FC Augsburg 1–2 SC Freiburg: October 31 Bundesliga Result and Goals

Updated October 31, 2026 — full time: Sport-Club Freiburg came from behind to beat FC Augsburg 2–1 at WWK ARENA on Saturday in Matchday 8 of the 2026/27 Bundesliga season. Augsburg led at halftime after Michael Gregoritsch scored against his former club, but Freiburg substitutes Igor Matanović and Cyriaque Irié supplied the second-half goals. The Bundesliga's official match center now marks the contest as FINAL; this is a confirmed result rather than a pregame prediction or an in-progress score.

FC Augsburg vs. SC Freiburg: confirmed result and match information

The official Bundesliga live ticker and full-time report shows Augsburg 1, Freiburg 2 and identifies the three scorers. The Bundesliga fixtures service independently lists the match's original kickoff as 15:30 CET / 14:30 UTC. The result does not change the published kickoff time or the venue.

Who scored? Goals and assists

• 18th minute — FC Augsburg 1–0 Freiburg: Michael Gregoritsch redirected a delivery from Arijon Ibrahimović into the net to give the hosts the lead.
• 65th minute — FC Augsburg 1–1 Freiburg: Igor Matanović finished inside the penalty area, with Keisuke Gotō credited with the assist.
• 85th minute — FC Augsburg 1–2 Freiburg: Cyriaque Irié headed in a cross supplied by Vincenzo Grifo to complete Freiburg's comeback.

Augsburg took their one-goal advantage into the break, so the visitors needed both second-half strikes to win. These goal times, scorer names and assists are taken from the Bundesliga's event log, not inferred from social media clips or unofficial score summaries. The official ticker describes Irié's winner as a header shortly after he entered the field.

How the game turned in Freiburg's favor

The hosts created an early opening and Gregoritsch's neat finish in the 18th minute gave Augsburg something to protect. Freiburg had spells of possession but could not overturn that deficit before halftime. The official interval score was 1–0, an important distinction from the eventual 1–2 outcome.

Julian Schuster introduced Matanović at halftime for Lucas Höler. Later, Keisuke Gotō and Vincenzo Grifo came on in the 62nd minute. Gotō then set up Matanović's 65th-minute equalizer. The combination of substitutions and a successful finish changed the score, but the match record alone does not prove any broader causal claim about why either defense performed as it did.

Freiburg's late change was decisive: Irié replaced Niklas Beste in the 83rd minute and converted Grifo's cross in the 85th. Augsburg pushed for a response in the closing stages, but the Bundesliga's match center records no further goal. Freiburg therefore took all three points from this fixture, while Augsburg received none. The final result is not a live estimate and should not be presented with pregame wording such as “the match remains scheduled.”

What changed from the October 30 preview?

The previous update correctly identified the date, venue and original kickoff, but it described the match as upcoming and listed possible absences and probable lineups. Those are now historical pregame reports. The current, confirmed information is the full-time result, the goal chronology and the official match status.

Augsburg's October 29 team preview said Juma Bah was suspended, while Noahkai Banks, Steve Mounié and Calvin Brackelmann were unavailable. The club’s October 31 starting-XI announcement then confirmed Jeffrey Gouweleeuw in defense and Gregoritsch, Arijon Ibrahimović and Anton Kade in the starting group; it also recorded Alexis Claude-Maurice on the bench after his injury. These specifics explain which of the earlier selection uncertainties had been resolved. They should no longer be presented as pending matchday decisions.

Freiburg's October 29 preview had described uncertainty over Philipp Treu's fitness following a cup match. Instead of treating that pregame assessment as a postgame medical update, readers should consult the official match sheet for participation details. The Bundesliga ticker confirms that Mio Backhaus, Derry Scherhant and Niklas Beste were among Freiburg's starters and that Matanović began on the bench before scoring. No new diagnosis or recovery timeline is established by the final score.

Kickoff time explained: CET and UTC on October 31

For this particular date, Germany was observing Central European Time (CET, UTC+01:00), having ended daylight saving time on October 25, 2026. That means the match kicked off at 3:30 p.m. in Augsburg on October 31, equivalent to 14:30 UTC on October 31. The kickoff was not 2:30 p.m. CET or 13:30 UTC. Both the Bundesliga’s timetable and Freiburg’s officially confirmed schedule support the 15:30 CET time.

Some English-language fixture pages show “14:30” without making the display time zone immediately obvious. For readers creating an archive entry or referring to the event in another country, explicitly storing the time zone prevents a one-hour discrepancy. The kickoff date and the UTC date are both October 31, 2026; there is no midnight date rollover in this conversion.

Where to verify the result, match events and standings

The official Bundesliga match center is the primary source for the final score, goals, assists, substitutions and match event sequence. The Matchday 8 schedule gives the surrounding round of Bundesliga fixtures. Some matchday summary pages can display information differently during processing or caching; where a live score and a final score conflict, use the individual match center's explicit FINAL status and full-time report, and check for subsequent official corrections.

The result awards Freiburg three league points, but the teams' exact standings positions, full-match possession figures, and cumulative player statistics should be taken from a current official table or finalized stats panel instead of reconstructed from the score alone. This update does not claim an independently verified final attendance figure or provide an unverified broadcast replay link.

Bottom line: Freiburg win 2–1 in Augsburg

FC Augsburg's home meeting with Sport-Club Freiburg is complete. Gregoritsch opened the scoring in the 18th minute, Matanović tied the game in the 65th and Irié scored the winner in the 85th. The October 31 Bundesliga Matchday 8 contest finished FC Augsburg 1–2 Sport-Club Freiburg at WWK ARENA. For corrections or more detailed post-match statistics, use the league's official record rather than the earlier preview.

Verification note — October 31, 2026: Full-time status, scorer chronology, venue and kickoff were checked against Bundesliga official pages; contemporaneous team-selection context was retained only where it remained relevant and was explicitly labeled as pregame information.