The 26-year-old inches closer to Timo Hildebrand’s all-time record of 885 minutes without conceding a goal. Hildebrand set the record whilst representing VfB Stuttgart between May and October of 2003. Hildebrand would go on to be capped seven times for the German national team.
Atubolu wrote his own piece of club history with his sixth consecutive clean sheet against RB Leipzig in the Saturday evening Topspiel. The 15-times-capped Germany U21 international passed SCF keeper Richard Golz’s record of 510 goalless minutes in the 26th minute of the match.
The fact that Freiburg-Leipzig ended in a 0-0 draw now gives Atubolu 576 minutes of Bundesliga football without conceding. The two club record breakers still have some way to go before catching up with Hildebrand, but may find hope of keeping their streak going into the coming international break.
Atubolu’s Breisgauer face Mainz next weekend. Despite their incredible run-of-form, Bo Henriksen’s Rheinhessen have only scored 42 league goals this year while Augsburg host Ralph Hasenhüttl’s inconsistent VfL Wolfsburg.
