goal difference is substantially better than the next best of +30 from Wolfsburg, who are six points back in second place.

The Munich Frauen also have more European football to come later this year. Having progressed directly to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Women’s Champions League, they will face the winner of the play-off between Manchester United and Atlético Madrid at the end of March. The second leg will be played at the Allianz Arena. You can already reserve tickets for the game here.

Opponent: Freiburg

Freiburg’s 2026 didn’t start as they’d expected, losing 1-0 at Köln, with Luca Birkholz also missing a penalty in added time. They bounced back last week for a 2-0 victory away at Hamburg, which was also their 200th win in the Bundesliga. The Black Forest club sit sixth in the table, level on points with Hoffenheim a position above them.

Freiburg had kicked off the season well after Edmond Kapllani took over for Theresa Merk, winning six of the first seven competitive fixtures in 2025/26. However, form has dipped since then, including elimination in the DFB Cup in the round of 16 against Wolfsburg (3-1).

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Team news

Barcala remains without long-term absentees Sarah Zadrazil and Lena Oberdorf as they recover from their cruciate ligament injuries.

Pre-match quotes

José Barcala: “We’re going to face a team of high quality in Freiburg, who punish mistakes. They’re very well organised tactically and extremely dangerous when you don’t stay exactly in your position. They’ve often showed at home how good they are. Every match in Freiburg is difficult. The fans and the energy they play with are excellent. We need to be on it from the start.”

Giulia Gwinn: “We’re expecting an opponent in Freiburg who will get stuck in and make things difficult for us from the start. We’ve seen in recent years how tough it can be against them, especially when they’re at home in front of their fans. For us, it’s about being on it from the start if we want to take three points back to Munich.”

🏟️✨ Bayern will host their Champions League quarter-final home leg at the Allianz Arena:

FC Bayern Women to return to Allianz Arena