Keisuke Gotō's late header helps ten-man Freiburg down Schalke to claim top spot

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Despite being down to ten men for the final 25 minutes of the encounter, Freiburg secured a dramatic late win over Schalke at Europa-Park Stadion courtesy of Keisuke Gotō's determined header, a result that propels the Black Forest club to the top of the Bundesliga table.

Freiburg 2-1 Schalke Goals: 1-0 Eggestein 10’ (assist: Ginter), 1-1 Gantenbein 30’, 2-1 Goto 85’ (assist: Grifo) Red card: Suzuki (64’)

Freiburg came into this Matchday 5 clash having taken 10 points from their opening four games - a club record - while Schalke arrived unbeaten in three and with the division's joint second-best defence, built around goalkeeper Loris Karius, who made his 100th career Bundesliga appearance at the Europa-Park Stadion.

Schalke head coach Miron Muslić made four changes to his side that drew with Elversberg, with Maximilian Wöber, Adrian Gantenbein, Junior Adamu and Moussa Sylla all handed starts.

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